The 2018 KPIT MSLTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on

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s. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in

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, India from 19 to 24 November 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 12 November 2018.

Other entrants

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

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* Manish Sureshkumar The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: *

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

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Sebastian Fanselow * Lucas Gerch *

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* Francesco Vilardo The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

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Champions

Singles

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6–2, 7–5.

Doubles

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7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(5–7), 0–7

References

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