2008 BCR Open Romania – Doubles

Doubles
	2008 BCR Open Romania
Champions	Nicolas Devilder ; Paul-Henri Mathieu
Runners-up	Mariusz Fyrstenberg ; Marcin Matkowski
Final score	7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated March 03, 2019

Oliver Marach and Michal Mertiňák were the defending champions, but Marach chose not to participate, and only Mertinak competed that year.
Mertinak partnered with Filip Polášek, but lost in the first round to Nicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Oliver Marach is an Austrian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 82, which he reached on August 7, 2005. His career high in doubles is world No. 2, set on May 28, 2018, after winning his first major at the 2018 Australian Open in January and reaching his first Masters final in Monte Carlo in April, both partnering Mate Pavić.

Michal Mertiňák is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 12 in February 2010. He played in the 2005 Davis Cup for Slovakia, who finished runner-up to Croatia. Mertiňák played two ties in the final, including losing the deciding fifth rubber to Mario Ančić.

Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. He reached career-high rankings of World No. 20 in doubles in January 2012 and World No. 555 in singles in November 2007.

Nicolas Devilder is a French male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of 60 in the world on September 8, 2008, after reaching the semifinals of the Montevideo Challenger, where he lost to former top ten player, Guillermo Cañas. He plays primarily in Challenger events, and has won Challenger titles in Pamplona, Monza, Bergamo, Košice, Timişoara and Poznań. He is sponsored by Nike and Babolat.

Paul-Henri Mathieu is a retired French tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP World Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Canadian Open. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 2008.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a retired left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality was in doubles.

Seeds

Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (Final)
Christopher Kas / Rogier Wassen (First Round)
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek (First Round)
Ross Hutchins / Jim Thomas (First Round)

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski	4	6	[10]
	T Perry M Zverev	6	4	[6]	1	M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski	6	6
	J Brunström J-J Rojer	6	6			J Brunström J-J Rojer	1	4
	J Cerretani V Hănescu	4	4							1	M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski	6	6
4	R Hutchins J Thomas	2	3								J Chardy T Gabashvili	2	3
	J Chardy T Gabashvili	6	6			J Chardy T Gabashvili	6	1	[10]
	M Granollers P Starace	6	4			M Granollers P Starace	4	6	[7]
WC	H Tecău F Mergea	1	2^r											1	M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski	6⁴	7¹¹	[20]
WC	M Copil P-A Luncanu	4	1												N Devilder P-H Mathieu	7⁷	6⁹	[22]
	D Gremelmayr F Moser	6	6			D Gremelmayr F Moser	2	5
	N Devilder P-H Mathieu	7⁷	6			N Devilder P-H Mathieu	6	7
3	M Mertiňák F Polášek	6²	3								N Devilder P-H Mathieu	6	6
	J Acasuso S Prieto	6	6								J Acasuso S Prieto	4	1
	Ó Hernández Montañés	3	2			J Acasuso S Prieto	6	6
	P Andújar I Navarro	6	6			P Andújar I Navarro	1	2
2	C Kas R Wassen	2	4

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2008 BCR Open Romania – Doubles

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