2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships explained

Date:	July 16–22
Edition:	43rd
Category:	ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface:	Grass / Outdoor
Location:	Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Venue:	International Tennis Hall of Fame
Champs:	Steve Johnson
Champd:	Jonathan Erlich / Artem Sitak

The 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 43rd edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, from July 16 through July 22, 2018.^[1]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
France	Adrian Mannarino	26	1
	Mischa Zverev	41	2
	Steve Johnson	42	3
Australia	Matthew Ebden	51	4
	Ryan Harrison	59	5
Luxembourg	Gilles Müller	60	6
Australia	Alex de Minaur	80	7
	Denis Kudla	84	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 2, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Christian Harrison
  • Jason Jung Donald Young

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• James Duckworth

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• JC Aragone
• Alex Bolt
• Víctor Estrella Burgos
• Bernard Tomic

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert → replaced by Nicolas Mahut
• John Isner → replaced by Marcel Granollers
• Mikhail Kukushkin → replaced by Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Lukáš Lacko → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky
• Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by Tim Smyczek

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Nicholas Monroe	Australia	John-Patrick Smith	102	1
India	Divij Sharan		Jackson Withrow	115	2
India	Purav Raja	United Kingdom	Ken Skupski	125	3
	Marcelo Arévalo	Mexico	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	133	4

• Rankings are as of July 2, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Lleyton Hewitt / Jordan Thompson
• Martin Redlicki / Evan Zhu

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Nicolas Mahut

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles.

• Steve Johnson def. Ramkumar Ramanathan, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles.

• Jonathan Erlich / Artem Sitak def. Marcelo Arévalo / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela, 6–1, 6–2

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hall of Fame Open for the Van Alen Cup. Hall of Fame Open – official site. 5 July 2018. 2 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402073730/http://www.halloffameopen.com/. dead.