The 2018 Liuzhou International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament for men and third edition for women. It was the part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Liuzhou, China between 22 and 28 October 2018.
| 2018 Liuzhou International Challenger | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22–28 October (men) 29 October–4 November (women) |
| Edition | 1st (men) 3rd (women) |
| Category | ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's Circuit |
| Prize money | $50,000 (men) $60,000 (women) |
| Surface | Hard / Outdoors |
| Location | Liuzhou, China |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Radu Albot | |
| Women's singles | |
 Wang Yafan | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Eudice Chong / Ye Qiuyu | |
Men's singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDA
|
Radu Albot | 98 | 1 |
 IND
|
Ramkumar Ramanathan | 125 | 2 |
 ITA
|
Thomas Fabbiano | 131 | 3 |
 JPN
|
Yūichi Sugita | 143 | 4 |
 ESP
|
Pedro Martínez | 156 | 5 |
 SRB
|
Miomir Kecmanović | 161 | 6 |
| IND
|
Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 170 | 7 |
| JPN
|
Tatsuma Ito | 173 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 15, 2018.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Chung Yun-seong
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Sumit Nagal
Renta Tokuda
Women's singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHN
|
Wang Yafan | 75 | 1 |
 UKR
|
Anhelina Kalinina | 108 | 2 |
| CHN
|
Liu Fangzhou | 138 | 3 |
 GBR
|
Katie Swan | 163 | 4 |
| CHN
|
Han Xinyun | 167 | 5 |
 CAN
|
Carol Zhao | 189 | 6 |
 KAZ
|
Elena Rybakina | 201 | 7 |
| CHN
|
Zhang Yuxuan | 209 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 22, 2018.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Champions
editMen's singles
edit
Radu Albot def. 
Miomir Kecmanović, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.
Women's singles
edit
Wang Yafan def. Han Na-lae, 6–4, 6–2
Men's doubles
edit- Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze def.
Hsieh Cheng-peng / 
Christopher Rungkat, 6–3, 2–6, [10–3].
Women's doubles
edit
Eudice Chong / Ye Qiuyu def. Kang Jiaqi / Lee So-ra, 7–5, 6–3
External links
edit- 2018 Liuzhou International Challenger at ITFtennis.com