# 2008 Movistar Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2008_Movistar_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2008_Movistar_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Movistar_Open > Source revision: 1306436175 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2008 Movistar Open Date January 28–February 3 Edition 16th Category International Series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $437,000 Surface Clay / Outdoor Location Viña del Mar, Chile Venue Centro de Tenis Las Salinas Champions Singles Fernando González Doubles José Acasuso / Sebastián Prieto ← 2007 · Chile Open · 2009 → The **2008 Movistar Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court). It was the 16th edition of the [Movistar Open](/source/Movistar_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 [Centro de Tenis Las Salinas](/source/Centro_de_Tenis_Las_Salinas) in [Viña del Mar](/source/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar), [Chile](/source/Chile), from January 28 through February 3, 2008. The field was headlined by [2007 Madrid Masters quarterfinalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_Madrid_Masters_%E2%80%93_Singles&action=edit&redlink=1), [2002 and 2004 Viña del Mar champion](/source/Movistar_Open) [Fernando González](/source/Fernando_Gonz%C3%A1lez), [2007 U.S. Open quarterfinalist](/source/2007_U.S._Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles#Finals) and [2004 Viña del Mar](/source/2004_Movistar_Open) doubles titlist [Juan Ignacio Chela](/source/Juan_Ignacio_Chela), and [Auckland semifinalist](/source/2008_Heineken_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles#Finals) [Juan Mónaco](/source/Juan_M%C3%B3naco). Other seeded players were [2007 St. Petersburg finalist](/source/2007_St._Petersburg_Open) [Fernando Verdasco](/source/Fernando_Verdasco), [Doha](/source/2008_Qatar_ExxonMobil_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles#Bottom_half) and [Sydney](/source/2008_Medibank_International_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles#Bottom_half) quarterfinalist [Agustín Calleri](/source/Agust%C3%ADn_Calleri), [Óscar Hernández](/source/%C3%93scar_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(tennis)), [José Acasuso](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Acasuso) and [Nicolás Massú](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Mass%C3%BA). ## Notable stories ### Gonzalez's walkover win [Fernando González](/source/Fernando_Gonz%C3%A1lez) won the title by default after [Juan Mónaco](/source/Juan_M%C3%B3naco) was forced to withdraw from the tournament, after retiring during the doubles final, where he played alongside [Máximo González](/source/M%C3%A1ximo_Gonz%C3%A1lez), due to a left ankle injury. Gonzalez was announced as the champion after his semifinal win over [Pablo Cuevas](/source/Pablo_Cuevas), in which he saved two match points.[1] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2008 Movistar Open – Singles](/source/2008_Movistar_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Fernando González](/source/Fernando_Gonz%C3%A1lez) defeated [Juan Mónaco](/source/Juan_M%C3%B3naco), walkover - It was Fernando González's 1st title of the year, and his 9th overall. It was his 3rd win at the event. ### Doubles Main article: [2008 Movistar Open – Doubles](/source/2008_Movistar_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [José Acasuso](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Acasuso) / [Sebastián Prieto](/source/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Prieto_(tennis)) defeated [Máximo González](/source/M%C3%A1ximo_Gonz%C3%A1lez) / [Juan Mónaco](/source/Juan_M%C3%B3naco), 6–1, 3–0 retired ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** atptennis.com (2008-02-02). ["Gonzalez Captures Vina Title in Strange Circumstances"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080501074939/http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/vina_saturday.asp). Archived from [the original](http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/vina_saturday.asp) on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ## External links - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20101121031000/http://www.movistaropen.cl/) - [Singles draw](https://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/505/mds.pdf) - [Doubles draw](https://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/505/mdd.pdf) - [Qualifying Singles draw](https://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/505/qs.pdf) v t e Chile Open 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 NH 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 NH NH NH NH NH 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 Movistar Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Movistar_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Movistar_Open?action=history)). 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