2018 Chengdu Challenger – Singles

Singles
Singles
2018 Chengdu Challenger
Final
Champion	Zhang Ze
Runner-up	Henri Laaksonen
Score	2–6, 5–2 ret.
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated July 04, 2023

Lu Yen-hsun was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.

Seeds

Henri Laaksonen (final, retired)
Go Soeda (first round)
Nikola Milojević (first round)
Alexander Bublik (second round)
Tatsuma Ito (quarterfinals, retired)
Hiroki Moriya (first round)
Peđa Krstin (second round)
Yang Tsung-hua (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Henri Laaksonen	2	6	6

	James Ward	6	4	1
					1	Henri Laaksonen	6	2^r

						Zhang Ze	2	5
	Zhang Ze	6	7⁸

	Akira Santillan	4	6⁶

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	H Laaksonen	6	2	7⁷
WC	R Te	3	6	6²	1	H Laaksonen	6	5	7⁷
	Renta Tokuda	2	2		Q	TK Wang	4	7	6⁴
Q	TK Wang	6	6							1	H Laaksonen	6³	6	6
	Y Wu	6	6								Y Wu	7⁷	2	3
WC	X Gao	0	1			Y Wu	6⁴	6	6
	Z Li	3	4		7	P Krstin	7⁷	4	4
7	P Krstin	6	6												1	H Laaksonen	2	6	6
3	N Milojević	4	4													J Ward	6	4	1
	D-h Lee	6	6			D-h Lee	6	5	3
	Y Takahashi	3	3			J Ward	4	7	6
	J Ward	6	6								J Ward	6	4	6
	R Safiullin	6	7⁷								R Safiullin	2	6	3
Q	B Ellis	3	6³			R Safiullin	4	6	6
WC	Zh Zhang	6	6		WC	Zh Zhang	6	4	1
8	T-h Yang	4	4

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	T Ito	7⁷	7⁷
	D Petrović	6⁵	6³		5	T Ito	6	6
Alt	A Kadhe	2	4		Q	M Niesten	4	1
Q	Miliaan Niesten	6	6							5	T Ito	4	0^r
	Ze Zhang	7	6								Ze Zhang	6	3
	D Wu	5	2			Ze Zhang	4	6	6
Q	Makoto Ochi	2	5		4	A Bublik	6	4	2
4	A Bublik	6	7												Ze Zhang	6	7⁸
6	H Moriya	6	6⁵	4											A Santillan	4	6⁶
	A Popyrin	4	7⁷	6		A Popyrin	1	6⁵
	D Yevseyev	7	6			D Yevseyev	6	7⁷
	M Banes	5	1								D Yevseyev	5	2
	A Santillan	6¹	7	7⁷							A Santillan	7	6
	H Heliövaara	7⁷	5	6²		A Santillan	3	6	7
WC	Xia Zihao	7⁷	6		WC	Z Xia	6	2	5
2	G Soeda	6²	3

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