en 2008 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2008 Pacific Life Open
Final
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Mardy Fish
Score	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Details
Draw	96 (5WC/12Q/2LL)
Seeds	32
Events

Novak Djokovic defeated Mardy Fish in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 Indian Wells Masters.^[1]^[2]

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Djokovic.

Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Roger Federer (semifinals)
Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
Novak Djokovic (champion)
Nikolay Davydenko (third round)
David Ferrer (third round)
Andy Roddick (second round)
David Nalbandian (quarterfinals)
Richard Gasquet (fourth round)
James Blake (quarterfinals)
Tomáš Berdych (second round)
Andy Murray (fourth round)
Fernando González (second round)
Mikhail Youzhny (third round)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round)
Tommy Robredo (third round)
Guillermo Cañas (fourth round)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round)
Marcos Baghdatis (third round)
Carlos Moyá (third round)
Ivo Karlović (third round)
Juan Mónaco (third round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round)
Ivan Ljubičić (fourth round)
Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round)
Nicolás Almagro (second round)
Jarkko Nieminen (second round)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)
Juan Ignacio Chela (third round)
Radek Štěpánek (third round)
Fernando Verdasco (third round)
Igor Andreev (second round)
Feliciano López (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Roger Federer	w/o

	Tommy Haas
					1	Roger Federer	3	2

						Mardy Fish	6	6
	Mardy Fish	6	6⁵	7⁷

7	David Nalbandian	3	7⁷	6⁴
										Mardy Fish	2	7	3

									3	Novak Djokovic	6	5	6
	Stanislas Wawrinka	6⁵	2

3	Novak Djokovic	7⁷	6
					3	Novak Djokovic	6	6

					2	Rafael Nadal	3	2
9	James Blake	5	6	3

2	Rafael Nadal	7	3	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					1	R Federer	6	6
	S Roitman	1	4			G García López	3	2
	G García López	6	6							1	R Federer	6	6
	E Korolev	6	2	2							N Mahut	1	1
	N Mahut	3	6	6		N Mahut	7⁷	6
					25	N Almagro	6¹	2
														1	R Federer	6	6
														23	I Ljubičić	3	4
					23	I Ljubičić	7⁹	7
Q	K Nishikori	2	4			M Čilić	6⁷	5
	M Čilić	6	6							23	I Ljubičić	6	6
	J Tipsarević	4	6	6⁴						15	T Robredo	3	4
	N Massú	6	3	7⁷		N Massú	4	7	6⁵
					15	T Robredo	6	5	7⁷

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					11	A Murray	3	6	6
	J Melzer	7⁷	2	6		J Melzer	6	3	3
	M Safin	6⁵	6	2						11	A Murray	7⁹	6³	6
Q	R de Voest	7⁷	7							20	I Karlović	6⁷	7⁷	3
	M Berrer	6⁴	5		Q	R de Voest	3	6²
					20	I Karlović	6	7⁷
															11	A Murray	6	5	3
																T Haas	2	7	6
					30	F Verdasco	4	6	6
	V Hănescu	1	6	6		V Hănescu	6	4	3
	A Montañés	6	4	4						30	F Verdasco	6⁵	6	1
	T Haas	3	6	6							T Haas	7⁷	4	6
	J Benneteau	6	0	2		T Haas	6	6
					6	A Roddick	4	4

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

					4	N Davydenko	6	7⁷
	S Bolelli	3	7⁷	6²	WC	J Isner	2	6³
WC	J Isner	6	6⁵	7⁷					4	N Davydenko	3	2
	F Mayer	5	4							M Fish	6	6
	M Fish	7	6			M Fish	6	6
					31	I Andreev	4	3
														M Fish	7	3	7⁷
													24	L Hewitt	5	6	6⁴
					24	L Hewitt	6	6
	L Horna	6⁵	3			S Querrey	4	3
	S Querrey	7⁷	6						24	L Hewitt	7	6
	G Simon	6	6						13	M Youzhny	5	1
	C Berlocq	2	3			G Simon	5	4
					13	M Youzhny	7	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					12	F González	5	6	3
WC	M Ančić	6	6		WC	M Ančić	7	3	6
	G Monfils	3	2							WC	M Ančić	5	6	6⁷
	T Johansson	6	6²	6						22	JC Ferrero	7	4	7⁹
Q	Y-h Lu	4	7⁷	4		T Johansson	4	4
					22	JC Ferrero	6	6
															22	JC Ferrero	2	2
															7	D Nalbandian	6	6
					29	R Štěpánek	6	6
	J Acasuso	5	5		Q	M Mirnyi	4	2
Q	M Mirnyi	7	7							29	R Štěpánek	6¹	6	6⁶
	Ó Hernández	2	1							7	D Nalbandian	7⁷	0	7⁸
	E Gulbis	6	6			E Gulbis	4	6	6⁴
					7	D Nalbandian	6	4	7⁷

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					5	D Ferrer	6	6
	A Clément	4	4			O Rochus	2	2
	O Rochus	6	6							5	D Ferrer	6⁵	7⁷	6³
	H-t Lee	6	6								H-t Lee	7⁷	6⁵	7⁷
	M Llodra	2	3			H-t Lee	4	7⁷	6
					26	J Nieminen	6	6⁵	3
																H-t Lee	1	7	4
																S Wawrinka	6	5	6
					18	M Baghdatis	7⁷	1	6
Q	I Kunitsyn	6	6³	3	Q	W Odesnik	6²	6	3
Q	W Odesnik	2	7⁷	6						18	M Baghdatis	3	7⁷	0
WC	J Levine	5	6	4							S Wawrinka	6	6¹	6
	S Wawrinka	7	4	6		S Wawrinka	2	7⁷	6
					10	T Berdych	6	6³	4

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					16	G Cañas	6	7⁷
	F Volandri	3	6⁵			J Björkman	2	6⁴
	J Björkman	6	7⁷							16	G Cañas	6	6¹	6
Q	D Vemic	6	3	2						21	J Mónaco	3	7⁷	2
Q	R Haase	3	6	6	Q	R Haase	2	4
					21	J Mónaco	6	6
															16	G Cañas	2	3
															3	N Djokovic	6	6
					27	P Kohlschreiber	6	5	6
	X Malisse	6⁵	6	6		X Malisse	2	7	4
Q	F Serra	7⁷	2	0						27	P Kohlschreiber	3	2
	A Seppi	4	7⁷	6						3	N Djokovic	6	6
Q	P Capdeville	6	6³	2		A Seppi	3	6³
					3	N Djokovic	6	7⁷

Section 7

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

				8	R Gasquet	6	6
	S Grosjean	3	3		R Söderling	3	2
	R Söderling	6	6						8	R Gasquet	6	6
	D Tursunov	7⁷	6						28	JI Chela	2	1
	B Becker	6⁴	3		D Tursunov	7⁷	6⁶	4
				28	JI Chela	6¹	7⁸	6
													8	R Gasquet	4	2
													9	J Blake	6	6
				19	C Moyá	2	6	6
WC	R Ginepri	6	6	WC	R Ginepri	6	2	4
	V Spadea	1	1						19	C Moyá	3	4
	P Starace	4	3						9	J Blake	6	6
	M Gicquel	6	6		M Gicquel	3	7⁷	1
				9	J Blake	6	6⁵	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					14	P-H Mathieu	6	7⁹
LL	F Fognini	2	6	6	LL	F Fognini	1	6⁷
LL	R Schüttler	6	3	3						14	P-H Mathieu	6⁵	4
	D Sela	6	6⁴	6						17	J-W Tsonga	7⁷	6
	N Kiefer	4	7⁷	3		D Sela	2	4
					17	J-W Tsonga	6	6
														17	J-W Tsonga	7⁷	6³	5
														2	R Nadal	6⁴	7⁷	7
					32	F López	4	7⁷	2
Q	B Reynolds	3	4		WC	D Young	6	6³	6
WC	D Young	6	6							WC	D Young	1	3
Q	S Giraldo	7⁷	6							2	R Nadal	6	6
	W Eschauer	6⁵	4		Q	S Giraldo	3	3
					2	R Nadal	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Peter Luczak (first round)
Chris Guccione (first round)
Fabio Fognini (qualifying competition, Lucky Loser)
Mischa Zverev (first round)
Robin Haase (qualified)
Rainer Schüttler (qualifying competition, Lucky Loser)
Florent Serra (qualified)
Nicolás Lapentti (first round)
Bobby Reynolds (qualified)
Amer Delić (first round)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (first round)
Lu Yen-hsun (qualified)
Paul Capdeville (qualified)
Robert Kendrick (qualifying competition)
Igor Kunitsyn (qualified)
Kevin Anderson (qualifying competition)
Wayne Odesnik (qualified)
Kei Nishikori (qualified)
Alun Jones (first round)
Rik de Voest (qualified)
Santiago Giraldo (qualified)
Stéphane Bohli (qualifying competition)
Kevin Kim (first round)
Dušan Vemić (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Fabio Fognini
Rainer Schüttler

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Peter Luczak	6⁵	4

	Wesley Moodie	7⁷	6
					Wesley Moodie	3	2

				15	Igor Kunitsyn	6	6
	Jan Hernych	1	3

15	Igor Kunitsyn	6	6

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Chris Guccione	6³	3

	Brendan Evans	7⁷	6
					Brendan Evans	7⁷	1	4

				13	Paul Capdeville	6³	6	6
	Jesse Huta Galung	2	2

13	Paul Capdeville	6	6

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Fabio Fognini	0	7⁷	6

	Sam Warburg	6	6²	2
					3	Fabio Fognini	1	2

					17	Wayne Odesnik	6	6
	Dominik Hrbatý	1	0

17	Wayne Odesnik	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Mischa Zverev	6	3	2

	Scoville Jenkins	4	6	6
						Scoville Jenkins	4	6	6³

					24	Dušan Vemić	6	3	7⁷
WC	Michael McClune	7⁷	4	4

24	Dušan Vemić	6⁴	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Robin Haase	6	4	7

	Harel Levy	1	6	5
					5	Robin Haase	6	6⁷	6

					16	Kevin Anderson	1	7⁹	4
	Konstantinos Economidis	4	3

16	Kevin Anderson	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Rainer Schüttler	6	6

	Joseph Sirianni	4	2
				6	Rainer Schüttler	5	5

				21	Santiago Giraldo	7	7
	Adrián García	3	2

21	Santiago Giraldo	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Florent Serra	7⁹	6

WC	Jamie Baker	6⁷	1
				7	Florent Serra	6	6

				WC	Ryan Sweeting	4	4
WC	Ryan Sweeting	7¹⁰	6

19	Alun Jones	6⁸	2

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Nicolás Lapentti	3	6⁴

	Frédéric Niemeyer	6	7⁷
						Frédéric Niemeyer	7	5	4

					18	Kei Nishikori	5	7	6
	Alex Bogdanovic	4	6	5

18	Kei Nishikori	6	4	7

Ninth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

9	Bobby Reynolds	6	6

	Laurent Recouderc	0	4
					9	Bobby Reynolds	7⁷	7⁹

					14	Robert Kendrick	6³	6⁷
	Ivo Klec	6	1	1

14	Robert Kendrick	4	6	6

Tenth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

10	Amer Delić	2	6	3

	Dominik Meffert	6	3	6
						Dominik Meffert	6	4	3

					20	Rik de Voest	4	6	6
	Lukáš Dlouhý	3	1

20	Rik de Voest	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

11	Teymuraz Gabashvili	5	7⁷	4

	Max Mirnyi	7	6⁵	6
						Max Mirnyi	7	7

						Mathieu Montcourt	5	5
	Mathieu Montcourt	1	6	6

23	Kevin Kim	6	3	4

Twelfth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

12	Lu Yen-hsun	6	6

WC	Roman Borvanov	2	1
				12	Lu Yen-hsun	6	3	6

				22	Stéphane Bohli	4	6	2
WC	Ryan Thacher	4	6⁷

22	Stéphane Bohli	6	7⁹

References

^ "History: 2001-2010". BNP Paribas Open. Indian Wells, California. Retrieved 26 September 2022. Novak Djokovic beat Mardy Fish in three sets (6-2, 5-7, 6-3) to win his first tournament title.
^ Lamport-Stokes, Mark (23 March 2008). "Djokovic sinks Fish to seal Indian Wells title". Indian Wells, California. Reuters. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

External links

[1] "History: 2001-2010". BNP Paribas Open. Indian Wells, California. Retrieved 26 September 2022. Novak Djokovic beat Mardy Fish in three sets (6-2, 5-7, 6-3) to win his first tournament title.

[2] Lamport-Stokes, Mark (23 March 2008). "Djokovic sinks Fish to seal Indian Wells title". Indian Wells, California. Reuters. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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