The 2018 Istanbul Open (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open for sponsorship purposes) was a men's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the Istanbul Open, and an

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event. It took place at the Koza World of Sports Arena in

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, from 30 April–6 May 2018.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of April 23, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Marsel İlhan Marsel İlhan ( uz, Marsel Qahhorovich Hamdamov; born 11 June 1987) is a Turkish professional tennis player, who was ranked No. 1 in Turkey and with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2015. He is the first ever Turki ...

Cem İlkel Cem İlkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish tennis player. İlkel has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 144 achieved on 29 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 299 achieved on 27 August 2018. He has won o ...

Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic (; hr, Bernard Tomić, ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player whose career-high ranking was world No. 17. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Orange Bowl title and two ju ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Daniel Gimeno Traver * Thiago Monteiro *

Marco Trungelliti Marco Trungelliti (; born 31 January 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. On 4 March 2019, Trungelliti achieved his best singles rankings o ...

Elias Ymer Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, achieved on 16 October 2017. Personal i ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Borna Ćorić Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. On 21 August 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in Masters 1000 history when ...

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Taro Daniel is a Japanese-American professional tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, seven ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 64 on 27 August 2018. Person ...

Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is an inactive Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna. He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of ...

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Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Assoc ...

Filip Krajinović Filip Krajinović (, ; born 27 February 1992) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 on 23 April 2018.

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Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri ( ar, مالك الجزيري, Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He reached the final of ...

Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In dou ...

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Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 23, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Tuna Altuna Tuna Altuna (born 30 January 1989, in Istanbul) is a Turkish tennis player. Altuna has a career high ATP singles ranking of 651 achieved on 9 September 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 355 achieved on 28 December 2015. In F ...

Anıl Yüksel Anıl Yüksel (born 19 May 1990) is a Dutch–born Turkish tennis player. Yüksel has a career high ATP singles ranking of 492 achieved on 11 November 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 465, achieved on 30 July 2018. Yükse ...

Withdrawals

;During the tournament *

Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 a ...

Champions

Singles

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, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Doubles

Dominic Inglot Dominic Inglot ( ; born 6 March 1986) is a British former professional tennis player and a Davis Cup champion. A doubles specialist; he made the final of twenty seven ATP World Tour events, winning fourteen, including the Citi Open and Swiss In ...

Robert Lindstedt Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles. He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand ...

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Ben McLachlan Ben McLachlan ( ; マクラクラン勉, ''Makurakuran Ben''; born 10 May 1992) is a Japanese professional tennis player who previously represented New Zealand. He is a doubles specialist with a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 18, achiev ...

Nicholas Monroe Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American professional tennis player. He has won 4 ATP World Tour doubles titles and 13 ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career. College career Monroe had a highly successful college caree ...

, 3–6, 6–3, 0–8

References

External links

Official website
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