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The 2008 Medibank International was a
tennis tournament played on outdoor
hard courts. It was the 116th edition of the event known that year as the
Medibank International, and was part of the
International Series of the
2008 ATP Tour, and of the
Tier II Series of the
2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the
NSW Tennis Centre in
Sydney, Australia, from 6 through 12 January 2008.
The men's draw was led by
ATP No. 8 and
2007 Mumbai champion
Richard Gasquet,
2007 Metz winner
Tommy Robredo, and
defending champion and recent
2007 Davis Cup titlist
James Blake. Other top seeds competing were
2007 Tokyo semifinalist
Tomáš Berdych,
Chennai semifinalist
Carlos Moyá,
Lleyton Hewitt,
Paul-Henri Mathieu and
Fernando Verdasco.
The women's field featured
World No. 1 and
2007 WTA Tour Championships titlist
Justine Henin,
WTA No. 2 and
2007 U.S. Open runner-up
Svetlana Kuznetsova, and
WTA No. 3 and
Beijing finalist
Jelena Janković. Also present were
2007 Luxembourg Tier II champion
Ana Ivanovic,
2007 U.S. Open semifinalist
Anna Chakvetadze,
Daniela Hantuchová,
Marion Bartoli and
Elena Dementieva.
Finals
Men's singles
Dmitry Tursunov defeated
Chris Guccione, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
- It was Dmitry Tursunov's 1st title of the year, and his 4th overall.
Women's singles
Justine Henin defeated
Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
- It was Justine Henin's 1st title of the year, and her 40th overall.
Men's doubles
Richard Gasquet /
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated
Bob Bryan /
Mike Bryan, 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Women's doubles
Zi Yan /
Jie Zheng defeated
Tatiana Perebiynis /
Tatiana Poutchek, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
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