The
2008 Gerry Weber Open was a
tennis tournament played on
outdoor grass courts.
It was the 16th
edition of the Gerry Weber
Open
, and was part of the International Series of the
2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the
Gerry Weber
Stadion
in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia
, Germany
, from June 7
through June 15, 2008.
The singles draw featured
World No. 1,
French Open runner-up and
2003,
2004,
2005 and
2006 Halle champion
Roger Federer,
ATP No. 7,
Delray
Beach and
Houston finalist
James Blake, and
defending champion Tomáš Berdych. Also present were
Australian
Open quarterfinalist and
Chennai titlist
Mikhail Youzhny,
2007 Halle runner-up
Marcos Baghdatis,
Radek Štěpánek,
Jarkko Nieminen and
Ivan Ljubicic.
Champions
Singles
Roger Federer def.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6–3,
6–4
- It was Federer's 2nd title of the year, and the 55th of his
career. It was his 5th win at the event.
Doubles
Mikhail Youzhny /
Mischa Zverev def.
Lukáš Dlouhý /
Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–4, 10–3
- It was Youzhny's first title of the year and the 8th of his
career. It was Zverev's first career title.
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