2018 Seoul Open Challenger Explained

Date:	30 April – 6 May
Edition:	4th
Location:	Seoul, South Korea
Champs:	Mackenzie McDonald
Champd:	Toshihide Matsui / Frederik Nielsen

The 2018 Seoul Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament. It was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea, between 30 April and 6 May 2018.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Canada	Vasek Pospisil	82	1
Israel	Dudi Sela	96	2
Australia	Jordan Thompson	98	3
	Lu Yen-hsun	112	4
United States	Mackenzie McDonald	141	5
Japan	Go Soeda	145	6
	Jason Jung	154	7
Japan	Tatsuma Ito	176	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 23 April 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Chung Yun-seong
• Hong Seong-chan
• Kim Young-seok
• Park Ui-sung

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

• Kamil Majchrzak

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Makoto Ochi
• Son Ji-hoon
• Renta Tokuda
• Yosuke Watanuki

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 Seoul Open Challenger – Singles.

• Mackenzie McDonald def. Jordan Thompson 1–6, 6–4, 6–1.

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Seoul Open Challenger – Doubles.

• Toshihide Matsui / Frederik Nielsen def. Chen Ti / Yi Chu-huan 6–4, 7–6^(7–3).

Notes and References

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