Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in a rematch of the two previous years' finals, 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. It was his fourth French Open title and his fourth major title overall. This marked Federer's worst loss at a major in his entire career.[1] It also marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final, and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at Roland Garros (extending back to their 2005 semifinal encounter). On all four occasions that Nadal won the French Open, he defeated Federer while the latter was the world No. 1 player. Nadal won the title without losing a set, becoming the third man in the Open Era after Ilie Năstase and Björn Borg to do so. He would later replicate this feat in 2010, 2017, and 2020. Federer was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam; he would achieve the feat the following year.
This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten; he lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round. It was also the last major for 2004 French Open finalist and former world No. 3 Guillermo Coria, who lost in the first round to Tommy Robredo.
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Three time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in a rematch of the two previous years finals 6 1 6 3 6 0 to win the men s singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open It was his fourth French Open title and his fourth major title overall This marked Federer s worst loss at a major in his entire career 1 It also marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at Roland Garros extending back to their 2005 semifinal encounter On all four occasions that Nadal won the French Open he defeated Federer while the latter was the world No 1 player Nadal won the title without losing a set becoming the third man in the Open Era after Ilie Năstase and Bjorn Borg to do so He would later replicate this feat in 2010 2017 and 2020 Federer was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam he would achieve the feat the following year Men s singles2008 French OpenFinalChampionRafael NadalRunner upRoger FedererScore6 1 6 3 6 0EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girlsWC Singles men women quadWC Doubles men women quadLegends 45 45 women 2007 French Open 2009 Main article 2008 French Open This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No 1 and three time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten he lost to Paul Henri Mathieu in the first round It was also the last major for 2004 French Open finalist and former world No 3 Guillermo Coria who lost in the first round to Tommy Robredo Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying draw 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 References 5 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Roger Federer final 0 2 nbsp Rafael Nadal champion 0 3 nbsp Novak Djokovic semifinals 0 4 nbsp Nikolay Davydenko third round 0 5 nbsp David Ferrer quarterfinals 0 6 nbsp David Nalbandian second round 0 7 nbsp James Blake second round 0 8 nbsp Richard Gasquet withdrew due to a knee injury 0 9 nbsp Stan Wawrinka third round 10 nbsp Andy Murray third round 11 nbsp Tomas Berdych second round 12 nbsp Tommy Robredo third round 13 nbsp Juan Monaco first round 14 nbsp Jo Wilfried Tsonga withdrew due to a knee injury 15 nbsp Mikhail Youzhny third round 16 nbsp Carlos Moya first round 17 nbsp Marcos Baghdatis first round 18 nbsp Paul Henri Mathieu fourth round 19 nbsp Nicolas Almagro quarterfinals 20 nbsp Ivo Karlovic first round 21 nbsp Radek Stepanek fourth round 22 nbsp Fernando Verdasco fourth round 23 nbsp Juan Carlos Ferrero first round retired 24 nbsp Fernando Gonzalez quarterfinals 25 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt third round 26 nbsp Jarkko Nieminen third round 27 nbsp Igor Andreev second round 28 nbsp Ivan Ljubicic fourth round 29 nbsp Guillermo Canas first round 30 nbsp Dmitry Tursunov third round 31 nbsp Andreas Seppi first round 32 nbsp Janko Tipsarevic first round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying draw editMain article 2008 French Open Men s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Roger Federer2666 24 nbsp Fernando Gonzalez6234 1 nbsp Roger Federer6567 nbsp Gael Monfils2735 nbsp Gael Monfils6366 5 nbsp David Ferrer3631 1 nbsp Roger Federer130 2 nbsp Rafael Nadal666 nbsp Ernests Gulbis5635 3 nbsp Novak Djokovic7777 3 nbsp Novak Djokovic4263 2 nbsp Rafael Nadal6677 19 nbsp Nicolas Almagro111 2 nbsp Rafael Nadal666 Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp R Federer666 nbsp S Querrey443 1 nbsp R Federer65666 nbsp A Montanes777777 nbsp A Montanes77104 nbsp K Vliegen656263 1 nbsp R Federer666 Q nbsp V Crivoi3374 nbsp M Ancic342 Q nbsp D Marrero6656 Q nbsp D Marrero6032 nbsp M Ancic6776 nbsp M Ancic4666 31 nbsp A Seppi2612 1 nbsp R Federer677 20 nbsp I Karlovic6646674 nbsp J Benneteau455 nbsp A Falla3777856 nbsp A Falla6663770 nbsp J Benneteau66336 nbsp J Benneteau1786646 nbsp V Spadea44663 nbsp J Benneteau17866 nbsp M Zverev142 nbsp R Soderling66601 Q nbsp P Capdeville666 Q nbsp P Capdeville324 nbsp R Soderling666 nbsp R Soderling666 13 nbsp J Monaco231 Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp S Wawrinka666 nbsp P Kohlschreiber343 9 nbsp S Wawrinka77776 nbsp M Cilic78677 nbsp M Cilic63641 nbsp R Haase66264 9 nbsp S Wawrinka76444LL nbsp P Andujar66666 24 nbsp F Gonzalez53666 nbsp F Volandri78233 LL nbsp P Andujar507763 nbsp P Cuevas331 24 nbsp F Gonzalez766477 24 nbsp F Gonzalez666 24 nbsp F Gonzalez7766 27 nbsp I Andreev66366 nbsp R Ginepri6431 nbsp P Starace17714 27 nbsp I Andreev62652 nbsp D Young26642 nbsp R Ginepri46776 nbsp R Ginepri63776 nbsp R Ginepri666 nbsp D Sela62643 nbsp F Serra444 nbsp V Hănescu46466 nbsp V Hănescu437765 nbsp F Serra666 nbsp F Serra666577 LL nbsp S Giraldo432 Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp N Davydenko666 nbsp T Johansson333 4 nbsp N Davydenko7766 Q nbsp J R Lisnard77132 nbsp M Safin6422 nbsp M Safin65666 4 nbsp N Davydenko66324Q nbsp D Junqueira666 28 nbsp I Ljubicic42666WC nbsp A Mannarino122 Q nbsp D Junqueira342 WC nbsp E Prodon56664 28 nbsp I Ljubicic666 28 nbsp I Ljubicic77877 28 nbsp I Ljubicic61632 23 nbsp JC Ferrero772r nbsp G Monfils77466 nbsp M Daniel652 nbsp M Daniel63634 nbsp J Melzer666 nbsp J Melzer46266 nbsp P Luczak324 nbsp J Melzer65602 nbsp G Monfils766 nbsp G Monfils47466 nbsp A Clement531 nbsp G Monfils7767 Q nbsp S Jenkins4730 LL nbsp L Horna6545 LL nbsp L Horna6566 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp T Robredo5666PR nbsp G Coria7414 12 nbsp T Robredo67666 nbsp V Troicki4365 nbsp M Gicquel79444 nbsp M Gicquel6647 12 nbsp T Robredo321 Q nbsp J Huta Galung352 21 nbsp R Stepanek666 nbsp J Vanek676 nbsp J Vanek10793 nbsp G Simon241 21 nbsp R Stepanek66676 21 nbsp R Stepanek666 21 nbsp R Stepanek6263325 nbsp L Hewitt666 5 nbsp D Ferrer46166 nbsp N Mahut424 25 nbsp L Hewitt666 nbsp A Calleri78424 nbsp M Fish432 nbsp M Fish66666 25 nbsp L Hewitt26634 nbsp F Santoro7766 5 nbsp D Ferrer63366LL nbsp E Korolev6314 nbsp F Santoro010 nbsp S Darcis343 5 nbsp D Ferrer666 5 nbsp D Ferrer666 Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round7 nbsp J Blake6677 nbsp R Schuttler4163 7 nbsp J Blake62653 Q nbsp S Greul404 nbsp E Gulbis77376 nbsp E Gulbis666 nbsp E Gulbis676 nbsp T Ascione62632 nbsp N Lapentti352 nbsp B Reynolds77466 nbsp B Reynolds5475 nbsp N Lapentti64679 nbsp N Lapentti7657 32 nbsp J Tipsarevic46167 nbsp E Gulbis6776 17 nbsp M Baghdatis242 nbsp M Llodra4643 nbsp S Bolelli666 nbsp S Bolelli37776 LL nbsp J Ouanna323 nbsp JM del Potro66052 nbsp JM del Potro666 nbsp S Bolelli62465 nbsp M Llodra27767 nbsp M Llodra77677 WC nbsp O Patience66135 nbsp M Llodra64566WC nbsp R Smeets100 11 nbsp T Berdych3673411 nbsp T Berdych666 Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round16 nbsp C Moya6427763Q nbsp E Schwank7766146Q nbsp E Schwank65666 nbsp M Granollers6366 nbsp M Granollers77244 nbsp M Berrer3623 Q nbsp E Schwank23669 nbsp o Hernandez47767 18 nbsp P H Mathieu663711 nbsp I Minar66535 nbsp o Hernandez66432WC nbsp G Kuerten342 18 nbsp P H Mathieu2166618 nbsp P H Mathieu666 18 nbsp P H Mathieu434 29 nbsp G Canas666368 3 nbsp N Djokovic666 WC nbsp W Odesnik7877710 WC nbsp W Odesnik6466 nbsp J Bjorkman443 nbsp H t Lee2632 nbsp H t Lee666 WC nbsp W Odesnik542 nbsp F Dancevic666562 3 nbsp N Djokovic766 Q nbsp MA Lopez Jaen783777 Q nbsp MA Lopez Jaen113 nbsp D Gremelmayr6352 3 nbsp N Djokovic666 3 nbsp N Djokovic4676 Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round6 nbsp D Nalbandian666 nbsp C Berlocq241 6 nbsp D Nalbandian66212WC nbsp J Chardy6677 WC nbsp J Chardy34666Q nbsp F Gil3261 WC nbsp J Chardy7766 nbsp G Garcia Lopez6677 30 nbsp D Tursunov6134 nbsp S Roitman2465 nbsp G Garcia Lopez6400 Q nbsp D Brands245 30 nbsp D Tursunov7766 30 nbsp D Tursunov667 WC nbsp J Chardy60675 19 nbsp N Almagro676 19 nbsp N Almagro77797 nbsp B Pasanski451 19 nbsp N Almagro7766 LL nbsp S Decoud366686LL nbsp S Decoud6221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
