Men's singles Champion Novak Djokovic Runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Final score 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) Draw 128 Seeds 32
2008 tennis event results
Main article: 2008 Australian Open
Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 Australian Open.[1]
It was his first major title, the first of a record nine Australian Open titles, and the first of 20 major men's singles titles overall. Djokovic became the first Serbian man to win a major singles title.[2] It was the first major final since the 2005 Australian Open not to feature either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal , who were beaten by Djokovic and Tsonga, respectively, in the semifinals.[3] [4] Alongside second-seeded Nadal, Tsonga (unseeded in this tournament) defeated three more seeds en route to the final, including ninth-seed Andy Murray .
Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Djokovic in the semifinals. The loss ended Federer's record streak of 10 consecutive major finals. However, he became the first man to reach 15 consecutive major quarterfinals (streak starting at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships ), surpassing Roy Emerson and Ivan Lendl . This was the only major where Federer failed to reach the final between the 2005 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 Australian Open , a span of 19 tournaments. He would go on to reach the next 8 major finals (winning four of them).
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Roger Federer (semifinals)
0 2 . Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
0 3 . Novak Djokovic (champion)
0 4 . Nikolay Davydenko (fourth round)
0 5 . David Ferrer (quarterfinals)
0 6 . Andy Roddick (third round)
0 7 . Fernando González (third round)
0 8 . Richard Gasquet (fourth round)
0 9 . Andy Murray (first round)
10 . David Nalbandian (third round)
11 . Tommy Robredo (second round)
12 . James Blake (quarterfinals)
13 . Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)
14 . Mikhail Youzhny (quarterfinals)
15 . Marcos Baghdatis (third round)
16 . Carlos Moyá (first round)
17 . Ivan Ljubičić (first round)
18 . Juan Ignacio Chela (first round)
19 . Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round)
20 . Ivo Karlović (third round)
21 . Juan Mónaco (third round)
22 . Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round)
23 . Paul-Henri Mathieu (fourth round)
24 . Jarkko Nieminen (quarterfinals)
25 . Fernando Verdasco (second round)
26 . Stanislas Wawrinka (second round)
27 . Nicolás Almagro (first round)
28 . Gilles Simon (third round)
29 . Philipp Kohlschreiber (fourth round)
30 . Radek Štěpánek (first round)
31 . Igor Andreev (third round)
32 . Dmitry Tursunov (second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Roger Federer
7
77
6
12
James Blake
5
65
4
1
Roger Federer
5
3
65
3
Novak Djokovic
7
6
77
3
Novak Djokovic
6
6
7
5
David Ferrer
0
3
5
3
Novak Djokovic
4
6
6
77
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6
4
3
62
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
7
6
78
14
Mikhail Youzhny
5
0
66
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6
6
6
2
Rafael Nadal
2
3
2
24
Jarkko Nieminen
5
3
1
2
Rafael Nadal
7
6
6
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
R Federer
6
6
6
D Hartfield
0
3
0
1
R Federer
6
6
6
F Santoro
6
6
6
F Santoro
1
2
0
J Isner
2
2
4
1
R Federer
65
77
5
6
10
J Tipsarević
7
6
66
0
6
J Tipsarević
77
61
7
1
8
WC
J Sirianni
5
2
78
6
0
J Tipsarević
7
77
77
T Ascione
4
0
3
25
F Verdasco
5
63
63
25
F Verdasco
6
6
6
1
R Federer
6
79
6
21
J Mónaco
77
7
6
13
T Berdych
4
67
3
C Berlocq
65
5
1
21
J Mónaco
6
78
5
68
8
R Kendrick
4
5
2
Q
A Delic
3
66
7
710
6
Q
A Delic
6
7
6
21
J Mónaco
6
3
65
2
Ó Hernández
1
77
6
6
13
T Berdych
3
6
77
6
I Minář
6
65
2
1
Ó Hernández
2
1
3
W Eschauer
4
4
4
13
T Berdych
6
6
6
13
T Berdych
6
6
6
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
3
N Djokovic
6
6
77
B Becker
0
2
65
3
N Djokovic
6
6
6
Q
R Ram
65
6
4
6
3
S Bolelli
1
2
2
S Bolelli
77
3
6
2
6
3
N Djokovic
6
6
6
S Querrey
6
6
7
S Querrey
3
1
3
O Rochus
3
2
5
S Querrey
77
4
6
6
PR
X Malisse
77
7
2
1
3
32
D Tursunov
65
6
4
2
32
D Tursunov
61
5
6
6
6
3
N Djokovic
7
6
6
19
L Hewitt
6
6
6
19
L Hewitt
5
3
3
S Darcis
0
3
0
19
L Hewitt
77
6
5
6
WC
D Istomin
6
61
77
6
WC
D Istomin
65
3
7
1
Q
L Lacko
3
77
64
1
19
L Hewitt
4
7
7
64
6
E Gulbis
0
4
62
15
M Baghdatis
6
5
5
77
3
M Safin
6
6
77
M Safin
4
4
6
6
2
T Johansson
60
2
6
3
15
M Baghdatis
6
6
2
3
6
15
M Baghdatis
77
6
3
6
Section 4 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
10
D Nalbandian
6
6
77
WC
R Smeets
1
1
63
10
D Nalbandian
4
7
6
6
M Zabaleta
1
77
3
4
P Luczak
6
5
4
1
P Luczak
6
62
6
6
10
D Nalbandian
1
2
3
WC
A Jones
6
6
3
6
22
JC Ferrero
6
6
6
A Montañés
4
3
6
2
WC
A Jones
4
4
2
N Kiefer
4
3
1
22
JC Ferrero
6
6
6
22
JC Ferrero
6
6
6
22
JC Ferrero
5
6
4
1
30
R Štěpánek
6
6
5
2
3
5
D Ferrer
7
3
6
6
V Spadea
2
2
7
6
6
V Spadea
4
6
6
2
9
Q
D Gremelmayr
6
0
6
7
Q
D Gremelmayr
6
2
3
6
7
S Roitman
1
6
4
5
V Spadea
3
3
2
S Ventura
3
1
3
5
D Ferrer
6
6
6
JM del Potro
6
6
6
JM del Potro
3
4
0r
É Roger-Vasselin
2
2
1
5
D Ferrer
6
6
0
5
D Ferrer
6
6
6
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
R Gasquet
6
6
3
6
WC
N Lindahl
0
1
6
2
8
R Gasquet
6
6
6
F López
78
6
6
F López
2
1
3
Q
W Odesnik
66
1
4
8
R Gasquet
6
6
4
6
K Vliegen
6
6
77
31
I Andreev
3
2
6
4
O Patience
0
1
63
K Vliegen
5
5
2
A Pavel
7
2
64
3
31
I Andreev
7
7
6
31
I Andreev
5
6
77
6
8
R Gasquet
2
77
66
3
18
JI Chela
4
2
6
2
J-W Tsonga
6
65
78
6
G García López
6
6
1
6
G García López
6
5
6
78
A Falla
5
7
68
6
7
A Falla
4
7
4
66
Q
K Anderson
7
5
710
2
5
G García López
3
4
2
Q
S Warburg
2
6
6
2
6
J-W Tsonga
6
6
6
JP Brzezicki
6
2
3
6
4
Q
S Warburg
4
64
2
J-W Tsonga
7
6
0
77
J-W Tsonga
6
77
6
9
A Murray
5
4
6
65
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
14
M Youzhny
6
6
77
WC
M Montcourt
0
2
63
14
M Youzhny
4
7
6
77
Q
H Levy
4
2
1
A Seppi
6
5
3
64
A Seppi
6
6
6
14
M Youzhny
6
6
6
D Sela
6
6
6
20
I Karlović
2
4
2
Q
M Slanar
2
4
2
D Sela
77
4
3
1
Q
J Baker
4
4
77
4
20
I Karlović
65
6
6
6
20
I Karlović
6
6
61
6
14
M Youzhny
77
6
6
26
S Wawrinka
6
6
6
4
N Davydenko
62
3
1
J Benneteau
3
3
3
26
S Wawrinka
2
6
65
1r
Y-h Lu
3
6
78
4
2
M Gicquel
6
3
77
2
M Gicquel
6
4
66
6
6
M Gicquel
3
2
3
N Mahut
77
5
6
3
7
4
N Davydenko
6
6
6
J Acasuso
62
7
2
6
5
N Mahut
4
0
3
M Llodra
5
5
3
4
N Davydenko
6
6
6
4
N Davydenko
7
7
6
Section 7 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
A Roddick
6
6
7
Q
L Dlouhý
3
4
5
6
A Roddick
6
6
6
D Young
77
64
3
65
M Berrer
2
2
4
M Berrer
65
77
6
77
6
A Roddick
4
6
69
77
6
E Korolev
7
6
6
29
P Kohlschreiber
6
3
711
63
8
Q
M Granollers
5
2
0
E Korolev
4
2
1
r
Q
R Karanušić
4
65
1
29
P Kohlschreiber
6
6
0
29
P Kohlschreiber
6
77
6
29
P Kohlschreiber
6
67
69
3
24
J Nieminen
6
6
5
2
6
24
J Nieminen
3
79
711
6
F Dancevic
3
1
7
6
1
24
J Nieminen
6
7
77
WC
J Levine
6
7
6
WC
J Levine
2
5
62
M Vassallo Argüello
1
5
1
24
J Nieminen
3
77
6
6
M Fish
6
6
3
6
M Fish
6
64
3
1
B Pašanski
2
3
6
3
M Fish
6
6
6
M Zverev
6
6
62
4
5
11
T Robredo
1
2
3
11
T Robredo
4
2
77
6
7
Section 8 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
16
C Moyá
65
77
5
4
S Koubek
77
62
7
6
S Koubek
6
78
77
L Horna
4
78
3
4
A Calleri
3
66
65
A Calleri
6
66
6
6
S Koubek
6
64
6
5
6
P Capdeville
6
7
6
23
P-H Mathieu
4
77
2
7
8
WC
B Klein
4
5
4
P Capdeville
77
0
4
4
V Hănescu
1
64
2
23
P-H Mathieu
65
6
6
6
23
P-H Mathieu
6
77
6
23
P-H Mathieu
4
0r
28
G Simon
4
6
6
64
6
2
R Nadal
6
3
B Reynolds
6
4
2
77
4
28
G Simon
6
6
6
A Clément
4
2
77
4
R Schüttler
2
2
1
R Schüttler
6
6
63
6
28
G Simon
5
2
3
F Serra
6
77
77
2
R Nadal
7
6
6
F Mayer
3
62
65
F Serra
0
2
2
Q
V Troicki
63
5
1
2
R Nadal
6
6
6
2
R Nadal
77
7
6
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