 It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from 14 July through 20 July 2008.The singles field was led by Nottingham runner-up and recent Båstad semifinalist Fernando Verdasco, two-time Nottingham champion Ivo Karlović, and Costa do Sauípe runner-up and five-time Umag winner, defending champion Carlos Moyá.Other seeded players were Gstaad finalist Igor Andreev, Zagreb runner-up Ivan Ljubičić, Guillermo Cañas, Fabio Fognini and Marcos Daniel.