The 2018 Chennai Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Chennai, India between 12 and 17 February 2018.
Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedJordan Thompson1031Yuki Bhambri1122Lee Duck-hee2073Mohamed Safwat2184Sumit Nagal2205Yasutaka Uchiyama2266Enrique López Pérez2297Prajnesh Gunneswaran2428 1 Rankings are as of 5 February 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Vijay Sundar Prashanth Nitin Kumar Sinha Dhakshineswar Suresh Manish Sureshkumar
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: Saketh Myneni
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Arjun Kadhe Sidharth Rawat Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
Champions Singles
Jordan Thompson def. Yuki Bhambri 7–5, 3–6, 7–5.
Doubles
Sriram Balaji / Vishnu Vardhan def. Cem İlkel / Danilo Petrović 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5].
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