2018 JC Ferrero Challenger Open explained

Date:	2–7 April
Edition:	1st
Surface:	Clay
Location:	Villena, Alicante, Spain
Venue:	Ferrero Tennis Academy
Champs:	Pablo Andújar
Champd:	Wesley Koolhof / Artem Sitak

The 2018 JC Ferrero Challenger Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Ferrero Tennis Academy in Villena, Alicante, Spain, between 2 and 7 April 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Roberto Carballés Baena	78	1
Italy	Marco Cecchinato	97	2
Italy	Stefano Travaglia	123	3
Australia	Alex de Minaur	130	4
Spain	Marcel Granollers	131	5
Russian Federation	Alexey Vatutin	157	6
Italy	Alessandro Giannessi	161	7
France	Kenny de Schepper	173	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 19 March 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Pablo Andújar
• Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Bernabé Zapata Miralles

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ivan Gakhov
• Daniel Gimeno Traver
• Gian Marco Moroni
• Mario Vilella Martínez

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Federico Gaio

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 JC Ferrero Challenger Open – Singles.

• Pablo Andújar def. Alex de Minaur 7–6^(7–5), 6–1.

Doubles

See main article: 2018 JC Ferrero Challenger Open – Doubles.

• Wesley Koolhof / Artem Sitak def. Guido Andreozzi / Ariel Behar 6–3, 6–2.

Notes and References

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