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2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open


FieldValue
dateJuly 26 – August 3 (men)
August 9–17 (women)
edition107th
surfaceHard / Outdoor
locationMason, United States
venueLindner Family Tennis Center
champmsGBR Andy Murray
champwsRUS Nadia Petrova
champmdUSA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan
champwdRUS Maria Kirilenko / RUS Nadia Petrova

August 9–17 (women)

The 2008 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 107th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from July 26 through August 3, 2008, and the women from August 9 through August 17, 2008.

The men's field was led by World No. 1, French Open and Wimbledon runner-up and Cincinnati Masters defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, French Open, Wimbledon and Canada Masters winner Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open titlist Novak Djokovic. Other top seeded players were ATP No. 4, Pörtschach and Warsaw titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia and s'Hertogenbosch winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andy Murray.

The women's draw featured Paris, Eastbourne and Montreal semifinalist, Standford finalist Marion Bartoli, Eastbourne runner-up and Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nadia Petrova, and Estoril, Barcelona winner Maria Kirilenko. Also competing were Strasbourg finalist, French Open and Wimbledon mixed doubles runner-up Katarina Srebotnik, Amelia Island quarterfinalist Amélie Mauresmo, Aleksandra Wozniak, Ekaterina Makarova and Tamira Paszek.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles

GBR Andy Murray defeated SRB Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Andy Murray's 3rd title of the year, and his 6th overall. It was his 1st career Masters title.

Women's singles

Main article: 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles

RUS Nadia Petrova defeated FRA Nathalie Dechy 6–2, 6–1

  • It was Nadia Petrova's 1st title of the year, and her 8th overall.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles

USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated ISR Jonathan Erlich / ISR Andy Ram 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles

RUS Maria Kirilenko / RUS Nadia Petrova defeated TPE Su-wei Hsieh / RUS Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]

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