2008 St. Petersburg Open

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2008 St. Petersburg Open
DateOctober 20 – October 26
Edition14th
Category International Series
Draw32Q / 32S / 16D
Prize money$1,024,000
Surface Hard / Indoor
Location St. Petersburg, Russia
Venue Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
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The 2008 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 20 through October 26, 2008.

Contents

The singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up, Cincinnati and Madrid Masters, Doha and Marseille winner, St. Petersburg defending champion Andy Murray, Miami Masters, Pörtschach, Warsaw winner Nikolay Davydenko, and Umag titlist Fernando Verdasco. Also competing were Australian Open quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny, New Haven winner Marin Čilić, Dmitry Tursunov, Mario Ančić and Marat Safin.

Champions

Singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray defeated Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek defeated Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna / Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]



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