2018 Brasil Open – Singles

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Singles
2018 Brasil Open
Final
Champion Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini
Runner-up Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Jarry
Score1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  2017  · Brasil Open ·  2019  

Pablo Cuevas was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fabio Fognini.

Contents

Fognini went on to win the title, defeating Nicolás Jarry in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4.

Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Albert Ramos Viñolas (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini (champion)
  3. Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas (semifinals)
  4. Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils (second round)
  5. Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Pella (second round)
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Tennys Sandgren (first round)
  8. Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Delbonis (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Jarry 6566
  Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos 774 4
  Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Jarry 61 4
2 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini 1 66
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas 4 2
2 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini 66

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Spain.svg A Ramos Viñolas 66
Q Flag of Brazil.svg G Clezar 61 7Q Flag of Brazil.svg G Clezar 3 4
WC Flag of Brazil.svg T Monteiro 3 65 1 Flag of Spain.svg A Ramos Viñolas 784 63
Flag of Chile.svg N Jarry 61 7 Flag of Chile.svg N Jarry 66677
Flag of Serbia.svg D Lajović 4 65 Flag of Chile.svg N Jarry 62677
WC Flag of France.svg C Moutet 61 2 6 Flag of Argentina.svg G Pella 774 62
6 Flag of Argentina.svg G Pella 4 66 Flag of Chile.svg N Jarry 6566
Flag of Argentina.svg H Zeballos 774 4
4 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 3 63
Flag of Brazil.svg T Bellucci 6263 Flag of Argentina.svg H Zeballos 63 6
Flag of Argentina.svg H Zeballos 773 6 Flag of Argentina.svg H Zeballos 6366
Flag of Argentina.svg N Kicker 776 Flag of Brazil.svg R Dutra Silva 772 4
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg V Estrella Burgos 653 Flag of Argentina.svg N Kicker 4 2
Flag of Brazil.svg R Dutra Silva 66 Flag of Brazil.svg R Dutra Silva 66
7 Flag of the United States.svg T Sandgren 0 4

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Flag of Argentina.svg L Mayer 5 71277
Flag of Portugal.svg G Elias 7610655 Flag of Argentina.svg L Mayer 76
Flag of Argentina.svg C Berlocq 3 66 Flag of Argentina.svg C Berlocq 5 4
WC Flag of Brazil.svg T Seyboth Wild 63 2 5 Flag of Argentina.svg L Mayer 2 71565
Q Flag of Austria.svg S Ofner 663 Flag of Uruguay.svg P Cuevas 661377
Flag of Italy.svg M Cecchinato 3 3 Q Flag of Austria.svg S Ofner 4 64
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg P Cuevas 677
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg P Cuevas 4 2
8 Flag of Argentina.svg F Delbonis 662 Flag of Italy.svg F Fognini 66
Flag of Spain.svg R Carballés Baena 4 4 8 Flag of Argentina.svg F Delbonis 6364
Flag of Austria.svg G Melzer 4 63 Flag of Spain.svg G García López 774 6
Flag of Spain.svg G García López 63 6 Flag of Spain.svg G García López 4 2
Q Flag of Argentina.svg R Olivo 6665 2 Flag of Italy.svg F Fognini 66
Q Flag of Portugal.svg J Domingues 2 787Q Flag of Portugal.svg J Domingues 5 1
2 Flag of Italy.svg F Fognini 76

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Ofner (qualified)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo (first round)
  3. Flag of Argentina.svg Renzo Olivo (qualified)
  4. Flag of Portugal.svg João Domingues (qualified)
  5. Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Clezar (qualified)
  6. Flag of Brazil.svg João Souza (first round, retired)
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (first round, retired)
  8. Flag of Ecuador.svg Roberto Quiroz (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Ofner 66
WC Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Matos 3 4
1 Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Ofner 4 66
  Flag of Argentina.svg Pedro Cachin 62 4
  Flag of Argentina.svg Pedro Cachin 774
7 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 631r

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 654
  Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Sakamoto 776
  Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Sakamoto 2 1
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Clezar 66
WC Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Yamacita 1 64
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Clezar 677

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Renzo Olivo 66
  Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Gakhov 4 3
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Renzo Olivo 677
8 Flag of Ecuador.svg Roberto Quiroz 0 65
  Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Dutra da Silva 62 3
8 Flag of Ecuador.svg Roberto Quiroz 4 66

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Flag of Portugal.svg João Domingues 66
  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg José Hernández-Fernández 2 4
4 Flag of Portugal.svg João Domingues 66
  Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Nedelko 2 1
  Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Nedelko 772
6 Flag of Brazil.svg João Souza 651r

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