The 2018 Irving Tennis Classic was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the

2018 ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2018, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2018 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 159 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $50,000 up to $150,000. It was the 41st edition o ...

. It took place in

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, United States between 13 and 18 March 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of March 5, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alex de Minaur * Thomas Fabbiano *

Márton Fucsovics Márton Fucsovics ( hu, Fucsovics Márton, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Early life Fucs ...

Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner (born 24 March 1984) is a retired German professional tennis player. He was known for his hard-hitting forehand and bursts of speed around the court. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9, which he achieved in ...

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Matteo Berrettini *

Sebastian Fanselow Sebastian Fanselow (born 30 December 1991) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 273, achieved on 8 August 2022, and a doubles ranking of No. 358, achieved on 15 August 2022. Career 2024: ATP debut He ...

Bjorn Fratangelo Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player. He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...

Daniel Elahi Galán Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian tennis player. He has reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 67 on 28 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player. He has a career-high ...

* Austin Krajicek *

Peđa Krstin Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles r ...

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 ...

Tim Smyczek Timothy Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved ...

* Sergiy Stakhovsky * Elias Ymer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Petros Chrysochos * Patrick Kypson * Or Ram-Harel *

Arthur Rinderknech Arthur Rinderknech (born 23 July 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 42 achieved on 31 October 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 124 achieved on 8 November 2021. ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Tigre Hank *

Jody Maginley Herbert Jody Maginley (born 7 June 1995) is an Antiguan and Barbudan tennis player. Maginley has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1021 achieved on 21 October 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 509 achieved on 14 October ...

Champions

Singles

* Mikhail Kukushkin def. Matteo Berrettini 6–2, 3–6, 6–1.

Doubles

Alexander Peya Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. In September 2008 Peya h ...

def. Radu Albot /

Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships in men's ...

6–2, 6–4.

External links

Official Website
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