ATP Swiss Indoors 2008 Draw & Results

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Roger Federer won the 2008 Swiss Indoors, defeating David Nalbandian 6-3 6-4 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played October 20–26 on hard courts in Basel, Switzerland.

The Swiss Indoors are Basel's indoor hard-court ATP tournament at St. Jakobshalle.

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Champion
def. David Nalbandian , 6-3 6-4
Dates
Oct 20 — Oct 26
Location
Basel, Switzerland
Category
International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface
Hard
Prize money
€870,000

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Results

Match type

59 recorded singles results

Swiss Indoors 2008 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Roger Federer #2DEF · 2× 6-3 6-4 David Nalbandian #8CH H2H Match data Oct 26, 2008* F
SF (2)
David Nalbandian #8CH 6-4 6-4 Juan Martin del Potro #9 H2H Match data Oct 25, 2008* SF
Roger Federer #2DEF · 2× 6-3 6-2 Feliciano Lopez #39 H2H Match data Oct 25, 2008* SF
QF (4)
David Nalbandian #8CH 7-6(4) 6-4 Benjamin Becker #137 H2H Match data Oct 25, 2008* QF
Juan Martin del Potro #9 6-4 7-5 Igor Andreev #21 H2H Match data Oct 25, 2008* QF
Feliciano Lopez #39 6-4 7-6(7) James Blake #11 H2H Match data Oct 25, 2008* QF
Roger Federer #2DEF · 2× 6-2 6-3 Simone Bolelli #42 H2H Match data Oct 25, 2008* QF
R16 (8)
Juan Martin del Potro #9 6-3 6-3 Stephane Bohli #135 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
Simone Bolelli #42 6-4 6-2 Marcel Granollers #52 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
Roger Federer #2DEF · 2× 7-6(6) 7-6(1) Jarkko Nieminen #29 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
Igor Andreev #21 7-6(6) 6-7(0) 7-5 Philipp Kohlschreiber #30 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
Benjamin Becker #137 3-6 6-3 6-4 Andreas Beck #111 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
David Nalbandian #8CH 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) Kristof Vliegen #96 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
Feliciano Lopez #39 7-6(9) 6-4 Mardy Fish #25 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
James Blake #11 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 Oscar Hernandez #76 H2H Match data Oct 24, 2008* R16
R32 (16)
David Nalbandian #8CH 6-4 6-2 Albert Montanes #47 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Kristof Vliegen #96 6-2 6-3 Philipp Petzschner #75 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
James Blake #11 3-6 6-3 6-4 Nicolas Kiefer #37 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Feliciano Lopez #39 7-6(5) 7-6(7) Marco Chiudinelli H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Stephane Bohli #135 6-3 6-2 Jose Acasuso #49 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Juan Martin del Potro #9 6-2 6-4 George Bastl #267 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Jarkko Nieminen #29 6-2 6-4 Eduardo Schwank #59 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Marcel Granollers #52 6-2 4-6 6-2 Marcos Baghdatis #43 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Philipp Kohlschreiber #30 6-4 7-6(5) Denis Gremelmayr #85 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Oscar Hernandez #76 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-1 Lukas Dlouhy #175 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Igor Andreev #21 7-6(5) 7-5 Jurgen Melzer #35 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Mardy Fish #25 7-6(5) 6-2 Agustin Calleri #55 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Andreas Beck #111 6-4 6-4 Nicolas Devilder #62 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Simone Bolelli #42 6-4 7-5 Tomas Berdych #22 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Benjamin Becker #137 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5) Stan Wawrinka #12 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Roger Federer #2DEF · 2× 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 Bobby Reynolds #86 H2H Match data Oct 23, 2008* R32
Q3 Q (4)
Lukas Dlouhy #175 6-4 6-3 Julian Reister #270 H2H Match data Oct 21, 2008* Q3 Q
Kristof Vliegen #96 6-2 7-5 Michael Lammer #363 H2H Match data Oct 21, 2008* Q3 Q
Benjamin Becker #137 6-4 6-4 Richard Bloomfield #286 H2H Match data Oct 21, 2008* Q3 Q
George Bastl #267 7-6(4) 6-3 Andreas Beck #111 H2H Match data Oct 21, 2008* Q3 Q
Q2 Q (8)
Michael Lammer #363 7-6(1) 6-4 Alexander Peya #159 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
George Bastl #267 6-2 7-6(5) Peter Gojowczyk #332 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Kristof Vliegen #96 6-2 6-4 Jean-Claude Scherrer #765 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Julian Reister #270 6-2 6-2 Grigor Dimitrov #482 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Benjamin Becker #137 7-6(7) 6-4 Rainer Eitzinger #294 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Andreas Beck #111 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 Dieter Kindlmann #238 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Lukas Dlouhy #175 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 Jesse Huta Galung #188 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Richard Bloomfield #286 3-6 6-3 6-4 Benedikt Dorsch #169 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q2 Q
Q1 Q (16)
Richard Bloomfield #286 7-5 6-1 Ivan Dodig #404 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Benjamin Becker #137 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Yannick Thomet #1559 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Lukas Dlouhy #175 6-4 5-7 7-5 Jonathan Marray #470 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Julian Reister #270 6-2 6-2 Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen #192 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Peter Gojowczyk #332 6-4 7-6(3) Philipp Oswald #387 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Grigor Dimitrov #482 7-5 4-6 7-6(6) Jiri Vanek #126 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
George Bastl #267 6-3 6-4 Stefan Koubek #195 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Benedikt Dorsch #169 6-4 6-3 Franko Skugor #345 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Alexander Peya #159 6-3 6-2 Yannick Mertens #384 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Andreas Beck #111 3-6 6-3 6-4 Dominik Meffert #225 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Jesse Huta Galung #188 6-4 2-6 7-6(7) Michal Przysiezny #615 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Michael Lammer #363 6-2 1-1 (ret.) Tobias Kamke #240 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Jean-Claude Scherrer #765 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 Alexander Sadecky #669 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Dieter Kindlmann #238 6-4 6-0 Louk Sorensen #299 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Rainer Eitzinger #294 6-1 2-6 6-4 Ivo Klec #362 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q
Kristof Vliegen #96 6-4 6-4 Jan Minar #310 H2H Match data Oct 20, 2008 Q1 Q

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Swiss Indoors.

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Roger Federer 15 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Roger Federer 76 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

  1. Roger Federer 19 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Swiss Indoors finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Joao Fonseca #46 6-3 6-4 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina #18 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard #50 6-4 7-6(4) Ben Shelton #23 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Felix Auger-Aliassime #19 7-6(3) 7-6(5) Hubert Hurkacz #11 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Felix Auger-Aliassime #9 6-3 7-5 Holger Rune #25 H2H Match data 2022 Hard
Roger Federer #3 6-2 6-2 Alex de Minaur #28 H2H Match data 2019 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Swiss Indoors held?
Swiss Indoors is held in Basel, Switzerland.
Who is the latest recorded Swiss Indoors winner?
The 2025 Swiss Indoors was won by Joao Fonseca, who defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-4.
Who has won the most Swiss Indoors titles?
Roger Federer has won 10 Swiss Indoors titles, the most by any player.
What is the earliest recorded Swiss Indoors edition?
The earliest recorded edition of Swiss Indoors in TennisDB is 1975.
What surface is Swiss Indoors played on?
Swiss Indoors is played on hard courts.