The 2018

Columbus Challenger The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A, as it has been since 2015, the tournam ...

was a professional

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 17 and 23 September 2018.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards: * Martin Joyce * John McNally *

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* J. J. Wolf The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * James Duckworth The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Thai-Son Kwiatkowski Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born February 13, 1995) is a Vietnamese American tennis player. He played collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers. On May 29, 2017, Kwiatkowski won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory earned him a wildcard in ...

* Luke Saville *

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* Evan Song The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

David Pérez Sanz David Pérez Sanz (; born 15 May 1994) is a Spanish tennis player. Pérez Sanz has a career high ATP singles ranking of 216, achieved on 6 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 158 achieved on 19 September 2016. Pérez San ...

Champions

Singles

Michael Mmoh Michael Mmoh ( ; born January 10, 1998) is a Saudi-born American tennis player. Mmoh has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 82 achieved on 20 February 2023. He has won 7 ATP Challenger titles and 4 ITF Futures tournaments, including his f ...

def. Jordan Thompson 6–3, 7–6^(7–4).

Doubles

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def. Gonzalo Escobar /

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6–3, 6–3.

External links

Official website
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