2008 French Open – Wheelchair men's doubles
Appearance
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
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2008 French Open | |
Champion | Shingo Kunieda Maikel Scheffers |
Runner-up | Robin Ammerlaan Ronald Vink |
Score | 6–2, 7–5 |
Shingo Kunieda and Maikel Scheffers defeated Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2008 French Open. With the win, Kunieda completed the career Grand Slam.
Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jérémiasz were the defending champions, but Jérémiasz did not participate. Houdet partnered Nicolas Peifer, but was defeated by Ammerlaan and Vink in the semifinals.
Seeds
[edit]- Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink (final)
- Shingo Kunieda / Maikel Scheffers (champions)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Robin Ammerlaan Ronald Vink | 6 | 1 | [10] | |||||||||
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 1 | 6 | [6] | ||||||||||
1 | Robin Ammerlaan Ronald Vink | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
2 | Shingo Kunieda Maikel Scheffers | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Martin Legner Stefan Olsson | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Shingo Kunieda Maikel Scheffers | 6 | 6 |