The 2018 Monterrey Challenger was a professional

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tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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from 1 to 7 October 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 24 September 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Víctor Estrella Burgos Víctor Estrella Burgos (; born August 2, 1980) is a Dominican former professional tennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the semif ...

* Lucas Gómez *

Gerardo López Villaseñor Gerardo López Villaseñor (; born 12 May 1995) is an inactive Mexican professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of 505 achieved on 17 February 2020. On the junior tour, has a career high ITF junior ranking of 138 achieved in ...

Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: *

Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo Salazar (, born 27 November 1987) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia Davis Cup team, Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reachi ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Harrison Adams *

Gonzalo Escobar Gonzalo Escobar (; born 20 January 1989, in Manta, Ecuador, Manta) is an Ecuadorian tennis player. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 38, achieved on 15 November 2021. He has won three ATP doubles titles with Uruguayan Ariel Behar and ...

* Pavel Krainik *

Zsombor Piros Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Piros has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 106, achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ra ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Sekou Bangoura Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. Bangoura partnered with Nathan Pasha to win the 2010 Kalamazoo Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, defeating Jack Sock and Matthew Kandath 7–5, 6� ...

Champions

Singles

David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...

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Ivo Karlović Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint-tallest ranked tennis player in history (along with Reilly Opelka). He won eight ATP Tour si ...

6–3, 6–4.

Doubles

Marcelo Arévalo Marcelo Arévalo González (; born October 17, 1990) is a Salvadoran professional tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in doubles by the ATP, achieved on 11 November 2024 and has a career-high singles ranking of No. 139, attained in Ap ...

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a his ...

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Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-tim ...

Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Martínez (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. In singles his best ranking is N ...

6–1, 6–4.

References

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