2008 Stella Artois Championships – Singles

Singles
Singles
2008 Stella Artois Championships
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Score	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Details
Draw	56
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–6^(8–6), 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships.

Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Nadal. This marked the first time since 1999 that neither Lleyton Hewitt nor Roddick won the title.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Rafael Nadal (champion)
Novak Djokovic (final)
Andy Roddick (semifinals)
David Nalbandian (semifinals)
Richard Gasquet (quarterfinals)
Andy Murray (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a thumb injury)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round)
Ivo Karlović (quarterfinals)
Fernando Verdasco (second round)
Fernando González (third round)
Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals)
Andreas Seppi (second round)
Janko Tipsarević (third round)
Feliciano López (first round)
Mardy Fish (third round, retired due to an ankle injury)
Sam Querrey (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Rafael Nadal	6⁵	7⁷	7⁷

8	Ivo Karlović	7⁷	6⁵	6⁴
					1	Rafael Nadal	7	6

					3	Andy Roddick	5	4
3	Andy Roddick	w/o

6	Andy Murray
									1	Rafael Nadal	7⁸	7

									2	Novak Djokovic	6⁶	5
5	Richard Gasquet	4	6	6³

4	David Nalbandian	6	3	7⁷
					4	David Nalbandian	1	0

					2	Novak Djokovic	6	6
11	Lleyton Hewitt	2	2

2	Novak Djokovic	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	R Nadal	6	6
WC	J Björkman	7⁷	4	6	WC	J Björkman	2	2
	I Kunitsyn	6³	6	4					1	R Nadal	6	3	6
	A Falla	6	4	2						K Nishikori	4	6	3
	K Nishikori	2	6	6		K Nishikori	7¹⁰	6
	O Patience	7	5	6		O Patience	6⁸	3
16	S Querrey	5	7	4										1	R Nadal	6⁵	7⁷	7⁷
10	F González	7⁷	6											8	I Karlović	7⁷	6⁵	6⁴
Q	R Bloomfield	6⁵	3		10	F González	6	7⁷
	M Safin	4	6	6		M Safin	3	6³
Q	J Ward	6	1	4					10	F González	3	5
WC	A Bogdanovic	3	3						8	I Karlović	6	7
Q	J Sirianni	6	6		Q	J Sirianni	3	2
					8	I Karlović	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					3	A Roddick	6⁶	6	6
	R Ginepri	6	7⁷			R Ginepri	7⁸	1	1
	V Spadea	4	6⁴							3	A Roddick	7⁷
	C Guccione	6	6²	7						15	M Fish	6⁵	r
	Y-h Lu	4	7⁷	5		C Guccione	6	6⁰	4
	É Roger-Vasselin	1	4		15	M Fish	4	7⁷	6
15	M Fish	6	6												3	A Roddick	w/o
12	A Seppi	6	4	6											6	A Murray
	A Clément	3	6	1	12	A Seppi	3	7⁹	3
	K Vliegen	4	5			E Gulbis	6	6⁷	6
	E Gulbis	6	7								E Gulbis	7	1	4
	S Grosjean	7⁸	6							6	A Murray	5	6	6
Q	R de Voest	6⁶	1			S Grosjean	0^r
					6	A Murray	2

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	R Gasquet	6	6
	F Dancevic	2^r				S Bolelli	3	3
	S Bolelli	2							5	R Gasquet	7⁷	6
	N Lapentti	5	3							M Ančić	6⁵	4
	M Ančić	7	6			M Ančić	7⁸	6
	H-t Lee	3^r			9	F Verdasco	6⁶	4
9	F Verdasco	5											5	R Gasquet	4	6	6³
14	F López	3	7⁷	6⁴									4	D Nalbandian	6	3	7⁷
	N Mahut	6	6⁴	7⁷		N Mahut	7	6
	K Anderson	6⁵	4			J Isner	5	4
	J Isner	7⁷	6							N Mahut	4	1
	D Sela	4	4						4	D Nalbandian	6	6
	V Troicki	6	6			V Troicki	4	6⁴
					4	D Nalbandian	6	7⁷

Section 4

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

				7	P-H Mathieu	6	3	6
	M Čilić	7⁷	7⁷		M Čilić	3	6	4
	J Melzer	6²	6⁵						7	P-H Mathieu	4	4
WC	D Evans	1	1						11	L Hewitt	6	6
WC	X Malisse	6	6	WC	X Malisse	3	2
WC	J Goodall	4	4	11	L Hewitt	6	6
11	L Hewitt	6	6											11	L Hewitt	2	2
13	J Tipsarević	7⁷	6											2	N Djokovic	6	6
	I Navarro	6²	4	13	J Tipsarević	3	6	6
	B Reynolds	1	5		I Minář	6	3	4
	I Minář	6	7						13	J Tipsarević	6	1	4
	F Cipolla	4	3						2	N Djokovic	2	6	6
	R Karanušić	6	6		R Karanušić	2	6⁷
				2	N Djokovic	6	7⁹