2008 Masters France


The 2008 Masters France was a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the first edition of the event held in Toulouse, France from December 18 through December 21, 2008. Only a men's singles tournament was held.
The tournament was open to the top eight French players who had performed best at ATP Tour events held in France during 2008. Some players had to pull out and were replaced by the next best French player (see the Masters France article.

Review

Players

, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet were due to play but they all pulled out before the tournament began, due to lack of preparation after injury on the part of Gasquet and, in Tsonga's case, in order to concentrate on preparing for next season.
Josselin Ouanna replaced Mahut two days before the start, while Arnaud Clément took the place of Gasquet and Tsonga was replaced by Michaël Llodra.
Key
SeedPlayerMarseille Metz Lyon Paris
1Paul-Henri MathieuSemi-finalsFinalRound 2Round 1
2Gilles SimonQuarter-finalsRound 1Semi-finalsRound 3
3Julien BenneteauRound 2Round 1FinalDNP
4Adrian MannarinoDNQSemi-finalsDNQRound 1
5Marc GicquelRound 1Quarter-finalsRound 1Round 1
6Michaël LlodraRound 2Round 1Round 1DNP
7Josselin OuannaDNPDNPQuarter-finalsRound 1
8Arnaud ClémentRound 1Round 1Round 1DNQ

Original qualifiers:
Gilles Simon def. Michaël Llodra 5-7, 7-6 retired