The 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the event known that year as the

Next Generation Adelaide International The Australian Hard Court Championships was a former professional tennis tournament established in 1938 and held until 2008. The event was played on clay courts until 1977 when it switched to hard courts. The tournament was a combined event for m ...

, and was part of the International Series of the

2008 ATP Tour The 2008 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2008 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of ...

. It took place at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide, Australia, from 31 December 2007 through 6 January 2008. The draw was led by former World No. 1, two-time Adelaide champion and recent Cincinnati semi-finalist Lleyton Hewitt, Moscow runner-up Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Basel finalist Jarkko Nieminen. Also competing were Bucharest winner Gilles Simon, Canada Masters semi-finalist Radek Štěpánek, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Martín del Potro and Sébastien Grosjean. Unseeded Michaël Llodra won the singles today.

Finals

Singles

Michaël Llodra defeated Jarkko Nieminen, 6–3, 6–4 *It was Michaël Llodra's 1st title of the year, and his 2nd overall.

Doubles

Martín García /

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defeated Chris Guccione / Robert Smeets, 6–3, 3–6, 0–7

External links

Official websiteSingles drawDoubles drawQualifying Singles draw
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