2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad

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2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
Date7–13 July
Edition41st
Category International Series
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money€368,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Gstaad, Switzerland
Venue Roy Emerson Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Romania.svg Victor Hănescu
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinský / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
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The 2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 41st edition of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 7 July through 13 July 2008.

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The singles draw featured ATP No. 10, Rome Masters and Doha runner-up Stanislas Wawrinka, Marseille and Munich semifinalist, and Gstaad defending champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Chennai titlist Mikhail Youzhny. Other seeded players were two-time Nottingham champion Ivo Karlović, Bergamo Challenger winner and 2007 Gstaad finalist Andreas Seppi, Nicolas Kiefer, Igor Andreev and Guillermo Cañas.

Finals

Singles

Flag of Romania.svg Victor Hănescu defeated Flag of Russia.svg Igor Andreev, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinský / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek defeated Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stéphane Bohli / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stanislas Wawrinka, 3–6, 6–2, [11–9]

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