With the conclusion of the Davis Cup finals between winner Spain and runner-up Argentina on Sunday, the 2008 ATP season officially came to a close. Here are a few noteworthy facts from the year that was.
In 2008, no top seed won a Grand Slam title:
Grand Slam results
1 - Australian Open - (3)Djokovic d. Tsonga
2 - French Open - (2)Nadal d. (1)Federer
3 - Wimbledon - (2)Nadal d. (1)Federer
4 - US Open - (2)Federer d. (4)Murray
Five different players won a Masters Series shield, and former world no. 1 Roger Federer was not one of them, although he was a finalist in two events.
Masters Series/Masters Cup results
1 - Indian Wells - Djokovic d. Fish
2 - Miami - Davydenko d. Nadal
3 - Monte Carlo - Nadal d. Federer
4 - Rome - Djokovic d. Wawrinka
5 - Hamburg - Nadal d. Federer
6 - Canada - Nadal d. Kiefer
7 - Cincinnati - Murray d. Djokovic
8 - Madrid - Murray d. Simon
9 - Paris - Tsonga d. Nalbandian
10 - Shanghai (Masters Cup) - Djokovic d. Davydenko
Four new players are in the year-end top ten:
1 - Nadal (+1)
2 - Federer (-1)
3 - Djokovic (0)
4 - Murray (+7)
5 - Davydenko (-1)
6 - Tsonga (+37)
7 - Simon (+22)
8 - Roddick (-2)
9 - Del Potro (+35)
10 - Blake (+3)
(denotes change from last year's rankings)
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