The 2018

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s. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 17 and 23 September 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 10 September 2018.

Other entrants

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

Victor Vlad Cornea Victor Vlad Cornea (born 24 September 1993) is a Romanian tennis player. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 66 on 2 October 2023. He has won 11 ATP Challenger doubles titles. He has three Davis Cup participations for Team Romania ...

* Michał Dembek *

Dragoș Dima Dragoș Dima (born 16 June 1992 in Ploiești) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 279 achieved on 24 September 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 903 achieved on 27 June 2016. ...

Adrian Ungur Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-hi ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: *

Aldin Šetkić Aldin Šetkić (born 21 December 1987) is a Bosnian professional 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 us ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Nicolae Frunză Nicolae Frunză (born 15 November 1997 in Bucharest) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Frunză has a career high ATP singles ranking of 442 achieved on 26 June 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 442 achieved on 24 Oc ...

* Jeremy Jahn * Fabrizio Ornago *

Jelle Sels Jelle Sels (born 10 August 1995) is a Dutch tennis player. Sels competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 127 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Javier Barranco Cosano Javier Barranco Cosano (born 17 November 1998) is a Spanish 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 te ...

Champions

Singles

def.

6–3, 6–2.

Doubles

Kevin Krawietz Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Andreas Mies. The ...

Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Kevin Krawietz. Th ...

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Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek (; born 12 November 1981) is a professional tennis player from Poland. Career He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 44 on 14 April 2014. His current partner is Mateusz Kowalczyk, but Bedn ...

David Pel David Pel (born 9 July 1991) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 885 achieved on 1 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 76 achieved on 19 July 2021. Pel has won one dou ...

6–4, 6–2.

External links

Official Website
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