The 2018

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(also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a

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tournament for male professional players that was played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 112th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, sponsored by

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for the tenth time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin,

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(though billed as

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Points

Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.Ranking points
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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of April 9, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Félix Auger-Aliassime *

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 wo ...

* Thanasi Kokkinakis * Gilles Simon The following players received entry via the qualifying draw: * Marco Cecchinato * Jérémy Chardy * Pierre-Hugues Herbert *

Ilya Ivashka Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka ( be, Ілья Уладзіміравіч Івашка; russian: Илья Владимирович Ивашко; born 24 February 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Ivashka has a career-high singles ran ...

Dušan Lajović Dušan Lajović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles rank ...

* Andreas Seppi * Stefanos Tsitsipas The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Mirza Bašić *

Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...

* Guillermo García López

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a best ...

→ replaced by Guillermo García López * Aleksandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Mirza Bašić * David Ferrer → replaced by Guido Pella * Filip Krajinović → replaced by

* Leonardo Mayer → replaced by Márton Fucsovics * Gaël Monfils → replaced by Julien Benneteau * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Tennys Sandgren ;During the tournament *

Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; sr, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian inactive professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), w ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 9, 2018.

Other entrants

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

Romain Arneodo Romain Arneodo (born 4 August 1992) is a French-born Monegasque professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.(in FrenchRomain Arneodo pourra représenter Monaco en Coupe Davis sur ''codesport.fr'', 30 septembre 2013 From 2008 to 2013, ...

/ Hugo Nys * Simone Bolelli /

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...

The following pairs received entry as alternates: * James Cerretani / Andreas Seppi *

Damir Džumhur Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a professional tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. His career-best singles ranking of World No. 23 achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highes ...

/ Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Filip Krajinović *

* Horia Tecău * Fernando Verdasco ;During the tournament * Grigor Dimitrov

Champions

Singles

* Rafael Nadal def.

Kei Nishikori is an inactive Japanese professional tennis player. He is the second male Japanese player to have been ranked in the top 5 in singles (after Jiro Sato), and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high sing ...

, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Bob Bryan Robert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He has won twenty-three Grand Slam titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin ...

/ Mike Bryan def.

Oliver Marach Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reache ...

/ Mate Pavić, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3.

References

External links

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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
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