# 2008 Chennai Open – Singles

Xavier Malisse was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Youzhny.
Fourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny won in the final 6–0, 6–1, against first-seeded Rafael Nadal.

## Seeds

* Rafael Nadal (final)
* Marcos Baghdatis (first round)
* Carlos Moyá (semifinals)
* Mikhail Youzhny (champion)
* Nicolas Mahut (second round)
* Jürgen Melzer (second round)
* Werner Eschauer (second round)
* Marc Gicquel (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6$^3$ | 7$^{10}$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| 3 | Carlos Moyá | 7$^7$ | 6$^8$ | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| 3 | Carlos Moyá | 7$^7$ | 6$^8$ | 6$^1$ | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 |
| | Marin Čilić | 2 | 3 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Montcourt | 2 | 4 | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Ram | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | Q | R Ram | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Schukin | 6$^6$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Peya | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | G García López | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | G García López | 6 | 6 | | | G García López | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Salva-Vidal | 6$^3$ | 7 | 4 | 7 | W Eschauer | 6 | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | W Eschauer | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6$^3$ | 7$^{10}$ | 7$^7$ |
| 3 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Moyá | 7$^7$ | 6$^8$ | 6$^1$ |
| | T Gabashvili | 4 | 1 | | 3 | C Moyá | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | Q | A Kudryavtsev | 3 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Amritraj | 3 | 6 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | 3 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Navarro | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | F Serra | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Serra | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | F Serra | 7 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Vliegen | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | K Vliegen | 5 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Gicquel | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | J Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Capdeville | 2 | 4 | | 6 | J Melzer | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Müller | 4 | 3 | | | X Malisse | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | X Malisse | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | V Vardhan | 1 | 2 | | | É Roger-Vasselin | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Vaněk | 3 | 2 | | 4 | M Youzhny | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Čilić | 2 | 3 |
| | D Gremelmayr | 3 | 3 | | 6 | N Mahut | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Čilić | 3 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Troicki | 6 | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | M Čilić | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | L Zovko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Haase | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | T Ascione | 4 | 0 | | Q | L Zovko | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase | 6 | 6 | | | R Haase | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Baghdatis | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |