The 2018

Open du Pays d'Aix The Open du Pays d'Aix is a tennis tournament held in Aix-en-Provence, France since 2014. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts. Diego Schwartzman and Robin Haase Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) i ...

was a professional tennis tournament played on

clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...

s. It was the fifth 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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, France between 7 and 13 May 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 30 April 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Elliot Benchetrit Elliot Benchetrit (born 2 October 1998) is a Moroccan tennis player who formerly represented France. Since 1 January 2021 Benchetrit started to represent Morocco. His highest singles ranking was No. 198 on 10 February 2020, and his highest doubl ...

Geoffrey Blancaneaux Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French tennis player. He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. Blancaneaux has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubl ...

Alexandre Müller Alexandre Müller (; born 1 February 1997) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 76 in singles, which he achieved on 16 July 2023. He also has a career-hi ...

Johan Tatlot Johan Sébastien Tatlot (born 26 March 1996 in Schœlcher) is a French tennis player. Tatlot has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 226, achieved in September 2018. He also has an ATP career high doubles ranking of 525 achieved on 7 M ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Nino Serdarušić The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Steven Diez *

Máximo González Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983, in Tandil) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 22 achieved on 22 Apr ...

Gianluca Mager Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 66 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Inf ...

* Alexei Popyrin

Champions

Singles

* John Millman def. Bernard Tomic 6–1, 6–2.

Doubles

* Philipp Petzschner / Tim Pütz def.

Guido Andreozzi Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. His career-high rankings are World No. 70 in sin ...

Kenny de Schepper Kenny de Schepper (born 29 May 1987) is a French professional tennis player. Career De Schepper was born in Bordeaux, France. His father Éric, originally from Belgium, was a former professional squash player. De Schepper, who is two meters tal ...

6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 0–8

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Open du Pays d'Aix, 2018 2018 ATP Challenger Tour

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