# 2008 Gerry Weber Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open > Source revision: 1319822879 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2008 Gerry Weber Open Date 7–15 June Edition 16th Category International Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money € 692,000 Surface Grass / Outdoor Location Halle, Germany Venue Gerry Weber Stadion Champions Singles Roger Federer[1] Doubles Mikhail Youzhny / Mischa Zverev[2] ← 2007 · Gerry Weber Open · 2009 → 2008 Gerry Weber Open finalist [Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/Philipp_Kohlschreiber) The **2008 Gerry Weber Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [outdoor grass courts](/source/Grass_court). It was the 16th edition of the [Gerry Weber Open](/source/Gerry_Weber_Open), and was part of the [International Series](/source/ATP_International_Series) of the [2008 ATP Tour](/source/2008_ATP_Tour). It took place at the [Gerry Weber Stadion](/source/Gerry_Weber_Stadion) in [Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/Halle%2C_North_Rhine-Westphalia), Germany, from 7 June through 15 June 2008. The singles draw featured [World No. 1](/source/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_players), [French Open runner-up](/source/2008_French_Open) and [2003](/source/2003_Gerry_Weber_Open), [2004](/source/2004_Gerry_Weber_Open), [2005](/source/2005_Gerry_Weber_Open) and [2006 Halle](/source/2006_Gerry_Weber_Open) champion [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer), [ATP](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals) No. 7, [Delray Beach](/source/2008_Delray_Beach_International_Tennis_Championships) and [Houston](/source/2008_U.S._Men's_Clay_Court_Championships) finalist [James Blake](/source/James_Blake_(tennis)), and [defending champion](/source/2007_Gerry_Weber_Open) [Tomáš Berdych](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Berdych). Also present were [Australian Open quarterfinalist](/source/2008_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles#Finals) and [Chennai](/source/2008_Chennai_Open) titlist [Mikhail Youzhny](/source/Mikhail_Youzhny), [2007 Halle](/source/2007_Gerry_Weber_Open) runner-up [Marcos Baghdatis](/source/Marcos_Baghdatis), [Radek Štěpánek](/source/Radek_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek), [Jarkko Nieminen](/source/Jarkko_Nieminen) and [Ivan Ljubičić](/source/Ivan_Ljubi%C4%8Di%C4%87). First-seeded [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer) won his fifth singles title at the event. ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2008 Gerry Weber Open – Singles](/source/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer) defeated [Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/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, and one he accomplished without dropping serve once throughout the entire tournament. ### Doubles Main article: [2008 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles](/source/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Mikhail Youzhny](/source/Mikhail_Youzhny) / [Mischa Zverev](/source/Mischa_Zverev) defeated [Lukáš Dlouhý](/source/Luk%C3%A1%C5%A1_Dlouh%C3%BD) / [Leander Paes](/source/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. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["2008 Halle – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2008/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["2008 Halle – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2008/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080623175117/http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/) 2008-06-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e Halle tournaments 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 2008 ATP Tour « 2007 2009 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) ATP Masters Series Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Rome (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Paris (S, D) ATP International Series Gold Rotterdam (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Vienna (S, D) ATP International Series Adelaide (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) Costa do Sauípe (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Las Vegas (S, D) Valencia (S, D) Houston (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Munich (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Pörtschach (S, D) Düsseldorf Halle (S, D) Queen's (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Newport (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Amersfoort (S, D) Umag (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Washington (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Metz (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Basel (S, D) Lyon (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Team events Davis Cup World Team Cup Beijing Summer Olympics (S, D) Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai (S, D) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2008 Gerry Weber Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open?action=history)). 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