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The 2008 Croatia Open Umag was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the Croatia Open Umag

Croatia Open Umag

The ATP Studena Croatia Open is a tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour.The first Croatia Open was held in 1990 as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record...

, and was part of the International Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

of the 2008 ATP Tour

2008 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the International Tennis Center

Umag

Umag is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia.The city hosts the yearly Croatia Open ATP tennis tournament on clay courts.-Geography:It is the westernmost city of Croatia, and the municipality includes Savudrija which is westernmost point of Croatia....

in Umag

Umag

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, from July 14 through July 20, 2008.

The singles field was led by Nottingham

2008 Nottingham Open

The 2008 Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 20th edition of the Nottingham Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...

runner-up and recent Båstad semifinalist Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...

, two-time Nottingham champion

Nottingham Open

The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...

Ivo Karlović

Ivo Karlovic

Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...

, and Costa do Sauípe

2008 Brasil Open

The 2008 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the Brasil Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil, from February 11 through February 17, 2008.The singles draw featured former...

runner-up and five-time Umag winner, defending champion

Croatia Open Umag

Carlos Moyá

Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...

. Other seeded players were Gstaad

2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad

The 2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 41st edition of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from July 7 through...

finalist Igor Andreev

Igor Andreev

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, Zagreb

2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors

The 2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...

runner-up Ivan Ljubičić

Ivan Ljubicic

----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....

, Guillermo Cañas

Guillermo Cañas

Guillermo Ignacio Cañas , often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th . After retirement Cañas took on coaching, he...

, Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

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and Marcos Daniel

Marcos Daniel

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Singles

Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...

def.

Igor Andreev

, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)

It was Fernando Verdasco's 1st title of the year, and his 2nd overall.

Doubles

Michal Mertiňák
Michal Mertinák
Michal Mertiňák is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 35 on June 12, 2006. Mertiňák played in the 2005 Davis Cup for Slovakia, who finished...

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Petr Pála
Petr Pála
Petr Pála is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes...

def.

Carlos Berlocq

Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...

Fabio Fognini

, 2–6, 6–3, 10–5

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