The 2018 Smart Fibre Launceston International is a professional

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and the

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, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money for men and $25,000 for women. It was the fourth (for men) and seventh (for women) edition of the tournament.

Men's singles entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 29 January 2018.

Other entrants

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

Alex Bolt Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high rankings by the ATP are world No. 125 in singles and world No. 81 in doubles. Highlights of his career inc ...

Harry Bourchier Harry Bourchier (born 24 January 1996) is an Australian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players ea ...

* Andrew Harris *

Luke Saville Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Austra ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Nathaniel Lammons Nathaniel Lammons (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 17 in doubles, achieved on 27 January 2025. He has won 10 ATP doubles titles. A former ...

Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic (, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including Milos Raonic, Marin Č ...

Gianni Mina Gianni Mina (born 9 February 1992 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France) is a French former professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors On the junior circuit, Mina reached the No. 1 combined world ranking in March 2010. He finished runner-up ...

* Benjamin Mitchell The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Lucas Catarina Lucas Catarina (born 26 August 1996) is a Monégasque tennis player. Catarina has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 341 achieved on 11 June 2018. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 526 achieved on 27 May 2019. He has w ...

Women's singles entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 29 January 2018

Other entrants

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

Kimberly Birrell Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. Birrell reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 68 on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 162 on 9 September 2024. Birrell is the current No. 1 Australi ...

* Renee McBryde *

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 218 in doubles, reached on 29 January 2024. She has won one singles and four doubles ti ...

* Alana Parnaby The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Shuko Aoyama is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. Aoyama turned professional after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a doubles ranking of ...

Alexandra Bozovic Alexandra Bozovic (born 15 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Bozovic has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 283, achieved on 12 June 2023, and a best doubles ranking of 157, attain ...

Allie Kiick Alexandra Kiick (; born June 30, 1995) is an American tennis player. Kiick has won seven singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 126. In May 2014, she pea ...

Chihiro Muramatsu is a Japanese tennis player. On 24 February 2020, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 205. On 2 April 2018, she peaked at No. 303 in the WTA doubles rankings. Muramatsu has won one singles title and three doubles titles on ...

* Himari Satō *

Riko Sawayanagi is an inactive Japanese tennis player. Primarily, Sawayanagi has played mostly on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by t ...

Yuuki Tanaka is a Japanese former tennis player. On 11 September 2017, Tanaka reached her best singles ranking of world No. 308. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 214 in the doubles rankings. In her career, Tanaka won one singles title and six doubles t ...

Olivia Tjandramulia Olivia Tjandramulia (born 11 May 1997) is an Indonesian-born Australian tennis player. Tjandramulia has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 350, achieved on 11 June 2018. On 12 June 2023, she peaked at No. 100 in the WTA doubles ranki ...

Champions

Men's singles

Marc Polmans Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian professional tennis player. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of W ...

def.

Bradley Mousley Bradley Mousley (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian tennis player. Mousley won the Australian Open boys' doubles title in both 2013 and 2014. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Mousley reached a career-high ITF Junior combined ranking of ...

6–2, 6–2.

Women's singles

Gabriella Taylor Gabriella Patricia Taylor (born 7 March 1998) is a British former tennis player. Taylor won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 December 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 162. On 19 March 2 ...

def.

Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WT ...

, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

def.

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� ...

/ Nathan Pasha 7–6^(8–6), 6–0.

Women's doubles

* Jessica Moore /

Ellen Perez Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 162 and No. 7, achieved in August 2019 and in April 2024, respectively. She has won eight doubles titl ...

def. Laura Robson /

Valeria Savinykh Valeria Dmitrievna Savinykh (; born 20 February 1991) is a Russian tennis player. In April 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. On 20 November 2017, she peaked at No. 98 in the WTA doubles rankings. Savinykh has wo ...

, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

External links

2018 Smart Fibre Launceston International
at Tennis Australia

References

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