2008 SAP Open explained

The 2008 SAP Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the SAP Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 18 through February 24, 2008.

The singles draw featured ATP No. 6 and 2007 Davis Cup champion Andy Roddick, Australian Open quarterfinalist and other 2007 Davis Cup champion James Blake, and 2007 US Open quarterfinalist Tommy Haas. Other seeds were Sydney semifinalist Radek Štěpánek, 2007 SAP Open quarterfinalist Hyung-taik Lee, Jürgen Melzer, Sam Querrey and Kristof Vliegen.

The event started off with an exhibition match between fourteen time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras and Tommy Haas, replacing injured Marat Safin, scheduled to play the exhibition in the first place. The retired American legend defeated his opponent 6–4, 6–2.[1] [2]

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2008 SAP Open – Singles. Andy Roddick defeated Radek Štěpánek, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

See main article: 2008 SAP Open – Doubles. Scott Lipsky / David Martin defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–4), 7–5

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Tennis Week. Injury Shelves Safin From San Jose. 2008-02-13. 2008-11-06.
  2. http://www.sapopentennis.com/results/DailyResults.asp 2008 SAP Open results