Doubles | |
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2008 Shelbourne Irish Open | |
Champions | Prakash Amritraj Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
Runners-up | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
Score | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
Rohan Bopanna and Adam Feeney were the defending champions but Bopanna chose not to compete this year. Feeney instead partnered Andrew Coelho and lost in the quarterfinals to Prakash Amritraj and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. [1]
Amritraj and Qureshi went on to win the title, defeating Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6). [2]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | A Coelho A Feeney | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
P Raja N Roshan | 3 | 4 | 1 | A Coelho A Feeney | 3 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | T Farron-Mahon B King | 3 | 5 | P Amritraj A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
P Amritraj A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 7 | P Amritraj A-u-H Qureshi | 4 | 77 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | J Goodall K Skupski | 5 | 2 | M Koning M Middelkoop | 6 | 64 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Koning M Middelkoop | 7 | 6 | M Koning M Middelkoop | 3 | 77 | [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | E Heavey J McGee | 4 | 6 | [11] | S La Porte A Slabinsky | 6 | 62 | [13] | |||||||||||||||||||
S La Porte A Slabinsky | 6 | 3 | [13] | P Amritraj A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
T Cakl N Karagiannis | 4 | 3 | 4 | J Marray F Nielsen | 3 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Cluskey C O'Brien | 6 | 6 | J Cluskey C O'Brien | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | D Glancy M Hayes | 0 | 3 | 4 | J Marray F Nielsen | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | J Marray F Nielsen | 6 | 6 | 4 | J Marray F Nielsen | 2 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
R Karanušić I Klec | 5 | 77 | [10] | P Chekhov A Kudryavstev | 6 | 1 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
H Mankad A Singh | 7 | 63 | [8] | R Karanušić I Klec | |||||||||||||||||||||||
M Felder G Gehrke | 4 | 3 | 2 | P Chekhov A Kudryavstev | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | P Chekhov A Kudryavstev | 6 | 6 |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively. Qureshi has also reached seven further major semifinals across the two disciplines. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 in June 2011, and has won 18 titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Paris Masters and 2013 Miami Open, with Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer respectively. Qureshi has also qualified for the ATP Finals in doubles on three occasions.
Jonathan Marray is a former British tennis player and a Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion. Marray is a former top 20 doubles player, reaching a career high of world no. 15 in January 2013, mainly due to more regular appearances on the ATP World Tour, following his victory at Wimbledon 2012. He has also competed on the singles tour, reaching world no. 215 in April 2005, but was unable to continue his singles career, in part due to injuries.
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