2008 ATP Tour


The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 ATP Tour, with player progression documented until the quarter-final stage.
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Grand Slam tournaments
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series
Team events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

List of players and titles won, listed in order of number of titles won:
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation:

Singles

Point distribution

ATP race

Singles

Grand Slams and Masters Series in bold. Points are shown in order of scoring. The second row shows the result and the week in which it was achieved. Italics indicate that a player is not yet eliminated from a tournament.
18 events count towards the race, split as follows:
If a player has a valid forfeit or may not enter the Grand Slam or Masters Series, he may count the other events towards the race.

Masters Cup entrants

The top eight players who qualify on the ATP Race will compete in the year-ending finale, in Shanghai, China, from November 9 through November 16. World no. 1 Rafael Nadal has withdrew his name due to a foot injury.
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As of October 5, the following entrants remain entered in the competition:
#Singles EntrantDoubles Team Entrant
1. Roger Federer Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
2. Novak Djokovic Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić
3. Andy Murray Mahesh Bhupathi
Mark Knowles
4. Nikolay Davydenko Jonas Björkman
Kevin Ullyett
5. Andy Roddick Jeff Coetzee
Wesley Moodie
6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Lukáš Dlouhý
Leander Paes
7. Juan Martín del Potro Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
8. Gilles Simon Pablo Cuevas
Luis Horna

Doubles

Unlike the ATP Singles Race, the Stanford ATP Doubles Race uses only the best fourteen tournaments on a team's ranking with no mandatory tournaments counting towards the ranking.
RkName1234567891011121314Total
1 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		200
W		100
W		100
W		100
W		90
SF		70
F		70
F		60
W		50
QF		50
QF		25
QF		25
QF		25
QF		24
F		989
2 Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		200
W		140
F		100
W		100
W		70
F		70
F		50
QF		45
W		45
SF		30
R16		27
SF		25
QF		12
QF		12
QF		926
3 Mahesh Bhupathi
Mark Knowles		90
SF		70
F		70
F		70
F		60
W		45
SF		40
W		30
R16		28
F		25
QF		25
QF		22
QF		15
SF		8
QF		593
4 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		200
W		100
W		70
F		50
QF		30
R16		27
SF		25
QF		15
SF		15
R32		11
QF		8
QF		551
5 Jonas Björkman
Kevin Ullyett		140
F		50
QF		45
W		45
SF		45
SF		45
SF		25
QF		25
QF		15
R16		15
SF		15
R32		11
QF		476
6 Lukáš Dlouhý
Leander Paes		140
F		90
SF		45
SF		35
W		35
F		31
F		30
R16		25
QF		431
7 Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		100
W		42
F		35
W		30
R16		25
QF		25
QF		24
F		24
F		15
R32		15
R16		15
R16		15
R16		15
QF		15
SF		395
8 Jeff Coetzee
Wesley Moodie		90
SF		45
SF		45
SF		45
SF		42
F		35
W		20
SF		15
R32		15
R16		15
R16		15
R32		375
9 Marcelo Melo
André Sá		40
W		35
W		35
W		31
F		30
R16		30
R16		22
SF		15
R32		15
R16		15
R16		15
R16		15
SF		15
R16		14
SF		328
10 Simon Aspelin
Julian Knowle		30
R16		27
SF		27
SF		27
SF		25
QF		25
QF		25
QF		25
QF		20
QF		18
SF		15
R32		12
QF		10
QF		8
QF		294

Points distribution (Singles & Doubles)

1 point only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 or 64.

Prize money leaders

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players or top 50 who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2008 season: