The 2018
Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on green clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in ...
was a professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on green
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the
2018 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2018, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2018 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 159 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $50,000 up to $150,000. It was the 41st edition o ...
. It took place in
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, Florida, Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In ...
, United States between 23 and 28 April 2018.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings as of April 16, 2018.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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JC Aragone
Juan Cruz "JC" Aragone (born June 28, 1995) is an American tennis player. He attended the University of Virginia and was a member of three NCAA Men's Tennis Championship winning teams. Aragone made his first Association of Tennis Professionals, ...
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Aziz Dougaz
Mohamed Aziz Dougaz ( ar, محمد عزيز دوقاز; born 26 March 1997) is a Tunisian tennis player.
Dougaz has a career high ATP singles ranking of 236 achieved on 17 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 261 achie ...
* Jared Hiltzik
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Danny Thomas
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:
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Juan Ignacio Londero
Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993, in Jesus Maria) is an Argentine tennis player.
Londero made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against eventual champi ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Trent Bryde
Trent Bryde (born 24 August 1999) is an American tennis player.
Early life
Bryde, the son of Bruce and Kathi Bryde, is from Atlanta, Georgia. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the University of Georgia where he majored in consumer econ ...
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Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 49 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021. Coria has won o ...
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Yoshihito Nishioka
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Max Purcell
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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João Pedro Sorgi
João Pedro Sorgi (born October 18, 1993) is a former Brazilian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 251, achieved on 18 September 2017. Sorgi also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 263 achieved on 30 Septemb ...
Champions
Singles
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Noah Rubin def.
Marc Polmans
Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian 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 World No. 68 a ...
6–2, 3–6, 6–4.
Doubles
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Robert Galloway /
Denis Kudla def.
Enrique López Pérez
Enrique López Pérez (; born 3 June 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 July 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 154 and his highest doubles ranking of 135 was achieved on 15 ...
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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–3, 6–1.
References
External links
Official Website
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2018 ATP Challenger Tour
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2018 in American tennis
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