Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated the defending champion David Nalbandian in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Paris Masters.

Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals, retired due to a right knee injury) • # Roger Federer (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a back injury) • # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (third round) • # 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (quarterfinals) • # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (semifinals) • # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (quarterfinals) • # 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian (final) • # 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (third round) • # 🇺🇸 James Blake (semifinals) • # Stanislas Wawrinka (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (champion) • # 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet (withdrew due to an elbow injury) • # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (third round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

• # 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli (qualified) • # Ivan Ljubičić (qualified) • # 🇦🇷 Juan Mónaco (qualified) • # 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers (qualified) • # 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri (qualified) • # 🇪🇸 Guillermo García López (first round) • # 🇫🇷 Florent Serra (qualifying competition, lucky loser) • # 🇫🇷 Nicolas Devilder (first round) • # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Cañas (qualifying competition, lucky loser) • # 🇪🇸 Iván Navarro (qualifying competition) • # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

• # 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli • # Ivan Ljubičić • # 🇦🇷 Juan Mónaco • # 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers • # 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki • # 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri

Lucky losers

• # 🇫🇷 Florent Serra • # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Cañas

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier