The 2008 Madrid Masters (also known as the ''

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, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the

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. It took place at the

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in Madrid, Spain, from 13 October through 19 October 2008. Fourth-seeded

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won the singles title. The singles field was led by World No. 1, Beijing Olympics singles gold medalist,

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and

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, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Toronto Masters champion Rafael Nadal,

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No. 2, US Open titlist, Olympic doubles gold medalist, Madrid defending finalist Roger Federer, and

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, Indian Wells, Rome Masters winner Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds were US Open runner-up,

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titlist

, Miami Masters, Pörtschach, Warsaw winner Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, David Nalbandian and Andy Roddick.

Finals

Singles

defeated Gilles Simon 6–4, 7–6^(8–6) * It was Andy Murray's 4th title of the year, and his 7th overall. It was his 2nd Masters title of the year, and overall.

Doubles

Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles 6–4, 6–2

External links

Official website

Singles draw

Doubles draw
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