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Qatar ExxonMobil Open





Place: Doha, Qatar
Date: Dec. 31-Jan. 5, 2008
Draw Size: 32
Surface: Hard - Rebound Ace
Prize Money: US $1,049,000
Tournament Director: Ayman Azmy
Ticket Hotline:
974/440-9610

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Murray Captures Fourth Career Title

Third seed Andy Murray capped off the first week of the 2008 season by capturing his fourth career ATP title and his first on hard court with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. The 20-year-old Murray improved to a 4-4 record in ATP finals by winning his first outdoor title.

Rookie pairing Philipp Kohlschreiber and David Skoch saved one match point en route to a 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 (Match TB) win over South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, who were looking for their first ATP title together.

Singles Final:
[3] A Murray (GBR) d S Wawrinka (SUI) 64 46 62

Doubles Final:
Kohlschreiber/Skoch d Coetzee/Moodie 64 46 11-9 (Match TB) - Saved 1 M.P.

2008 Final Review








Federer Two-Time Doha Champion
Switzerland's Roger Federer won his first tournament of 2006 by defeating France's Gael Monfils in the Doha final. Federer has now won the last five ATP events played in the Middle East.


SINGLES

DOUBLES
2008

Andy Murray

Philipp Kohlschreiber/David Skoch

2007

Ivan Ljubicic

Mikhail Youzhny/Nenad Zimonjic

2006

Roger Federer

Jonas Bjorkman/Max Mirnyi

2005

Roger Federer

Albert Costa/Rafael Nadal

2004

Nicolas Escude

Martin Damm/Cyril Suk

2003

Stefan Koubek

Martin Damm/Cyril Suk

2002

Younes El Aynaoui

Donald Johnson/Jared Palmer

2001

Marcelo Rios

Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor

2000

Fabrice Santoro

Mark Knowles/Max Mirnyi

1999

Rainer Schuettler

Alex O'Brien/Jared Palmer

1998

Petr Korda

Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes

1997

Jim Courier

Jacco Eltingh/Paul Haarhuis

1996

Petr Korda

Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor

1995

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg/Magnus Larsson

1994

Stefan Edberg

Olivier Delaitre/Stephane Simian
1993

Boris Becker

Boris Becker/Patrik Kuhnen


W

250

$171,000

F

175

$92,400

SF

110

$51,300

QF

60

$28,600

R16

25

$16,750

R32

15

$9,750

 

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