The 2008 Brasil Open was a men's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the

Brasil Open The Brasil Open was a tennis tournament held annually in São Paulo, Brazil. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series, and was one of the main events in the Brazilian tennis calendar alongside ATP Tour 500 Rio Open. Since 2004, it was a part of th ...

, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place in

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resort,

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, from 11 February through 17 February 2008. The singles draw featured former World No. 1 and Chennai semifinalist

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, 2007 Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist

Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008, 2010 and 2012 (losing each time to Rafael Nadal, the eventual ...

, and 2007 Moscow and 2007 Metz quarterfinalist

Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ti ...

. Also present were 2007 St. Petersburg quarterfinalist

Potito Starace Potito Starace (; born 14 July 1981) is an Italian retired professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007. He was a clay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Ri ...

, 2007 Rome Masters semifinalist

Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri (born 5 September 1981; ) is a former Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned professional in 1997 and has earn ...

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José Acasuso José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso (; born 20 October 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both side ...

and Albert Montañés.

Champions

Singles

defeated

, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 7–5 *It was Nicolás Almagro's 1st title of the year, and his 3rd overall.

Doubles

Marcelo Melo / André Sá defeated Albert Montañés / Santiago Ventura, 4–6, 6–2, 0–7

External links

Official websiteSingles drawDoubles drawQualifying Singles draw

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