The 2018
Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
clay court
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T ...
s. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the
2018 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2018, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2018 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 159 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $50,000 up to $150,000. It was the 41st edition o ...
. It took place in
Francavilla al Mare
Francavilla al Mare () is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
The municipality, included in the urban area of Pescara, borders with Chieti, Miglianico, Ortona, Pescara, Ripa Teatina, San Giovanni Te ...
, Italy between 23 and 29 April 2018.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of 16 April 2018.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Filippo Baldi
Filippo Baldi (born 10 January 1996) is an Italian tennis player who was a semifinalist at the 2013 Australian Open – Boys' singles and quarterfinalist at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles. With Gianluigi Quinzi he won the 2 ...
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Gian Marco Moroni
Gian Marco Moroni (born 13 February 1998) is an Italian professional tennis player.
Moroni has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 159, which he first achieved in June 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. ...
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Andrea Pellegrino
Andrea Pellegrino (; born 23 March 1997) is an Italian tennis player.
He has a career high ATP
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Companies and organizations
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* American Technica ...
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Gianluigi Quinzi
Gianluigi Quinzi (; born 1 February 1996), is a former tennis player from Italy. On 15 April 2019 he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 142 on the ATP World Tour rankings. He reached his career high ranking of No. 1 in ITF Juni ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Joris De Loore
Joris De Loore (born 21 April 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour circuit.
De Loore has a career high ATP singles ranking of 174 achieved on 17 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles rankin ...
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Antoine Hoang
Antoine Hoang (born 4 November 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 98 achieved on 19 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 132 achieved on 18 October 2021.
Profession ...
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Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov ( bg, Димитър Кузманов, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2 ...
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Luca Vanni
Luca Vanni (born 4 June 1985) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, no. 100 on 11 May 2015, and ...
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
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Elliot Benchetrit
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Kimmer Coppejans
Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. He was the Junior Champion at the 2012 French Open
The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, ...
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Matteo Viola
Matteo Viola (; born 7 July 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour
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Zhang Zhizhen
Zhang Zhizhen (; ; born 16 October 1996) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 69 on 8 May 2023, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 211 in September 2017. He has won two ...
Champions
Singles
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Gianluigi Quinzi
Gianluigi Quinzi (; born 1 February 1996), is a former tennis player from Italy. On 15 April 2019 he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 142 on the ATP World Tour rankings. He reached his career high ranking of No. 1 in ITF Juni ...
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Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Ruud has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 12 September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player in history. He has won nine ...
6–4, 6–1.
Doubles
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Julian Ocleppo
Julian Ocleppo (born 1 August 1997) is an Italian tennis player.
Ocleppo has a career high ATP singles ranking of 309 achieved on 24 February 2020. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 167 achieved on 23 July 2018.
Ocleppo has won 3 ATP ...
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Andrea Vavassori
Andrea Vavassori (; born 5 May 1995) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 176 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 51 achieved on 26 September 2022. Vavass ...
def.
Ariel Behar
Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. He specializes in men's doubles and has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 39 ...
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Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983, in Tandil) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 22 achieved on 22 Apr ...
7–6
(7–5), 7–6
(7–3).
References
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2018 ATP Challenger Tour
Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo