2008 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles

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Singles
2008 Grand Prix Hassan II
ChampionFrance Gilles Simon
Runner-upFrance Julien Benneteau
Final score7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Paul-Henri Mathieu was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.

Qualifier Gilles Simon won in the final 7–5, 6–2, against fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau.

Seeds[]

  1. France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (semifinals, withdrew due to a knee injury)
  2. France Gaël Monfils (second round)
  3. Argentina Agustín Calleri (semifinals)
  4. France Marc Gicquel (quarterfinals)
  5. France Julien Benneteau (final)
  6. Australia Chris Guccione (first round)
  7. France Florent Serra (first round)
  8. Romania Victor Hănescu (first round)

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
  • SR = Special ranking

Finals[]

Semifinals Final
          
1/WC France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga      
Q France Gilles Simon w/o    
Q France Gilles Simon 7 6  
5 France Julien Benneteau 5 2  
3 Argentina Agustín Calleri 6 1 3
5 France Julien Benneteau 1 6 6

Top half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1/WC France J-W Tsonga 6 712
  Spain A Montañés 4 610 1/WC France J-W Tsonga 6 6  
  Argentina M Vassallo Argüello 5 2 WC Algeria L Ouahab 3 2  
WC Algeria L Ouahab 7 6 1/WC France J-W Tsonga 6 6  
  France A Clément 66 1   Spain S Ventura 3 3  
  Spain S Ventura 78 6   Spain S Ventura 2 6 6
  Germany R Schüttler 6 65 6   Germany R Schüttler 6 4 0
6 Australia C Guccione 4 77 2 1/WC France J-W Tsonga      
4 France M Gicquel 6 6 Q France G Simon w/o    
Q Spain R Ramírez Hidalgo 3 0 4 France M Gicquel 6 2 77
  Argentina G Coria 4 6 6   Argentina G Coria 1 6 62
Q Canada P Polansky 6 4 3 4 France M Gicquel 3 2  
  Serbia B Pašanski 2 6 77 Q France G Simon 6 6  
  Germany B Becker 6 3 63   Serbia B Pašanski 6 4 3
Q France G Simon 6 5 6 Q France G Simon 3 6 6
7 France F Serra 2 7 3

Bottom half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Romania V Hănescu 2 78 3
WC Morocco Y El Aynaoui 6 66 6 WC Morocco Y El Aynaoui 6 7
  Australia P Luczak 1r   Slovakia D Hrbatý 3 5
  Slovakia D Hrbatý 2 WC Morocco Y El Aynaoui      
  Brazil M Daniel 77 60 4 3 Argentina A Calleri w/o    
  France O Patience 65 77 6   France O Patience 2 5
  France T Ascione 6 1 2 3 Argentina A Calleri 6 7
3 Argentina A Calleri 3 6 6 3 Argentina A Calleri 6 1 3
5 France J Benneteau 2 6 6 5 France J Benneteau 1 6 6
  Germany F Mayer 6 3 4 5 France J Benneteau 6 6
  Uruguay P Cuevas 6 6   Uruguay P Cuevas 4 4
Q South Korea W-s Jun 4 1 5 France J Benneteau 6 5  
  Canada F Dancevic 77 4 65   Spain Ó Hernández 3 2r
  Spain Ó Hernández 64 6 77   Spain Ó Hernández 6 6  
  Spain G García López 7 5 0 2 France G Monfils 3 2  
2 France G Monfils 6 7 6

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