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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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between 9 and 15 April.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 2 April 2018.

Other entrants

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

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The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Lo Chien-hsun *

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* Shuichi Sekiguchi The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Jacob Grills *

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Champions

Singles

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6–3, 6–4.

Doubles

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6–4, 5–7, 0–6

References

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