Niemeyer narrowly missed out in participating in the singles main draw at Wimbledon for the second time in 2008, losing in four sets in the final round of qualifying to Izak van der Merwe after having defeated two higher ranked players, Harel Levy and Lukáš Dlouhý.
Niemeyer reached the second round of the Rimouski Challenger in early November, his first action since playing two challenger events in Colombia in September.