2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Men's singles

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Men's singles
2018 Liuzhou International Challenger
Champion Flag of Moldova.svg Radu Albot
Runner-up Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović
Final score6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  2017  · Liuzhou International Challenger ·  2019  

This was the first edition of the men's tournament.

Contents

Radu Albot won the title after defeating Miomir Kecmanović 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Moldova.svg Radu Albot (Champion)
  2. Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan (First round)
  3. Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Fabbiano (Quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita (Second round)
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Martínez (Second round)
  6. Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović (Final)
  7. Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Semifinals)
  8. Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuma Ito (Second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Moldova.svg Radu Albot 66
7 Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3 3
1 Flag of Moldova.svg Radu Albot 64 6
6 Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović 2 63
6 Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović 3 66
Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Kavčič 63 4

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Moldova.svg R Albot 7977
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg R Te 67611 Flag of Moldova.svg R Albot 67
Flag of South Korea.svg D-h Lee 66 Flag of South Korea.svg D-h Lee 2 5
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg T-h Yang 2 3 1 Flag of Moldova.svg R Albot 63 6
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Nedovyesov 6263WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg D Wu 0 63
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg D Wu 7777WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg D Wu 66
Q Flag of India.svg S Nagal 2 3 8 Flag of Japan.svg T Ito 3 4
8 Flag of Japan.svg T Ito 661 Flag of Moldova.svg R Albot 66
3 Flag of Italy.svg T Fabbiano 66667 Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 3 3
Flag of Italy.svg F Gaio 781 2 3 Flag of Italy.svg T Fabbiano 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ze Zhang 66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ze Zhang 4 1
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg F Sun 4 3 3 Flag of Italy.svg T Fabbiano 771 3
Flag of Japan.svg G Soeda 63 4 7 Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 6566
Flag of Egypt.svg M Safwat 3 66 Flag of Egypt.svg M Safwat 4 4
Flag of France.svg J Tatlot 4 5 7 Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 66
7 Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 67

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Serbia.svg M Kecmanović 61
Q Flag of South Korea.svg Y-s Chung 1 0r6 Flag of Serbia.svg M Kecmanović 677
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Broady 2 73 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg B Schnur 4 65
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg B Schnur 65 66 Flag of Serbia.svg M Kecmanović 794 6
Flag of Portugal.svg G Oliveira 6664 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Z Li 6763
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Z Li 1 786 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Z Li 66
Q Flag of Japan.svg Renta Tokuda 2 5 4 Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 4 4
4 Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 676 Flag of Serbia.svg M Kecmanović 3 66
5 Flag of Spain.svg P Martínez 76 Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 63 4
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Wu 5 2 5 Flag of Spain.svg P Martínez 3 4
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg K Coppejans 3 2 Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 66
Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 66 Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 772 6
Flag of Hungary.svg M Valkusz 2 66Q Flag of Spain.svg A Davidovich Fokina 6361
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg F Peliwo 62 2 Flag of Hungary.svg M Valkusz 2 1
Q Flag of Spain.svg A Davidovich Fokina 776Q Flag of Spain.svg A Davidovich Fokina 66
2 Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan 633

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