2008 St. Petersburg Open

The 2008 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 20 through October 26, 2008.

2008 St. Petersburg Open
DateOctober 20 – October 26
Edition14th
CategoryInternational Series
Draw32Q / 32S / 16D
Prize money$1,024,000
SurfaceHard / Indoor
LocationSt. Petersburg, Russia
VenuePetersburg Sports and Concert Complex
Champions
Singles
Andy Murray
Doubles
Travis Parrott / Filip Polášek

The singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up, Cincinnati and Madrid Masters, Doha and Marseille winner, St. Petersburg defending champion Andy Murray, Miami Masters, Pörtschach, Warsaw winner Nikolay Davydenko, and Umag titlist Fernando Verdasco. Also competing were Australian Open quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny, New Haven winner Marin Čilić, Dmitry Tursunov, Mario Ančić and Marat Safin.

Champions

Singles

Andy Murray defeated Andrey Golubev 6–1, 6–1

  • It was Andy Murray's 5th title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 2nd consecutive title at the event.

Doubles

Travis Parrott / Filip Polášek defeated Rohan Bopanna / Max Mirnyi 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]



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