2008 Tunis Open – Singles

Singles
Singles
2008 Tunis Open
Champion	Thomaz Bellucci
Runner-up	Dušan Vemić
Final score	6–2, 6–4
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated February 24, 2022

The 2008 Tunis Open was a 2008 ATP Challenger Series tennis tournament. Thomaz Bellucci won the singles tournament.

Seeds

Julien Benneteau (quarterfinals)
Florent Serra (semifinals)
Boris Pašanski (second round)
Paul Capdeville (quarterfinals)
Nicolás Massú (semifinals)
Édouard Roger-Vasselin (second round)
Olivier Patience (first round)
Thomaz Bellucci (champion)

Draw

Key

Final four

Semifinals				Final

5	Nicolás Massú	4	2

8	Thomaz Bellucci	6	6
				8	Thomaz Bellucci	6	6

					Dušan Vemić	2	4
	Dušan Vemić	6	6

2	Florent Serra	4	4

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	J Benneteau	7⁷	6
	D Hrbatý	6³	4		1	J Benneteau	6	4	7⁷
	J Ouanna	2	3			T Kamke	3	6	6³
	T Kamke	6	6							1	J Benneteau	4	2
	C Gârd	6	6							5	N Massú	6	6
	M Elgin	3	1			C Gârd	0	2
WC	M Jaziri	6¹	0		5	N Massú	6	6
5	N Massú	7⁷	6											5	N Massú	2	4
4	P Capdeville	7⁷	7⁷											8	T Bellucci	6	6
Q	Adam Vejmělka	6⁴	6⁴		4	P Capdeville	6	5	6
	F Vicente	4	7	6		F Vicente	2	7	4
	I Sergeyev	6	5	4						4	P Capdeville	3	4
WC	M Verkerk	7⁷	7⁷							8	T Bellucci	6	6
Q	S de Chaunac	6⁴	6⁵		WC	M Verkerk	3	3
8	T Bellucci	6	6⁴	6	8	T Bellucci	6	6
	A Beck	0	7⁷	3

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	O Patience	6	3	6⁴
	D Vemić	4	6	7⁷		D Vemić	3	7⁹	6
Q	M Montcourt	6⁶	1			D Muñoz-De La Nava	6	6⁷	3
	D Muñoz-De La Nava	7⁷	6								D Vemić	6⁴	7⁷	6
	W Jallali	1	2								F Gil	7⁷	6³	4
	F Gil	6	6			F Gil	7	6
WC	Wael Kilani	3	3		3	B Pašanski	5	4
3	B Pašanski	6	6													D Vemić	6	6
6	É Roger-Vasselin	6	6												2	F Serra	4	4
	L Lacko	1	3		6	É Roger-Vasselin	1	7⁸	3
	M Fornell	3	6	6		M Fornell	6	6⁶	6
Q	R Machado	6	4	3							M Fornell	1	4
	J Sirianni	6⁵	5							2	F Serra	6	6
	I Bozoljac	7⁷	7			I Bozoljac	5	6⁴
	P Andújar	5	6	3	2	F Serra	7	7⁷
2	F Serra	7	3	6

External links

International Tennis Federation (ITF) – tournament edition details

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