title: 2008 Masters France
text: # 2008 Masters France
  
  The 2008 Masters France was a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the first edition of the event held in Toulouse, France from December 18 through December 21, 2008. Only a men's singles tournament was held.
  
  The tournament was open to the top eight French players who had performed best at ATP Tour events held in France during 2008 (at Metz, Lyon, Marseille and the Masters Series event in Paris). Some players had to pull out and were replaced by the next best French player (see the Masters France article.
  
  ## Players
  
  Nicolas Mahut, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet (as a wildcard) were due to play but they all pulled out before the tournament began, due to lack of preparation after injury on the part of Gasquet and, in Tsonga's case, in order to concentrate on preparing for next season.
  
  Josselin Ouanna replaced Mahut two days before the start, while Arnaud Clément took the place of Gasquet and Tsonga was replaced by Michaël Llodra.
  
  Key
  
  * DNQ = Did not qualify
  * DNP = Did not play
  * W = Winner
  * F = Final
  * SF = Semi-final
  * QF = Quarter-final
  * R1/2/3 = Round 1/2/3
  
  | Seed | Player | Marseille (32 draw) | Metz (32) | Lyon (32) | Paris (48 - byes) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Semi-finals | Final | Round 2 | Round 1 |
  | 2 | Gilles Simon | Quarter-finals | Round 1 | Semi-finals | Round 3 |
  | 3 | Julien Benneteau | Round 2 | Round 1 | Final | DNP |
  | 4 | Adrian Mannarino | DNQ | Semi-finals | DNQ | Round 1 |
  | 5 | Marc Gicquel | Round 1 | Quarter-finals | Round 1 | Round 1 |
  | 6 | Michaël Llodra | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 1 | DNP |
  | 7 | Josselin Ouanna | DNP | DNP | Quarter-finals | Round 1 |
  | 8 | Arnaud Clément | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | DNQ |
  
  Original qualifiers:
  
  * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Marseille: R1, Metz: DNP, Lyon:SF, Paris: W
  * Nicolas Mahut - Marseille: QF, Metz: R2, Lyon: R1, Paris: DNQ
  * Richard Gasquet - Marseille: R2, Metz: DNP, Lyon: R2, Paris: DNP
  
  ## Champions
  
  Gilles Simon def. Michaël Llodra 5–7, 7–6(7) retired
  
  