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 Recent News
  • Fish powers past Darcis in Madrid Oct 13 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Bolelli upsets Almagro at Madrid Masters Oct 13 (Reuters)
  • Nadal plays to keep No. 1 Oct 12 (AP)
  • Montanes takes last Madrid wildcard after Ferrero sulk Oct 11 (Reuters)
  • PREVIEW-Tennis-No Davis Cup distractions for Nadal in Madrid Oct 11 (Reuters)
  • Federer to play Madrid Masters after layoff Oct 9 (AP)
  • Australian Open announces purse increase Oct 8 (AP)
  • Berdych crushes Del Potro to win Tokyo title Oct 5 (Reuters)
 2008 At A Glance - Singles
 Current ATP Rank: 1  
 ATP Tournaments Played: 16 ATP Record: 67-9
 Hardcourt: 34-8 Clay: 22-1
 Carpet: 0-0 Grass: 11-0
 Tournaments Won in 2008: The Artois Championships, Masters Series Monte Carlo, Masters Series Toronto, Wimbledon, Masters Series Hamburg, Open Sabadell Atlantico, French Open
 2008 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 Chennai Open (1)
 Dec 31-Jan 6		 Hard First Round Mathieu Montcourt W 6-2, 6-4
  Second Round Rajeev Ram W 6-2, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Guillermo Garcia-Lopez W 6-3, 6-2
  Semifinals Carlos Moya (3) W 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-1)
  Final Mikhail Youzhny (4) L 0-6, 1-6
 Australian Open (2)
 Jan 14-Jan 27		 Hard Unknown Viktor Troicki W 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-1
  Second Round Florent Serra W 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Gilles Simon (28) W 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
  Fourth Round Paul-Henri Mathieu (23) W 6-4, 3-0 ret
  Quarterfinals Jarkko Nieminen (24) W 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
  Semifinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga L 2-6, 3-6, 2-6
 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (1)
 Feb 18-Feb 24		 Hard First Round Dmitry Tursunov W 6-4, 6-4
  Second Round Andreas Seppi L 6-3, 3-6, 4-6
 Dubai Tennis Championships (2)
 Mar 3-Mar 9		 Hard First Round Philipp Kohlschreiber W 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
  Second Round Mikhail Ledovskikh W 6-4, 6-0
  Quarterfinals Andy Roddick (6) L 6-7 (5-7), 2-6
 Pacific Life Open (2)
 Mar 10-Mar 23		 Hard Second Round Santiago Giraldo W 6-3, 6-3
  Third Round Donald Young W 6-1, 6-3
  Fourth Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17) W 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
  Quarterfinals James Blake (9) W 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) L 3-6, 2-6
 Sony Ericsson Open (2)
 Mar 24-Apr 6		 Hard Second Round Benjamin Becker W 7-5, 6-2
  Third Round Nicolas Kiefer W 6-2, 6-4
  Fourth Round Paul-Henri Mathieu (16) W 6-4, 6-4
  Quarterfinals James Blake (9) W 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
  Semifinals Tomas Berdych (10) W 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
  Final Nikolay Davydenko (4) L 4-6, 2-6
 Masters Series Monte Carlo (2)
 Apr 21-Apr 27		 Clay Second Round Mario Ancic W 6-0, 6-3
  Third Round Juan Ferrero (13) W 6-4, 6-1
  Quarterfinals David Ferrer (5) W 6-1, 7-5
  Semifinals Nikolay Davydenko (4) W 6-3, 6-2
  Final Roger Federer (1) W 7-5, 7-5
 Open Sabadell Atlantico (1)
 Apr 28-May 4		 Clay Second Round Potito Starace W 6-4, 6-2
  Third Round Feliciano Lopez (16) W 6-4, 6-3
  Quarterfinals Juan Chela W 6-4, 6-2
  Semifinals Denis Gremelmayr W 6-1, 6-0
  Final David Ferrer (2) W 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (2)
 May 5-May 11		 Clay Second Round Juan Ferrero L 5-7, 1-6
 Masters Series Hamburg (2)
 May 11-May 17		 Clay Second Round Potito Starace W 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
  Third Round Andy Murray (15) W 6-3, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Carlos Moya W 6-1, 6-3
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) W 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
  Final Roger Federer (1) W 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
 French Open (2)
 May 25-Jun 8		 Clay First Round Thomaz Bellucci W 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
  Second Round Nicolas Devilder W 6-4, 6-0, 6-1
  Third Round Jarkko Nieminen (26) W 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
  Fourth Round Fernando Verdasco (22) W 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
  Unknown Nicolas Almagro (19) W 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) W 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
  Final Roger Federer (1) W 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
 The Artois Championships (1)
 Jun 9-Jun 15		 Grass Second Round Jonas Bjorkman W 6-2, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Ivo Karlovic (8) W 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4)
  Semifinals Andy Roddick (3) W 7-5, 6-4
  Final Novak Djokovic (2) W 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
 Wimbledon (2)
 Jun 23-Jul 6		 Grass First Round Andreas Beck W 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-0)
  Second Round Ernests Gulbis W 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
  Third Round Nicolas Kiefer (27) W 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-3
  Fourth Round Mikhail Youzhny (17) W 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Andy Murray (12) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
  Semifinals Rainer Schuettler W 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
  Final Roger Federer (1) W 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7
 Masters Series Toronto (2)
 Jul 21-Jul 27		 Hard Second Round Jesse Levine W 6-4, 6-2
  Third Round Igor Andreev W 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
  Quarterfinals Richard Gasquet (10) W 6-7 (12-14), 6-2, 6-1
  Semifinals Andy Murray (8) W 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
  Final Nicolas Kiefer W 6-3, 6-2
 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters (2)
 Jul 28-Aug 3		 Hard Second Round Florent Serra W 6-0, 6-1
  Third Round Tommy Haas W 6-4, 7-6 (7-0)
  Quarterfinals Nicolas Lapentti W 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) L 1-6, 5-7
 US Open (1)
 Aug 25-Sep 8		 Hard First Round Bjorn Phau W 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
  Second Round Ryler De Heart W 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
  Third Round Viktor Troicki W 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
  Fourth Round Sam Querrey W 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
  Quarterfinals Mardy Fish W 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
  Semifinals Andy Murray (6) L 2-6, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 4-6