# 2008 Stella Artois Championships – Singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships.
Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Nadal. This marked the first time since 1999 that neither Lleyton Hewitt nor Roddick won the title.

## Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Rafael Nadal (champion)
* Novak Djokovic (final)
* Andy Roddick (semifinals)
* David Nalbandian (semifinals)
* Richard Gasquet (quarterfinals)
* Andy Murray (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a thumb injury)
* Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round)
* Ivo Karlović (quarterfinals)
* Fernando Verdasco (second round)
* Fernando González (third round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals)
* Andreas Seppi (second round)
* Janko Tipsarević (third round)
* Feliciano López (first round)
* Mardy Fish (third round, retired due to an ankle injury)
* Sam Querrey (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ivo Karlović | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ivo Karlović | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Andy Roddick | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Andy Roddick | w/o | | | 3 | Andy Roddick | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Andy Murray | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Andy Murray | | | | | | | | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 7$^8$ | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6$^6$ | 5 |
| 5 | Richard Gasquet | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6$^6$ | 5 |
| 4 | David Nalbandian | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | David Nalbandian | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | David Nalbandian | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 11 | Lleyton Hewitt | 2 | 2 | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Björkman | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | WC | J Björkman | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | K Nishikori | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | K Nishikori | 2 | 6 | 6 | | K Nishikori | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Patience | 7 | 5 | 6 | | O Patience | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | S Querrey | 5 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 10 | F González | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | I Karlović | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ |
| Q | R Bloomfield | 6$^5$ | 3 | | 10 | F González | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Safin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Safin | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Ward | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | 10 | F González | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |
| WC | A Bogdanovic | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | I Karlović | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Q | J Sirianni | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Sirianni | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | I Karlović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 3 | A Roddick | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ginepri | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | R Ginepri | 7$^8$ | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Spadea | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 3 | A Roddick | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | C Guccione | 6 | 6$^2$ | 7 | | | | | | 15 | M Fish | 6$^5$ | r | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 4 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | C Guccione | 6 | 6$^0$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | É Roger-Vasselin | 1 | 4 | | 15 | M Fish | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | M Fish | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Roddick | w/o |
| 12 | A Seppi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Murray | |
| | A Clément | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | A Seppi | 3 | 7$^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Vliegen | 4 | 5 | | | E Gulbis | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gulbis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | E Gulbis | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| | S Grosjean | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Murray | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | R de Voest | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | S Grosjean | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | A Murray | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 5 | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dancevic | 2$^r$ | | | | S Bolelli | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | R Gasquet | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | M Ančić | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Ančić | 7 | 6 | | | M Ančić | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-t Lee | 3$^r$ | | | 9 | F Verdasco | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | F Verdasco | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | R Gasquet | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ |
| 14 | F López | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ |
| | N Mahut | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | N Mahut | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Anderson | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | J Isner | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Isner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | N Mahut | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | D Sela | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Troicki | 6 | 6 | | | V Troicki | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 7 | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Čilić | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | M Čilić | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Melzer | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 7 | P-H Mathieu | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | D Evans | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 11 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | WC | X Malisse | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Goodall | 4 | 4 | 11 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | L Hewitt | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | J Tipsarević | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 |
| | I Navarro | 6$^2$ | 4 | 13 | J Tipsarević | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Reynolds | 1 | 5 | | I Minář | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Minář | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 13 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | F Cipolla | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Karanušić | 6 | 6 | | R Karanušić | 2 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |