2018 Mubadala World Tennis Championship – Men's singles

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Men's singles
2018 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Champion Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Runner-up Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson
Final score4–6, 7–5, 7–5
  2017  · Mubadala World Tennis Championship ·  2019  

Kevin Anderson was the competition's defending champion, but lost in the final from Novak Djokovic. [1] [2]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic (champion)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal (semifinals) (withdrew from playing 3rd place play-off)
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson (final) (runner-up)
  4. Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem (quarterfinals) (fourth place)
  5. Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov (semifinals) (third place)
  6. Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeon Chung (quarterfinals) (fifth place)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 66
5 Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 4 2
4 Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 633
5 Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 776
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 4 77
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson 65 5
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson 6466
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeon Chung 772 1
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson 4 66Third Place Match
2 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 63 4
5 Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 64 [10]
4 Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 3 6[3]

Play-offs

Fifth Place Match
     
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeon Chung 66 
4 Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 2 3  

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References

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  2. "Djokovic to meet defending champion – Mubadala World Tennis Championship". mubadalawtc.com. Retrieved 2018-12-29.