Syria F1 - Syria El Muhafaza club F1
Damascus, Syria
July 7-13, 2008
Surface: Hard
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 32
$15,000

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Sunday Emmanuel - 1314)
1. Riccardo Ghedin
2. Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
3. Richard Ruckelshausen
4. Alexander Somogyi
5. Kento Takeuchi
6. Dmitri Sitak
7. Jean-Noel Insausti
8. Myles Blake

First Round
(1)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) d. Alexandru Cojanu (ROU) 6-2 7-6(3)
Harshana Godamanne (SRI) d. (WC)Marc Abdelnour (SYR) 6-2 6-7(11) 6-3
Antoine Tassart (FRA) d. (q)Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) 6-3 5-7 6-2
(5)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. (WC)Issam Al Taweel (SYR) 7-6(11) 6-4
(4)Alexander Somogyi (SVK) d. (q)Robert Makzoume (SYR) 6-2 6-4
Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) d. (WC)Hayan Maarouf (SYR) 6-4 6-1
(q)Peraklat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) d. (WC)Majdi Salim (SYR) 6-2 6-1
(7)Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) d. (q)Lawrence Harradine (SUI) 7-5 6-4
(6)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) d. Frederic de Fays (BEL) 6-4 3-6 6-3
(q)Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) d. Candy Idoko (NGR) 4-6 6-3 7-5
(q)Tomas Janci (SVK) d. Navdeep Singh (IND) 1-6 6-3 6-1
(3)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) d. Jiri Krkoska (CZE) 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
Sunday Emmanuel (NGR) d. (8)Myles Blake (GBR) 4-6 6-3 6-4
(q)Rahil Makharia (IND) d. (q)Wael Chami (SYR) 6-2 6-2
Arata Onozawa (JPN) d. Rohan Gajjar (IND) 1-6 7-6(5) 6-2
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Germain Gigounon (BEL) 6-2 6-2

Second Round
(1)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) d. Harshana Godamanne (SRI) 6-2 6-4
(5)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. Antoine Tassart (FRA) 6-2 5-7 6-2
(4)Alexander Somogyi (SVK) d. Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) 7-5 4-6 6-2
(7)Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) d. (q)Peraklat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4
(6)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) d. (q)Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 6-2 6-2
(3)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) d. (q)Tomas Janci (SVK) 6-4 7-6(3)
Sunday Emmanuel (NGR) d. (q)Rahil Makharia (IND) 6-2 5-7 6-3
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Arata Onozawa (JPN) 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals
(1)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) d. (5)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) 6-4 6-2
(7)Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) d. (4)Alexander Somogyi (SVK) 6-3 7-5
(3)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) d. (6)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) 7-6(0) 6-7(2) 6-3
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Sunday Emmanuel (NGR) 7-5 6-1

Semifinals
(1)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) d. (7)Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) 6-4 6-2
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. (3)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) 6-2 6-0

Finals
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. (1)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) 6-4 6-1


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Alexandru Cojanu/Ilia Vorontsov - 1282D)
1. Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak
2. Riccardo Ghedin/Jiri Krkoska
3. Rohan Gajjar/Alexander Somogyi
4. Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh

First Round
(1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) d. Harshana Godamanne/Peraklat Siriluethaiwattana (SRI/THA) 6-4 6-4
Frederic de Fays/Germain Gigounon (BEL) d. Jean-Noel Insausti/Antoine Tassart (FRA) 6-1 7-6(4)
(4)Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh (AUT/IND) d. Alexandru Cojanu/Ilia Vorontsov (ROU/RUS) 6-4 6-2
Arata Onozawa/Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. (WC)Nawar Baram/Robert Makzoume (SYR) 6-3 6-1
(WC)Wael Chami/Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) d. (WC)Hayder Al Samman/Zaid Chehabi (SYR) 6-3 6-2
(3)Rohan Gajjar/Alexander Somogyi (IND/SVK) d. Sunday Emmanuel/Candy Idoko (NGR) 6-4 7-5
Ahmad Muhammad/Majdi Salim (KUW/SYR) d. Vignesh Peranamallur/Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) 6-4 6-2
(2)Riccardo Ghedin/Jiri Krkoska (ITA/CZE) d. Issam Al Taweel/Hayan Maarouf (SYR) 6-4 7-6(4)

Quarterfinals
(1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) d. Frederic de Fays/Germain Gigounon (BEL) 6-4 6-7(4) (10-4)
(4)Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh (AUT/IND) d. Arata Onozawa/Kento Takeuchi (JPN) 7-5 6-3
(3)Rohan Gajjar/Alexander Somogyi (IND/SVK) d. (WC)Wael Chami/Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) 6-3 6-2
(2)Riccardo Ghedin/Jiri Krkoska (ITA/CZE) d. Ahmad Muhammad/Majdi Salim (KUW/SYR) 7-6(4) 4-6 (10-5)

Semifinals
(4)Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh (AUT/IND) d. (1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) 4-6 7-6(5) (10-4)
(3)Rohan Gajjar/Alexander Somogyi (IND/SVK) d. (2)Riccardo Ghedin/Jiri Krkoska (ITA/CZE) w/o

Finals
(4)Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh (AUT/IND) d. (3)Rohan Gajjar/Alexander Somogyi (IND/SVK) 6-3 7-5