2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles

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Doubles
2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
ChampionsFrance Michaël Llodra
Israel Andy Ram
Runners-upAustralia Stephen Huss
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
Final score6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Events
Singles Doubles
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Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury for Grosjean, before their quarterfinals match against Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram.

Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram won in the final 6–3, 5–7, [10–8], against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.

Seeds[]

  1. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
  2. France Michaël Llodra / Israel Andy Ram (champions)
  3. South Africa Jeff Coetzee / South Africa Wesley Moodie (quarterfinals)
  4. Brazil Marcelo Melo / Brazil André Sá (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

Draw[]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Sweden J Björkman
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
4 6 [10]
  South Africa C Haggard
United States S Querrey
6 4 [6] 1 Sweden J Björkman
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
77 6  
  Argentina L Arnold Ker
Brazil B Soares
6 6     Argentina L Arnold Ker
Brazil B Soares
61 4  
  Spain T Robredo
France F Santoro
1 3   1 Sweden J Björkman
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
711 5 [5]
3 South Africa J Coetzee
South Africa W Moodie
6 6     Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
69 7 [10]
WC France A Clément
France S de Chaunac
2 1   3 South Africa J Coetzee
South Africa W Moodie
64 6 [6]
  Italy F Fognini
Italy A Seppi
3 64     Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
77 3 [10]
  Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
6 77     Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
3 7 [8]
  United States R Ginepri
United States A Roddick
2 4   2 France M Llodra
Israel A Ram
6 5 [10]
WC France T Ascione
France M Gicquel
6 6   WC France T Ascione
France M Gicquel
79 6  
  Sweden R Lindstedt
United Kingdom J Murray
6 79     Sweden R Lindstedt
United Kingdom J Murray
67 3  
4 Brazil M Melo
Brazil A Sá
0 67   WC France T Ascione
France M Gicquel
64 4  
  France S Grosjean
France J-W Tsonga
6 5 [10] 2 France M Llodra
Israel A Ram
77 6  
  United States S Lipsky
United States D Martin
4 7 [5]   France S Grosjean
France J-W Tsonga
     
  Belgium S Darcis
Belgium C Rochus
3 4   2 France M Llodra
Israel A Ram
w/o    
2 France M Llodra
Israel A Ram
6 6  

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