# 2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marat Safin.
Unseeded Igor Kunitsyn won in the final 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3, against first-seeded Marat Safin.

## Seeds

* Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals)
* Igor Andreev (second round)
* Mikhail Youzhny (first round)
* Paul-Henri Mathieu (quarterfinals, retired)
* Dmitry Tursunov (withdrew due to a shoulder injury)
* Michaël Llodra (first round)
* Marat Safin (final)
* Janko Tipsarević (second 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Marat Safin | w/o | | | | | | |
| | Mischa Zverev | | | | | | | |
| | Mischa Zverev | | | 7 | Marat Safin | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| | | | | | Igor Kunitsyn | 7$^8$ | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | Fabrice Santoro | 4 | 3 | | Igor Kunitsyn | 7$^8$ | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | Igor Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | N Davydenko | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Serra | 1 | 5 | | 1 | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Devilder | 2 | 4 | | | G García López | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G García López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | N Davydenko | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | |
| Q | H Levy | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | M Safin | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 6 | 6 | | | J Benneteau | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Okun | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | 7 | M Safin | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Safin | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Safin | w/o |
| 3 | M Youzhny | 5 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | M Zverev | |
| | T Gabashvili | 7 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | T Gabashvili | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zverev | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | M Zverev | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gremelmayr | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | M Zverev | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | |
| | V Troicki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Troicki | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | |
| WC | E Donskoy | 1 | 3 | | | V Troicki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 3 | 6$^6$ | 8 | J Tipsarević | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Tipsarević | 4 | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | M Llodra | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Istomin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | D Istomin | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Schukin | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | F Santoro | 6 | 2 | | | |
| | D Sela | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | P-H Mathieu | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | |
| | V Hănescu | 3 | 6 | 2 | | D Sela | 7 | 5 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 3 | 2 | | 4 | P-H Mathieu | 6$^3$ | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 4 | 3 |
| LL | M Kukushkin | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 |
| | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 4 | 6 | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ginepri | 6 | 6 | | | R Ginepri | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Vaněk | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | P Starace | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | J Chardy | 4 | 2 | | | |
| | J Chardy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | J Chardy | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 2 | r | | 2 | I Andreev | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Andreev | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |