8th edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships, and it was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, resp.

Other top seeds were Masters Cup runner-up David Ferrer, Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, Richard Gasquet and Tomáš Berdych.

1, Tour Championships and Sydney winner, four-time Dubai titlist and defending champion Justine Henin, WTA No.

3 and Sydney finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic.

Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner, 7–5, 7–6(9–7) Cara Black / Liezel Huber def.