2008 BNP Paribas Masters | |
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Date | 25 October – 2 November |
Edition | 36th |
Category | Masters Series |
Draw | 48S / 24D |
Prize money | €2,057,000 |
Surface | Hard / indoor |
Location | Paris, France |
Venue | Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[1] | |
Doubles | |
Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett[2] |
The 2008 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 25 October through 2 November 2008.
The singles draw was headlined by year-end World No. 1, Beijing Olympics singles gold medalist, French Open and Wimbledon, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Toronto Masters champion Rafael Nadal, ATP No. 2, US Open, Estoril, Halle and Basel titlist, Olympic doubles gold medalist Roger Federer, and Australian Open, Indian Wells, Rome Masters winner Novak Djokovic. Also announced were US Open runner-up, Cincinnati, Madrid Masters and recent St. Petersburg titlist Andy Murray, Valencia and 's-Hertogenbosch champion David Ferrer, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick and David Nalbandian.