Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw from the tournament before the semifinals because of a back injury. Following
Federer's withdrawal,
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 ...
and
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played a one set exhibition match to make up the evening session.
Tsonga won the title beating
Gaël Monfils in an all-French final, 7–5, 6–3.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
References
Main drawQualifying draw
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Singles