The
2008 Delray Beach International Tennis
Championships was a
tennis
tournament played on
outdoor
hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the
Delray Beach
International Tennis Championships, and was part of the
International Series of the
2008 ATP Tour.
It took place at the
Delray Beach
Tennis Center
in Delray Beach, Florida
, United
States
, from February 11 through February 17,
2008.
The field was headlined by
ATP No. 12,
2007 Davis Cup champion and
Australian Open
quarterfinalist James Blake,
2007 U.S.
Open
quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, and
2007
Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist Sam
Querrey. Other top seeds competing were
2007
Tokyo quarterfinalist Dudi Sela,
Auckland
quarterfinalist Florian Mayer,
Vincent Spadea,
Victor Hanescu and
Mardy Fish.
In winning the tournament
Kei
Nishikori became the first Japanese man in nearly sixteen years
to win an
ATP Tour event.
Shuzo Matsuoka, the last one to do so,
against
Todd Woodbridge at the
1992 Seoul Open, used to coach
Nishikori.
Champions
Singles
Kei Nishikori def. James Blake, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
- It was Kei Nishikori's 1st career title.
Doubles
Max Mirnyi / Jamie Murray def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 3–6, 10–6
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