2008 Shelbourne Irish Open
Appearance
2008 Shelbourne Irish Open | |
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Date | 30 June – 5 July |
Edition | 3rd |
Category | ATP Challenger Series |
Draw | 32S/32Q/16D |
Prize money | EUR €64,000 |
Surface | Carpet / outdoor |
Location | Dublin, Ireland |
Venue | Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2008 Shelbourne Irish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the 3rd and final edition of the event, and part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland, from 30 June through 5 July 2008.[1]
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 60 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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Doubles | 0 | — |
Prize money
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | €9,200 | €5,400 | €3,250 | €1,850 | €1,100 | €660 | €0 | |
Doubles* | €3,950 | €2,350 | €1,380 | €850 | €460 | — |
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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Mischa Zverev | 92 | 1 |
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Gilles Müller | 105 | 2 |
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Roko Karanušić | 111 | 3 |
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Kristian Pless | 126 | 4 |
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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 158 | 5 |
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Robert Smeets | 167 | 6 |
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Alexander Kudryavtsev | 190 | 7 |
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Matwé Middelkoop | 207 | 8 |
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
James Cluskey
Eoin Heavey
Tristan Farron-Mahon
Colin O'Brien
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Richard Bloomfield
Tomáš Cakl
Ivo Klec
Michel Koning
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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Andrew Coelho | ![]() |
Adam Feeney | 376 | 1 |
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Pavel Chekhov | ![]() |
Alexander Kudryavtsev | 428 | 2 |
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Josh Goodall | ![]() |
Ken Skupski | 511 | 3 |
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Jonathan Marray | ![]() |
Frederik Nielsen | 501 | 4 |
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Tristan Farron-Mahon /
Barry King
Daniel Glancy /
Michael Hayes
Eoin Heavey /
James McGee
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]Robert Smeets defeated
Frederik Nielsen, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Doubles
[edit]Prakash Amritraj /
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi defeated
Jonathan Marray /
Frederik Nielsen, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
References
[edit]- ^ "Smeets wins Irish Open in straight sets". RTE. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2018.