2008 Dubai Tennis Championships

2008 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	February 25 – March 8
Edition	16th (men) / 8th (women)
Surface	Hard / Outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Andy Roddick
Women's singles
Elena Dementieva
Men's doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
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The 2008 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th resp. 8th edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships, and it was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, resp. the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the women playing from February 25 through March 1, 2008, and the men from March 3 through March 8, 2008.

The men's field was led by World No. 1, Masters Cup champion, Australian Open semifinalist and four-time Dubai winner and defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, Chennai runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Rafael Nadal, and new Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds were Masters Cup runner-up David Ferrer, Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, Richard Gasquet and Tomáš Berdych.

The women's singles announced World No. 1, Tour Championships and Sydney winner, four-time Dubai titlist and defending champion Justine Henin, WTA No. 3 and Sydney finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic. Also competing in the field were Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Janković, Doha Tier I and Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.

Finals

Men's singles

Andy Roddick def. Feliciano López, 6–7^(8–10), 6–4, 6–2

• It was Andy Roddick's 2nd title of the year, and his 25th overall.

Women's singles

Elena Dementieva def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

• It was Elena Dementieva's 1st title of the year, and her 9th overall.

Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles def. Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner, 7–5, 7–6^(9–7)

Women's doubles

Cara Black / Liezel Huber def. Zi Yan / Jie Zheng, 7–5, 6–2

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile
• Men's singles draw
• Men's doubles draw
• Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles draws

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