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| 2018 Swedish Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16–22 July |
| Edition | 71st |
| Category | World Tour 250 |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Venue | Båstad Tennis Stadium |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Fabio Fognini | |
| Doubles | |
 Julio Peralta /  Horacio Zeballos | |
The 2018 Swedish Open (also known as the SkiStar Swedish Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 15 July until 22 July 2018. The women's tournament was discontinued this year and replaced by the Moscow River Cup.
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Fabio Fognini defeated
Richard Gasquet, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles
[edit]- Julio Peralta / Horacio Zeballos defeated Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini, 6–3, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARG |
Diego Schwartzman | 11 | 1 |
 ESP |
Pablo Carreño Busta | 12 | 2 |
| ITA |
Fabio Fognini | 16 | 3 |
| FRA |
Richard Gasquet | 31 | 4 |
| ESP |
Fernando Verdasco | 34 | 5 |
| ARG |
Leonardo Mayer | 36 | 6 |
| ESP |
David Ferrer | 37 | 7 |
 AUS |
John Millman | 56 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 2, 2018[1]
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Nicolás Kicker → replaced by
Thiago Monteiro 
Viktor Troicki → replaced by 
Henri Laaksonen
Stefanos Tsitsipas → replaced by Lorenzo Sonego- Stan Wawrinka → replaced by
Gerald Melzer
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BLR |
Max Mirnyi | AUT |
Philipp Oswald | 73 | 1 |
| CHI |
Julio Peralta | ARG |
Horacio Zeballos | 78 | 2 |
 NZL |
Marcus Daniell |  NED |
Wesley Koolhof | 88 | 3 |
| ESP |
David Marrero |  PAK |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 90 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of July 2, 2018
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
References
[edit]- ↑ "Startfältet spikat – ny toppspelare till Swedish Open". nd.se.
- ↑ "Ruud får wildcard til Swedish Open". nettavisen.no.