The 2018 AON Open Challenger was a professional

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, Italy between 4 and 9 September 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 27 August 2018.

Other entrants

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

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* Dustin Brown *

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: *

Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014. His first notable victory was against world No. 8, Jürgen Melzer, at the 2011 Fre ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Andrea Pellegrino Andrea Pellegrino (; born 23 March 1997) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 136 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 81 achieved on 8 January 2024. ...

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 players received entry as lucky losers: *

Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...

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Champions

Singles

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def. Dustin Brown 6–2, 6–1.

Doubles

Kevin Krawietz Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 on 10 February 2025. Krawietz has won eleven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, inclu ...

Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Kevin Krawietz. The ...

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Martin Kližan Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Ope ...

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6–2, 3–6, 0–2

References

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