2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup

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2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships
and Cellular South Cup
DateFebruary 24 – March 2
Edition33rd (men) / 23rd (women)
SurfaceHard / indoor
Location Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Venue Racquet Club of Memphis
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Steve Darcis
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport
Men's doubles
Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
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The 2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 23rd edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 24 through March 2, 2008.

Contents

The men's singles featured ATP No. 6, 2007 Davis Cup champion and recent San Jose winner Andy Roddick, other Davis Cup champion, Australian Open quarterfinalist and Delray Beach runner-up James Blake, and three-time Memphis winner, defending champion Tommy Haas. Other seeded players were San Jose finalist Radek Štěpánek, Delray Beach semifinalist Sam Querrey, Thomas Johansson, Jürgen Melzer and Robin Söderling.

The women's side included WTA No. 8, Australian Open quarterfinalist and Memphis defending champion Venus Williams, Portorož winner Tatiana Golovin, and Australian Open doubles runner-up and 2007 Memphis finalist Shahar Pe'er. Also competing were 1997 Cellular South Cup titlist and recent Auckland champion Lindsay Davenport, Quebec City quarterfinalist Olga Govortsova, Caroline Wozniacki, Sofia Arvidsson and Laura Granville.

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Steve Darcis defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söderling 6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport defeated Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles defeated Flag of Thailand.svg Sanchai Ratiwatana / Flag of Thailand.svg Sonchat Ratiwatana, 7–6(7–5), 6–2

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond defeated Flag of the United States.svg Angela Haynes / Flag of the United States.svg Mashona Washington, 6–3, 6–1