2018 Almaty Challenger 2 Explained

Date:	1–6 October
Edition:	3rd
Draw:	32S / 16D
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Champs:	Denis Istomin
Champd:	Zdeněk Kolář / Lukáš Rosol
Before Name:	Almaty Challenger
Before Year:	2018
Main Name:	Almaty Challenger
After Name:	Almaty Challenger

The 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 1 and 6 October 2018.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	64	1
France	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	67	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mirza Bašić	79	3
France	Quentin Halys	146	4
Canada	Félix Auger-Aliassime	147	5
Spain	Enrique López Pérez	163	6
Serbia	Miomir Kecmanović	168	7
Czech Republic	Lukáš Rosol	177	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 September 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:

• Sagadat Ayap
• Dostanbek Tashbulatov
• Denis Yevseyev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Antoine Escoffier
• Teymuraz Gabashvili
• Illya Marchenko
• Khumoyun Sultanov

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Artem Dubrivnyy
• Rubin Statham

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 – Singles.

• Denis Istomin def. Nikola Milojević 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–2.

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 – Doubles.

• Zdeněk Kolář / Lukáš Rosol def. Evgeny Karlovskiy / Timur Khabibulin 6–3, 6–1.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings – Singles – ATP Tour – Tennis. ATP Tour.