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defeated

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in the final, 2–4, 4–1, 4–3^(7–3), 4–3^(7–3) to win the 2018 Next Generation ATP tennis finals.

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was the

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champion, but was ineligible to compete this year due to his age. The 2018 Next Generation ATP Finals was a men's exhibition

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tournament played in

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, Italy, from 6 to 10 November 2018. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players who were age 21 and under on the

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Prize money

* Undefeated champion , $407,000

Qualification

The top seven players in the ''Emirates ATP Race to Milan'' qualified. The eighth spot went to Italian wild card

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, who won a national qualifying tournament. Eligible players had to be 21 or under at the start of the year (born in 1997 or later for 2018 edition). 19-year-old

was the youngest and only teenage player. Due to participation in the

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the following week,

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again withdrew from the tournament because of an injury, as did

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, citing exhaustion.

Results

Final

def.

, 2–4, 4–1, 4–3^(7–3), 4–3^(7–3)

Third place match

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def.

Jaume Munar Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (; ; born 5 May 1997, in Majorca) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Munar has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 52 achieved on 20 May 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 149 achieved o ...

, 1–4, 4–3^(7–4), 2–4, 4–2, 4–3^(7–3)

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Group A

Group B

''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then head-to-head records; 5. ATP rankings.''

References

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