2008 Shelbourne Irish Open – Singles

Rohan Bopanna was the defending champion but chose not to compete this year.

Robert Smeets won the title, defeating Frederik Nielsen in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.

Seeds
• # 🇩🇪 Mischa Zverev (first round)

• # 🇱🇺 Gilles Müller (quarterfinals)

• # Roko Karanušić (first round)

• # Kristian Pless (second round)

• # 🇵🇰 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Robert Smeets (champion)

• # 🇷🇺 Alexander Kudryavtsev (first round)

• # Matwé Middelkoop (first round)