2018 Knoxville Challenger Explained

Date:	5–11 November
Edition:	15th
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Knoxville, United States
Champs:	Reilly Opelka
Champd:	Toshihide Matsui / Frederik Nielsen

The 2018 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 5 and 11 November 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Tennys Sandgren	62	1
	Marcel Granollers	98	2
	Bradley Klahn	101	3
	Michael Mmoh	102	4
	Tim Smyczek	120	5
	Jason Jung	126	6
	Peter Polansky	130	7
	Reilly Opelka	134	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 29, 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Tennys Sandgren
• Timo Stodder
• Preston Touliatos
• J. J. Wolf

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

• Tommy Paul

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

• Christian Harrison
• Mitchell Krueger

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Emilio Gómez
• Michael Redlicki
• Evan Song
• Mikael Ymer

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 Knoxville Challenger – Singles.

• Reilly Opelka def. Bjorn Fratangelo 7–5, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2).

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles.

• Toshihide Matsui / Frederik Nielsen def. Hunter Reese / Tennys Sandgren 7–6^(8–6), 7–5.

Notes and References

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