The 2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters was a tennis tournament held at the Hotel Sultan in Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

 from 10 December to 14 December 2008. It was the inaugural Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters.

The tournament was restricted to Indonesian entrants. The total prize purse was 500 million rupiah (roughly $40,000US), with 100 million rupiah for the winners of the singles competition.

The singles competitions each had eight entrants. The men's doubles competition had eight teams, and the women's doubles competition had four teams.

The Indonesian Tennis Association

Indonesian Tennis Association

The Indonesian Tennis Association is the governing body of tennis in Indonesia. It is known in Indonesian as PELTI ....

 (PELTI) used the Masters to rank Indonesian players, for Fed Cup

Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...

 and Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 selection.

Men's Doubles

Christopher Rungkat

Christopher Rungkat

Christopher Benjamin Rungkat is an Indonesian tennis player. He is the grandson of "Famous" Benny Rungkat, former chairman of the Indonesian Air Carriers Association. Christopher's father, Michael Alexander Fritz Rungkat, is of Dutch and Indonesian descent and his mom, Elfia Mirlianti, is of...

/Andrian Raturandang defeated Nesa Arta/Hendri Susilo Pramono 6-4 7-5

Women's Doubles

Ayu-Fani Damayanti

Ayu-Fani Damayanti

Ayu-Fani Damayanti is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She is coached by Komang Ngurah Wiyasa. She made her debut as a professional in 2003, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....

/Liza Andriyani

Liza Andriyani

Liza Andriyani is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in May 1993, aged 14, at Indonesia Open, a Tier IV WTA Tour event....

 defeated Grace Sari Ysidora/Septi Mende

Septi Mende

Septi Mende is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in October 2000, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....

6-1 6-4

External links

Top Indonesian tennis players sign up for Garuda Masters event, Jakarta Post article

Christoper, Lavinia clinch Indonesian Masters titles, Jakarta Post article