Tennis tournament
Men's Singles Champion Rafael Nadal Runner-up Roger Federer Final score 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
2008 tennis event results
Main article: 2008 French Open
Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in the final 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. It was his fourth French Open title and his fourth Major title overall. This marks Federer's worst loss at a Grand Slam match in his entire
career.[1] It also marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final, and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at Roland Garros (extending back to their 2005 semifinal encounter ). On all four occasions that Nadal won the French Open, he defeated Federer while the latter was the world No. 1 player . Nadal won the title without losing a set, becoming the third man in the Open Era after Ilie Năstase and Björn Borg to do so. He would later replicate this feat in 2010 , 2017 , and 2020 .
This was the final major and professional appearance of former world No. 1 and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten . He lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round and retired from professional tennis shortly thereafter. It was also the last major for 2004 French Open finalist and former world No. 3 Guillermo Coria , who lost in the first round to Tommy Robredo in four sets, and the last French Open appearance for 1999 semifinalist Dominik Hrbatý .
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Roger Federer (Final)
0 2 . Rafael Nadal (Champion)
0 3 . Novak Djokovic (Semifinals)
0 4 . Nikolay Davydenko (Third round)
0 5 . David Ferrer (Quarterfinals)
0 6 . David Nalbandian (Second round)
0 7 . James Blake (Second round)
0 8. Richard Gasquet (Withdrew due to a knee injury)
0 9 . Stan Wawrinka (Third round)
10 . Andy Murray (Third round)
11 . Tomáš Berdych (Second round)
12 . Tommy Robredo (Third round)
13 . Juan Mónaco (First round)
14. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Withdrew due to a knee injury)
15 . Mikhail Youzhny (Third round)
16 . Carlos Moyá (First round)
17 . Marcos Baghdatis (First round)
18 . Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fourth round)
19 . Nicolás Almagro (Quarterfinals)
20 . Ivo Karlović (First round)
21 . Radek Štěpánek (Fourth round)
22 . Fernando Verdasco (Fourth round)
23 . Juan Carlos Ferrero (First round, retired)
24 . Fernando González (Quarterfinals)
25 . Lleyton Hewitt (Third round)
26 . Jarkko Nieminen (Third round)
27 . Igor Andreev (Second round)
28 . Ivan Ljubičić (Fourth round)
29 . Guillermo Cañas (First round)
30 . Dmitry Tursunov (Third round)
31 . Andreas Seppi (First round)
32 . Janko Tipsarević (First round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying draw [ ]
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 [ ]
Quarterfinal
Semifinals
Final
1
Roger Federer
2
6
6
6
24
Fernando González
6
2
3
4
1
Roger Federer
6
5
6
7
Gaël Monfils
2
7
3
5
Gaël Monfils
6
3
6
6
5
David Ferrer
3
6
3
1
1
Roger Federer
1
3
0
2
Rafael Nadal
6
6
6
Ernests Gulbis
5
63
5
3
Novak Djokovic
7
77
7
3
Novak Djokovic
4
2
63
2
Rafael Nadal
6
6
77
19
Nicolás Almagro
1
1
1
2
Rafael Nadal
6
6
6
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
1
R Federer
6
6
6
S Querrey
4
4
3
1
R Federer
65
6
6
6
A Montañés
77
77
77
A Montañés
77
1
0
4
K Vliegen
65
62
63
1
R Federer
6
6
6
Q
V Crivoi
3
3
7
4
M Ančić
3
4
2
Q
D Marrero
6
6
5
6
Q
D Marrero
6
0
3
2
M Ančić
6
77
6
M Ančić
4
6
6
6
31
A Seppi
2
61
2
1
R Federer
6
7
7
20
I Karlović
6
64
66
7
4
J Benneteau
4
5
5
A Falla
3
77
78
5
6
A Falla
6
66
3
77
0
J Benneteau
6
6
3
3
6
J Benneteau
1
78
6
64
6
V Spadea
4
4
6
6
3
J Benneteau
1
78
6
6
M Zverev
1
4
2
R Söderling
6
66
0
1
Q
P Capdeville
6
6
6
Q
P Capdeville
3
2
4
R Söderling
6
6
6
R Söderling
6
6
6
13
J Mónaco
2
3
1
Section 2 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
9
S Wawrinka
6
6
6
P Kohlschreiber
3
4
3
9
S Wawrinka
77
77
6
M Čilić
78
6
77
M Čilić
63
64
1
R Haase
66
2
64
9
S Wawrinka
7
6
4
4
4
LL
P Andújar
66
6
6
6
24
F González
5
3
6
6
6
F Volandri
78
2
3
3
LL
P Andújar
5
0
77
63
P Cuevas
3
3
1
24
F González
7
6
64
77
24
F González
6
6
6
24
F González
77
6
6
27
I Andreev
6
63
6
6
R Ginepri
64
3
1
P Starace
1
77
1
4
27
I Andreev
6
2
65
2
D Young
2
6
64
2
R Ginepri
4
6
77
6
R Ginepri
6
3
77
6
R Ginepri
6
6
6
D Sela
6
2
6
4
3
F Serra
4
4
4
V Hănescu
4
6
4
6
6
V Hănescu
4
3
77
65
F Serra
6
6
6
F Serra
6
6
65
77
LL
S Giraldo
4
3
2
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
Section 6 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
16
C Moyá
64
2
77
6
3
Q
E Schwank
77
6
61
4
6
Q
E Schwank
65
6
6
6
M Granollers
6
3
6
6
M Granollers
77
2
4
4
M Berrer
3
6
2
3
Q
E Schwank
2
3
6
69
Ó Hernández
4
77
6
7
18
P-H Mathieu
6
6
3
711
I Minář
6
65
3
5
Ó Hernández
6
6
4
3
2
WC
G Kuerten
3
4
2
18
P-H Mathieu
2
1
6
6
6
18
P-H Mathieu
6
6
6
18
P-H Mathieu
4
3
4
29
G Cañas
66
63
68
3
N Djokovic
6
6
6
WC
W Odesnik
78
77
710
WC
W Odesnik
6
4
6
6
J Björkman
4
4
3
H-t Lee
2
6
3
2
H-t Lee
6
6
6
WC
W Odesnik
5
4
2
F Dancevic
66
6
5
62
3
N Djokovic
7
6
6
Q
MA López Jaén
78
3
7
77
Q
MA López Jaén
1
1
3
D Gremelmayr
6
3
5
2
3
N Djokovic
6
6
6
3
N Djokovic
4
6
7
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
15
M Youzhny
6
6
77
B Becker
1
3
64
15
M Youzhny
6
6
6
Q
M González
6
7
4
3
6
Q
M González
3
2
2
Q
R Karanušić
3
5
6
6
2
15
M Youzhny
65
7
5
1
J Isner
6
6
5
3
4
22
F Verdasco
77
5
7
6
JI Chela
2
3
7
6
6
JI Chela
5
6
3
5
S Ventura
6
3
4
78
1
22
F Verdasco
7
4
6
7
22
F Verdasco
4
6
6
66
6
22
F Verdasco
1
0
2
26
J Nieminen
2
6
6
6
2
R Nadal
6
6
6
LL
M López
6
3
4
3
26
J Nieminen
7
6
3
77
M Vassallo Argüello
77
6
3
4
6
M Vassallo Argüello
5
1
6
62
F López
61
4
6
6
3
26
J Nieminen
1
3
1
C Guccione
4
1
4
2
R Nadal
6
6
6
Q
N Devilder
6
6
6
Q
N Devilder
4
0
1
Q
T Bellucci
5
3
1
2
R Nadal
6
6
6
2
R Nadal
7
6
6
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