The 2018

President's Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...

was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the thirteenth (ATP) and tenth (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...

, Kazakhstan, on 16–22 July 2018.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 2 July 2018.

Other entrants

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

Farrukh Dustov Farrukh Dustov (born 22 May 1986) is a retired Uzbek tennis player and tennis coach, playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of ...

* Timur Khabibulin *

Aleksandr Nedovyesov Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranki ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Hugo Grenier Hugo Grenier (born 23 March 1996) is a French tennis player. Grenier has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 95 achieved on 12 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 362 achieved on 21 February 202 ...

Pavel Kotov Pavel Kotov may refer to: * Pavel Kotov (footballer) * Pavel Kotov (tennis) * Pavel Kotov (canoeist) Pavel Kotov (born 22 March 1998) is a Russian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2015. He won a bronze medal in ...

Saketh Myneni Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in Men's do ...

Khumoyun Sultanov Khumoyun Agzamdzhanovich Sultanov (born 27 October 1998) is an Uzbek tennis player. Sultanov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 299 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 451 achieved on 28 October ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Arjun Kadhe Arjun Kadhe ( mar, अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player. Kadhe has a career high ATP singles ranking of 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 133 achieved on ...

* Dzmitry Zhyrmont

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 2 July 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Anastasia Astakhova *

Anna Danilina Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakh tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 11 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). In singles, ...

* Dariya Detkovskaya *

Ng Kwan-yau Ng Kwan-yau (; born 19 February 1997) is a Hong Kong female tennis player. Career As a professional tennis player, she has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 452, achieved February 2020. Playing for Hong ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Darya Astakhova *

Anastasia Frolova Anastasia Alexandrovna Frolova (born 21 June 1994) is a Russian former professional tennis player. On 6 November 2017, Frolova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 298. On 10 September 2018, she peaked at No. 251 in the doubles rankings ...

* Bojana Jovanovski Petrović * Ksenia Laskutova

Champions

Men's singles

Sebastian Ofner Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 126 achieved on 6 May 2019. He was a semifinalist at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel in his home country. Pro ...

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Daniel Brands Daniel Brands (born 17 July 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 51, achieved in August 2013. Professional career 2008 Brands began 2008 ranked No. 220. After a few unimpressive tou ...

, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Women's singles

Ekaterine Gorgodze Ekaterine Gorgodze ( ka, ეკატერინე გორგოძე, tr, ; born 3 December 1991) is a Georgian professional tennis player. Gorgodze has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and also four doubles titles on the WTA Chal ...

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Sabina Sharipova Sabina Sharipova (born 4 September 1994) is an Uzbek former professional tennis player. Up to date, she has won 15 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 5 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 122. ...

, 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

Mikhail Elgin Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈiɫ ɪ̯ɪɫˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals ...

Yaraslav Shyla Yaraslav Iharavich Shyla ( be, Яраслаў Ігаравіч Шыла; russian: Ярослав Игоревич Шило; born 5 March 1993 in Minsk) is a Belarusian tennis player. Shyla has a career high ATP singles ranking of 306 achieved on ...

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Denis Yevseyev Denis Yevseyev (born 22 May 1993) is a Kazakh tennis player. Yevseyev has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 262 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 12 July 2021. Career 2017 ...

, 7–5, 7–6^(8–6)

Women's doubles

Berfu Cengiz Berfu Cengiz (born 18 October 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world N ...

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Akgul Amanmuradova Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova ( uz, Oqgul Omonmurodova; born June 23, 1984) is a professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. At 1.90 metres in height, she is one of the tallest female tennis players in history. Amanmuradova has won two d ...

, 3–6, 6–3, 0–7

External links

2018 President's Cup
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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