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2008 Italian Open – Men's singles

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Novak Djokovic defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 Italian Open.^[1]^[2]

Men's singles

2008 Italian Open

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Stanislas Wawrinka

Score

4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Details

Draw

56 (4WC/7Q)

Seeds

16

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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Rafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero.^[3]^[4] Notably, this marked the first of two instances that Nadal lost his opening match at a clay court tournament.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Roger Federer (quarterfinals)

Rafael Nadal (second round)

Novak Djokovic (champion)

Nikolay Davydenko (third round)

David Ferrer (second round)

Andy Roddick (semifinals, retired due to a back injury)

David Nalbandian (second round)

James Blake (quarterfinals)

Richard Gasquet (first round)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (first round)

Carlos Moyá (first round)

Fernando González (third round, withdrew due to a right hamstring injury)

Juan Mónaco (second round)

Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals)

Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round)

Andy Murray (second round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier

LL = Lucky loser

Alt = Alternate

SE = Special exempt

PR = Protected ranking

ITF = ITF entry

JE = Junior exempt

SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	1	Roger Federer	6⁴	6⁷

		Radek Štěpánek	7	7
									Radek Štěpánek	0	0^r

								3	Novak Djokovic	6	1
	3	Novak Djokovic	6	1

		Nicolás Almagro	1	0^r
															3	Novak Djokovic	4	6	6

																Stanislas Wawrinka	6	3	3
	6	Andy Roddick	6	4	7

	14	Tommy Robredo	3	6	6⁴
								6	Andy Roddick	0^r

									Stanislas Wawrinka	3
	8	James Blake	7	6⁵	1

		Stanislas Wawrinka	6⁵	7	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								1	R Federer	6	6
		G Cañas	6⁸	6	6				G Cañas	3	3
	WC	G Naso	7	3	2										1	R Federer	7	6
		P Starace	6	2	6											I Karlović	6⁴	3
		M Čilić	4	6	4				P Starace	3	7	6³
		I Karlović	7	6					I Karlović	6	6⁵	7
	15	P-H Mathieu	6⁴	2																		1	R Federer	6⁴	6⁷
	9	R Gasquet	4	1																			R Štěpánek	7	7
	Q	L Horna	6	6				Q	L Horna	6	7
		D Tursunov	4	2					J Acasuso	3	6¹
		J Acasuso	6	6											Q	L Horna	4	6	3
		J Nieminen	3	6	3											R Štěpánek	6	1	6
		R Štěpánek	6	3	6				R Štěpánek	4	6	6
								5	D Ferrer	6	2	1

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								3	N Djokovic	6	6
		S Darcis	7	7					S Darcis	4	0
		I Ljubičić	5	6⁵											3	N Djokovic	6	3	6
		H-t Lee	4	5												I Andreev	3	6	3
		I Andreev	6	7					I Andreev	4	6	6
	Q	P Cuevas	0	4				13	J Mónaco	6	1	4
	13	J Mónaco	6	6																		3	N Djokovic	6	1
	12	F González	3	7	7																		N Almagro	1	0^r
		J Tipsarević	6	6⁰	6⁶			12	F González	6	6
	Q	E Korolev	1	6	6			Q	E Korolev	3	2
		R Söderling	6	3	4										12	F González
		N Almagro	6	6												N Almagro	w/o
	WC	F Cipolla	1	3					N Almagro	6	7
								7	D Nalbandian	4	5

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								6	A Roddick	6	6
		M Llodra	5	6	6²				M Fish	1	4
		M Fish	7	3	7										6	A Roddick	7	6
		S Bolelli	6	6												S Bolelli	6⁵	3
	Q	O Patience	0	3					S Bolelli	6	6
		G Simon	6	4	7				G Simon	4	4
	10	J-W Tsonga	2	6	6⁶																	6	A Roddick	6	4	7
	14	T Robredo	6	6																		14	T Robredo	3	6	6⁴
		JI Chela	4	1				14	T Robredo	7	7
		N Mahut	6⁵	6	7				N Mahut	5	6⁵
	Q	T Fabbiano	7	4	5										14	T Robredo	4	6	7
	WC	M Ančić	6	6											4	N Davydenko	6	2	6⁴
		F López	4	4				WC	M Ančić	2	2
								4	N Davydenko	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								8	J Blake	7	3	6
		A Seppi	6	6					A Seppi	6⁵	6	1
		F Santoro	4	2											8	J Blake	5	7	6
		F Volandri	6⁶	6	2											F Verdasco	7	5	2
	Q	N Lapentti	7	2	6			Q	N Lapentti	2	7	2
		F Verdasco	6	6					F Verdasco	6	5	6
	11	C Moyá	3	4																		8	J Blake	7	6⁵	1
	16	A Murray	5	6	1																		S Wawrinka	6⁵	7	6
	Q	JM del Potro	7	4	0^r			16	A Murray	2	6⁵
	WC	M Safin	7	2	1				S Wawrinka	6	7
		S Wawrinka	6⁵	6	6											S Wawrinka	6	6
		JC Ferrero	6⁵	6	6											JC Ferrero	4	3
		N Kiefer	7	3	4				JC Ferrero	7	6
								2	R Nadal	5	1

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Gaël Monfils (qualifying competition, retired)

Jonas Björkman (qualifying competition)

Victor Hănescu (first round, retired)

Mischa Zverev (qualifying competition)

Juan Martín del Potro (qualified)

Nicolás Lapentti (qualified)

Arnaud Clément (qualifying competition)

Evgeny Korolev (qualified)

Boris Pašanski (qualifying competition)

Pablo Cuevas (qualified)

Benjamin Becker (qualifying competition)

Luis Horna (qualified)

Olivier Patience (qualified)

Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Olivier Patience

Evgeny Korolev

Thomas Fabbiano

Luis Horna

Juan Martín del Potro

Nicolás Lapentti

Pablo Cuevas

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	1	Gaël Monfils	6	6

	Alt	Manuel Sánchez	4	2
								1	Gaël Monfils	3	0^r

								13	Olivier Patience	6	1
		Stefano Galvani	2	6	4

	13	Olivier Patience	6	4	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	2	Jonas Björkman	6	3	7⁷

	WC	Matteo Trevisan	4	6	6⁵
								2	Jonas Björkman	6⁶	2

								8	Evgeny Korolev	7⁸	6
		Andrey Golubev	3	3

	8	Evgeny Korolev	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	3	Victor Hănescu	4	0^r

	WC	Thomas Fabbiano	6	3
								WC	Thomas Fabbiano	3	7	6

								9	Boris Pašanski	6	5	3
	WC	Andrea Arnaboldi	6	3	3

	9	Boris Pašanski	4	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	4	Mischa Zverev	6	5	6

		Yuri Schukin	4	7	2
								4	Mischa Zverev	2	5

								12	Luis Horna	6	7
		Max Mirnyi	4	6	4

	12	Luis Horna	6	2	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	5	Juan Martín del Potro	6	4	6

		Francesco Aldi	0	6	2
								5	Juan Martín del Potro	6	6

								11	Benjamin Becker	1	1
		Simone Vagnozzi	6	4	2

	11	Benjamin Becker	4	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	6	Nicolás Lapentti	3	6	7

		Paolo Lorenzi	6	1	5
								6	Nicolás Lapentti	6	6

								14	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2	0
		Adrián García	4	3

	14	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	7	Arnaud Clément	4	6	6

		Leonardo Azzaro	6	2	3
								7	Arnaud Clément	3	3

								10	Pablo Cuevas	6	6
	WC	Matteo Marrai	3	6	1

	10	Pablo Cuevas	6	4	6

References

^ "Djokovic rallies past Wawrinka to win Rome". The New York Times. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

^ "Djokovic se impone a Wawrinka y gana el Masters Series de Roma" [Djokovic overpass Wawrinka and wins the Rome Masters Series]. Diario AS (in Spanish). EFE. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

^ "Nadal loses to Ferrero in Rome". The New York Times. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

^ Virgo, Paul (7 May 2008). "Ferrero elimina a Nadal en Roma, gana González" [Ferrero defeated Nadal at Rome. González wins] (in Spanish). Rome. Reuters. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

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