The 2018

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was a professional men's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the

2018 ATP World Tour The 2018 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (superv ...

. It took place in

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, Brazil between February 19–25, 2018.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants

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

Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in ...

* Thiago Monteiro * Casper Ruud The following players received entry using a protected ranking: *

Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Alba (; born 23 January 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Andújar has won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015. His best results are reaching the fourth ...

* Andreas Haider-Maurer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Carlos Berlocq * Roberto Carballés Baena * Marco Cecchinato * ~~Corentin Moutet~~ The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Gastão Elias Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Profession ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...

→ replaced by Tennys Sandgren * Kyle Edmund → replaced by

* Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by

Gerald Melzer Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is a professional Austrian tennis player. As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of Munich in 2015. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. He is the younger brother of top ...

* Corentin Moutet → replaced by

* Cedrik-Marcel Stebe → replaced by

Nicolás Kicker Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an Argentine tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 3 singles titles, and 1 doubles title o ...

Retirements

* Roberto Carballés Baena * Casper Ruud *

Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 on 27 April 2015. He is currently the No. 2 Czech tennis player in singles, as he lost his previous ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants

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

André Sá André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player. In singles, he was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP tournaments in Memphis and Hong Kong in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He reached ...

Fabiano de Paula Fabiano Batista de Paula (; born 28 November 1988 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a ...

/ Thiago Monteiro The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicolás Jarry /

The following pair received entry as lucky losers: *

David Marrero David Marrero Santana (; born 8 April 1980) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Marrero won 14 doubles titles and reaching a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in November 2013. Professional career 2000–2007 Marrero earned h ...

/ Fernando Verdasco

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Pablo Carreño Busta

Champions

Singles

Diego Schwartzman Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his be ...

def. Fernando Verdasco, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

/ Fernando Verdasco def. Nikola Mektić /

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 ...

, 5–7, 7–5, 0–8

References

External links

Official website
{{2018 ATP World Tour

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