The 2018 JC Ferrero Challenger Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Ferrero Tennis Academy in Villena, Alicante, Spain, between 2 and 7 April 2018.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRoberto Carballés Baena781Marco Cecchinato972Stefano Travaglia1233Alex de Minaur1304Marcel Granollers1315Alexey Vatutin1576Alessandro Giannessi1617Kenny de Schepper1738 1 Rankings are as of 19 March 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Pablo Andújar Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Bernabé Zapata Miralles
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ivan Gakhov Daniel Gimeno Traver Gian Marco Moroni Mario Vilella Martínez
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Federico Gaio
Champions
Singles
Pablo Andújar def. Alex de Minaur 7–6(7–5), 6–1.
Doubles
Wesley Koolhof / Artem Sitak def. Guido Andreozzi / Ariel Behar 6–3, 6–2.
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