The 2008 Seniors Torneo Godó was the third edition of the Seniors

Torneo Godó The Barcelona Open (currently sponsored by Banc Sabadell) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event has been held in Barcelona, Spain every year from 1953 (except for its cancellation in 2020), and is played on clay ...

and it took place from April 24–28, 2008. Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a "champions tie break" (the first player to win at least 10 points or by a margin of two points) would be used.

Sergi Bruguera Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in men's singles and reac ...

was the defending champion, but had to withdraw (due to an injury) before his 3rd match of the round robin.

Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...

won the title by defeating

Michael Stich Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles run ...

6–3, 6–3 in the final.

Cédric Pioline Cédric Pioline (born 15 June 1969) is a French former professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997. On both occasions, he was ...

took the third place.

Draw

The main draw was announced on 23 April.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Bruguera had to withdraw before his match against Ríos due to an injury in his right knee.

Final four

Third-place playoff

Final

Exhibition match

References

External links

Official Results Archive of the 2008 season (ATP)
(Downloadable PDF file. Barcelona appears in page 7) {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Seniors Torneo Godo Seniors