2008 Challenger de Providencia
# 2008 Challenger de Providencia

The 2008 Challenger de Providencia, also named Copa Kia for sponsorship reasons, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the event, and part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the Club Providencia in Providencia, Santiago, Chile, from 25 February through 2 March 2008.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 55 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Doubles | 55 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $5,000 | $3,000 | $1,755 | $1,020 | $600 | $365 | — | — | — |
| Doubles * | $2,200 | $1,250 | $760 | $450 | $250 | — | — | — | — |

$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 123 | 1 |
| ESP | Iván Navarro | 126 | 2 |
| ARG | Eduardo Schwank | 141 | 3 |
| ESP | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 157 | 4 |
| ARG | Brian Dabul | 158 | 5 |
| BRA | Thomaz Bellucci | 181 | 6 |
| ESP | Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras | 188 | 7 |
| BRA | Júlio Silva | 195 | 8 |

$^1$ Rankings as of 18 February 2008.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Julio Peralta
* Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
* Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz
* Ricardo Urzúa Rivera

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Juan Pablo Amado
* Rogério Dutra Silva
* Peter Polansky
* Diego Veronelli

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ARG | Brian Dabul | AHO | Jean-Julien Rojer | 281 | 1 |
| BRA | Thomaz Bellucci | ESP | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 291 | 2 |
| ARG | Sebastián Decoud | ARG | Horacio Zeballos | 293 | 3 |
| BRA | Franco Ferreiro | URU | Martín Vilarrubí | 423 | 4 |

$^1$ Rankings as of 18 February 2008.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Guillermo Hormazábal / Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
* Mariano Hood / Eduardo Schwank
* Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz / Ricardo Urzúa Rivera

### Withdrawals

During the tournament

* Gustavo Marcaccio / Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras → in first round
* Sebastián Decoud / Horacio Zeballos → in first round
* Francesco Aldi / Simone Vagnozzi → in quarterfinals
* Jorge Aguilar / Adrián García → in semifinals

## Champions

### Singles

* Thomaz Bellucci defeated Eduardo Schwank, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–3)}$

### Doubles

* Mariano Hood / Eduardo Schwank defeated Brian Dabul / Jean-Julien Rojer, 6–3, 6–3
