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s as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the

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. It took place in

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, Sweden, from 15 through 22 July 2018. The women's tournament was discontinued this year and replaced by the Moscow River Cup.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 2, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jaume Munar * Casper Ruud * Mikael Ymer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Zdeněk Kolář *

Juan Ignacio Londero Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993, in Jesus Maria) is an Argentine tennis player. Londero made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against eventual champi ...

* Corentin Moutet The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Henri Laaksonen

Withdrawals

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 ...

→ replaced by Thiago Monteiro * Viktor Troicki → replaced by Henri Laaksonen *

Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas ( gr, Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 9 ...

→ replaced by Lorenzo Sonego *

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→ replaced by Gerald Melzer

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 2, 2018

Other entrants

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

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* Elias Ymer / Mikael Ymer

Champions

Singles

* Fabio Fognini def. Richard Gasquet, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles

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/ Horacio Zeballos def.

/ Fabio Fognini, 6–3, 6–4

References

External links

* {{2018 ATP World Tour July 2018 sports events in Sweden