2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships

TennisEventInfo|2008|Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
date=February 11 – February 17
edition=16th
champs= flagicon|JPN Kei Nishikori
champd= flagicon|BLR Max Mirnyi / flagicon|GBR Jamie Murray

The 2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 11 through February 17, 2008.

The field was headlined by ATP No. 12, 2007 Davis Cup champion and Australian Open quarterfinalist James Blake, 2007 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, and 2007 Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist Sam Querrey. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Tokyo quarterfinalist Dudi Sela, Auckland quarterfinalist Florian Mayer, Vincent Spadea, Victor Hanescu and Mardy Fish.

In winning the tournament Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man in nearly sixteen years to win an ATP Tour event. Shuzo Matsuoka, the last one to do so, against Todd Woodbridge at the 1992 Seoul Open, used to coach Nishikori.cite news|author=BBC Sport|title=Newcomer Nishikori shocks Blake| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7249917.stm|date =2008-02-18| accessdate =2008-02-18| language =English]

Champions

ingles

flagicon|JPN Kei Nishikori def. flagicon|USA James Blake, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
*It was Kei Nishikori's 1st career title.

Doubles

flagicon|BLR Max Mirnyi / flagicon|GBR Jamie Murray def. flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan, 6–4, 3–6, 10–6

References

External links

* [http://www.yellowtennisball.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/499/MDS.pdf Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/499/MDD.pdf Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/499/QS.pdf Qualifying Singles Draw]