Metz qualifying
September 29-October 5, 2008

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Herve Karcher - 1551)
1. Florent Serra
2. Fabio Fognini
3. Sergey Stakhovsky
4. Thierry Ascione
5. Michail Elgin
6. Rik de Voest
7. Adrian Mannarino
8. Karol Beck

First Round
(1)Florent Serra (FRA) d. Andre Wiesler (GER) 7-5 6-3
Julien Mathieu (FRA) d. Holger Fischer (GER) 6-3 6-1
David Guez (FRA) d. Joshua Goodall (GBR) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3
(7)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Rainer Eitzinger (AUT) 1-6 6-0 7-6(3)
Romain Jouan (FRA) d. (2)Fabio Fognini (ITA) 7-5 7-6(6)
Prakash Amritraj (IND) d. Lovro Zovko (CRO) 6-4 6-3
Justin O'Neal (USA) d. Alexandre Penaud (FRA) 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2
Tobias Kamke (GER) d. (8)Karol Beck (SVK) 7-5 4-6 6-3
(3)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Sergei Bubka, Jr. (UKR) 6-3 6-4
Chris Eaton (GBR) d. Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-3
George Bastl (SUI) d. (WC)Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-2 6-1
(6)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. (WC)Maxime Bonami (FRA) 7-5 6-4
(4)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. (WC)Olivier Mutis (FRA) 7-5 2-6 7-5
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) d. Chris Klingemann (USA) 6-3 6-0
Richard Bloomfield (GBR) d. (WC)Antoine Feret (FRA) 6-3 7-5
(5)Michail Elgin (RUS) d. Herve Karcher (FRA) 6-2 7-6(2)

Second Round
(1)Florent Serra (FRA) d. Julien Mathieu (FRA) 6-4 6-4
(7)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. David Guez (FRA) 6-2 6-1
Romain Jouan (FRA) d. Prakash Amritraj (IND) 4-6 6-4 7-6(5)
Tobias Kamke (GER) d. Justin O'Neal (USA) 7-6(4) 6-3
(3)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Chris Eaton (GBR) 6-7(6) 7-6(2) 7-6(6)
(6)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. George Bastl (SUI) 7-5 6-4
(4)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 7-5 6-2
(5)Michail Elgin (RUS) d. Richard Bloomfield (GBR) 6-4 6-3

Qualifying Round
(7)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. (1)Florent Serra (FRA) 6-3 6-1
Romain Jouan (FRA) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-1 7-6(3)
(6)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. (3)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-4 1-6 6-3
(4)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. (5)Michail Elgin (RUS) 6-3 6-2