The 2018

Darwin Tennis International The Darwin Tennis International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Men's Circuit and Women's Circuit. It has been held in City of Darwin The Ci ...

was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was part of the

2018 ITF Men's Circuit The 2018 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2018 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize mon ...

and the

2018 ITF Women's Circuit The 2018 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Wo ...

. It took place in

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, Australia, on 24–30 September 2018.

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 17 September 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: *

Alison Bai Alison Bai (born 18 January 1990) is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is No. 125, set on 20 January 2020. On the ITF Circuit ...

Naiktha Bains Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player. Bains has won two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has reached best WTA ranking of world No. 199 in singles. On 24 September 2018, she p ...

Kaylah McPhee Kaylah McPhee (born 4 February 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 199 in singles, achieved on 16 September 2019, and 228 in doubles, reached on 10 February 2020. She has won four doubles titles on the ITF ...

Olivia Tjandramulia Olivia Tjandramulia (born 11 May 1997) is an Indonesian-born Australian tennis player. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia but grew up in Rockhampton, Australia, and made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Hobart International, in singles and in ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Maddison Inglis Maddison Inglis (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career Inglis made her Gr ...

Kyōka Okamura is a professional Japanese tennis player. Okamura has career-high WTA rankings of 223 in singles and 229 in doubles. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Japan Women's Open The 2014 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tou ...

Irina Ramialison Irina Ramialison (born 9 June 1991) is a French former professional tennis player. On 10 November 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 243. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 196 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2014 ...

Zuzana Zlochová Zuzana Zlochová (born 24 January 1990) is a Slovakian professional tennis player. Zlochová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Swedish Open in the singles tournament, and in the doubles main draw, partnering Karman Thandi. In 2011, ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

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Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 17 September 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Ken Cavrak * Alexander Crnokrak * Jesse Delaney * Mustafa Ibraimi The following player received entry into the singles main draw by a special exempt: * Jayden Court The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * David Barclay * Corey Gaal * Christian Langmo * Winter Meagher * Masayoshi Ono * Vincent Stouff * Jacob Sullivan * Socrates Leon Tsoronis

Champions

Women's singles

Kimberly Birrell Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Birrell reached her best singles ranking of world No. 154 on 6 May 2019. Personal life Birrell wa ...

def.

Ellen Perez Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...

, 6–3, 6–3

Men's singles

Yuta Shimizu Yuta Shimizu (born 9 June 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Shimizu has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 241 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023. Shimizu repr ...

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Evan Hoyt Evan Hoyt (born 16 January 1995) is a Mexican-born British tennis player. Hoyt has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 319, achieved on 16 September 2019. In doubles, he peaked at No. 217 on 12 August 2019. Hoyt has won one ATP Ch ...

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Women's doubles

* Rutuja Bhosale /

Hiroko Kuwata Hiroko Kuwata ( ja, 桑田寛子; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player. Kuwata has won seven singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 Jul ...

def.

Katy Dunne Katy Dunne (born 16 February 1995) is a British tennis player who is returning to competition after a long spell of injury. Dunne has won eight singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 28 May 2018, she reached her best s ...

, 6–2, 6–4

Men's doubles

Jeremy Beale Jeremy Beale (born 4 October 1994) is an Australian tennis player. Beale has a career high ATP singles ranking of 459 achieved on 8 October 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 224 achieved on 22 December 2018. Beale has won 1 A ...

Thomas Fancutt Thomas Fancutt (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian tennis player. Fancutt has a career high ATP singles ranking of 491 achieved on 28 January 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 276 achieved on 2 December 2018. Fancutt ...

def.

Brydan Klein Brydan Klein (born 31 December 1989) is an Australian-born British professional tennis player. As a junior, Klein won the 2007 Australian Open and reached a career-high top five in the ITF junior rankings. However, Klein has struggled to make ...

Scott Puodziunas Scott Puodziunas (born 9 November 1989) is an Australian tennis player. Puodziunas has a career high ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * Amer ...

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External links

2018 Darwin Tennis International
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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