The 2018 Città di Como Challenger was a professional

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

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. It took place in

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, Italy between 27 August – 2 September 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 20 August 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Filippo Baldi * Alessandro Coppini * Francesco Forti *

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

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Facundo Argüello * Dustin Brown *

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The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Roberto Marcora

Champions

Singles

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def. Christian Garín 7–5, 6–4.

Doubles

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/ Dustin Brown def.

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3–6, 6–4, 0–5

References

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