The 2008 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the St. Petersburg Open

St. Petersburg Open

The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...

, and was part of the International Series

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 of the 2008 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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, Russia

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, from October 20 through October 26, 2008.

The singles draw was headlined by ATP

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 No. 4, US Open

2008 U.S. Open (tennis)

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 runner-up, Cincinnati

2008 Cincinnati Masters

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 and Madrid Masters, Doha

2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open

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 and Marseille

2008 Open 13

The 2008 Open 13 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from February 11 through February 17, 2008.The field featured...

 winner, St. Petersburg defending champion

2007 St. Petersburg Open

The 2007 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 13th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from...

 Andy Murray, Miami Masters

2008 Miami Masters

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, Pörtschach

2008 Hypo Group Tennis International

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, Warsaw

2008 Orange Warsaw Open

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 winner Nikolay Davydenko

Nikolay Davydenko

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, and Umag

2008 Croatia Open Umag

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 titlist Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco

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. Also competing were Australian Open quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny

Mikhail Youzhny

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, New Haven

2008 Pilot Pen Tennis

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 winner Marin Čilić

Marin Cilic

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, Dmitry Tursunov

Dmitry Tursunov

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, Mario Ančić

Mario Ancic

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 and Marat Safin

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.

Singles

  Andy Murray def.   Andrey Golubev

Andrey Golubev

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, 6–1, 6–1

• It was Andy Murray's 5th title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 2nd consecutive title at the event.

Doubles

  Travis Parrott

Travis Parrott

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/   Filip Polášek

Filip Polášek

Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007....

def.   Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...

 /   Max Mirnyi

Max Mirnyi

Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...

, 3–6, 7–6(4), 10–8

External links

• Official website
• Singles Draw
• Doubles Draw
• Qualifying Singles Draw