The 2008 Madrid Masters (also known as the '' Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid'' for sponsorship reasons) was a

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tournament played on indoor

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s. It was the 7th edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the

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of the

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. It took place at the

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

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...

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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Masters champion

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, ATP No. 2, US Open titlist, Olympic doubles gold medalist, Madrid defending finalist

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, and

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, Indian Wells,

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Masters winner

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. Other top seeds were US Open runner-up,

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titlist

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, Pörtschach,

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winner

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and

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Finals

Singles

defeated

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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 Mariusz Stanisław Fyrstenberg (born 8 July 1980) is a retired Polish tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of ...

Marcin Matkowski Marcin Matkowski (; born 15 January 1981) is a Polish former professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. He played college tennis at UCLA, where Jean-Julien Rojer Jean-Julien Rojer ( "John Julian" , ; born 25 August 1981) is a ...

defeated

Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he ...

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6–4, 6–2

External links

Official website

Singles draw

Doubles draw
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