The 2018 Qatar Open (also known as 2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 26th edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the

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of the

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. It took place at the

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, from 1 January until 6 January 2018. Unseeded

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, who entered the main draw on a wildcard, won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

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, 6–2, 6–3 * It was Monfils' 1st singles title of the year and the 7th of his

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Doubles

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defeated

Jamie Murray Jamie Robert Murray (born 13 February 1986) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam (tennis), major doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup winne ...

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, 6–2, 7–6^(8–6)

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants

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

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The following players received entry using a protected ranking: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Mirza Bašić Mirza Bašić (; born 12 July 1991) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title at the 2018 Sofia Open and is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Career Bašić reached his first Grand Slam ...

Matteo Berrettini Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world N ...

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The following player received entry as alternate: *

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 ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...

→replaced by

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

→replaced by

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012. Career 2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debuts He reached his first ATP World Tour quart ...

;During the tournament *

Dominic Thiem Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level s ...

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

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Elias Ymer Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. Ymer has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, ac ...

Mousa Shanan Zayed Mousa Shanan Zayed Al-Harrasi (born 9 March 1994) is a Qatari tennis player. Career Zayed mainly plays on the futures circuit and has also competed for the Qatari Davis Cup team since he was 14, where he holds a 24–25 record, the second lar ...

References

External links

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ATP tournament profile
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