2008 Next Generation Adelaide International – Singles

Singles
	2008 Next Generation Adelaide International
Champion	Michaël Llodra
Runner-up	Jarkko Nieminen
Final score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated November 24, 2020

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.

Seeds

Lleyton Hewitt (Quarterfinals)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (Quarterfinals)
Jarkko Nieminen (Final)
Gilles Simon (First Round)
Radek Štěpánek (First Round, retired due to a foot injury)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Semifinals)
Juan Martín del Potro (First Round)
Sébastien Grosjean (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final


6	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2	4

3	Jarkko Nieminen	6	6
				3	Jarkko Nieminen	3	4

					Michaël Llodra	6	6
	Michaël Llodra	6	7¹⁰

WC	Joseph Sirianni	3	6⁸

Top Half

First Round					Second Round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	L Hewitt	6	6
	D Sela	2	2		1	L Hewitt	6	6
	A Falla	3	6³			J Acasuso	2	2
	J Acasuso	6	7⁷						1	L Hewitt	4	2
	E Gulbis	6⁹	6	6					6	J-W Tsonga	6	6
Q	A Golubev	7¹¹	4	2		E Gulbis	3	2
	V Hănescu	3	6	5	6	J-W Tsonga	6	6
6	J-W Tsonga	6	4	7										6	J-W Tsonga	2	4
3	J Nieminen	6	6											3	J Nieminen	6	6
Q	I Klec	2	4		3	J Nieminen	6	6
Q	F Dancevic	6	7⁷		Q	F Dancevic	4	1
	S Bolelli	2	6³						3	J Nieminen	7⁷	6⁷	7⁷
	F Mayer	3	3							V Spadea	6⁵	7⁹	6⁵
	M Zverev	6	6			M Zverev	3	5
	V Spadea	4	6	6		V Spadea	6	7
8	S Grosjean	6	1	3

Bottom Half

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	JM del Potro	3	3
	M Russell	6	6			M Russell	4	4
WC	R Smeets	6	4	2		B Becker	6	6
	B Becker	3	6	6							B Becker	6⁵	4
	E Korolev	6	7⁹								M Llodra	7⁷	6
LL	A Jones	2	6⁷			E Korolev	6³	3
	M Llodra	7⁷	6			M Llodra	7⁷	6
4	G Simon	6³	3													M Llodra	6	7¹⁰
5	R Štěpánek	6³	3^r												WC	J Sirianni	3	6⁸
WC	J Sirianni	7⁷	4		WC	J Sirianni	6⁵	6	6
	S Querrey	7	6			S Querrey	7⁷	2	3
	S Darcis	5	4							WC	J Sirianni	1	6	7⁸
WC	C Guccione	7	7⁷							2	P-H Mathieu	6	1	6⁶
Q	W Odesnik	5	6⁵		WC	C Guccione	6	3	4
	J Benneteau	6²	5		2	P-H Mathieu	4	6	6
2	P-H Mathieu	7⁷	7

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