The 2018

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tournament played on

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s. It was the 37th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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and the

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. It took place in

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, Finland, on 23–29 July 2018.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 16 July 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Harri Heliövaara * Patrik Niklas-Salminen *

Kenneth Raisma Kenneth Raisma (born 3 April 1998) is an Estonian tennis player. Raisma has a career high ATP singles ranking of 676, achieved on 8 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 720, achieved on 28 January 2019. Raisma has won 1 ...

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Riccardo Bellotti The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Kimmer Coppejans The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ivan Gakhov * Tristan Lamasine *

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Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 16 July 2018.

Other entrants

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

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* Liisa Vehviläinen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alisa Axyanova * Anda Ghinga * Emilia Hartman * Svetlana Iansitova * Irina Kuzmina-Rimša * Ana Lantigua de la Nuez * Mariella Minetti *

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Champions

Men's singles

* Tallon Griekspoor def.

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6–3, 2–6, 6–3.

Women's singles

* Francesca Jones def. Bojana Marinković, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)

Men's doubles

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André Göransson André Göransson (born 30 April 1994) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 773, achieved on 25 September 2017, and in doubles a ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 17 January 2022. So he is the curr ...

def. Ivan Gakhov /

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6–3, 3–6, 0–7

Women's doubles

* Camila Giangreco Campiz / Bojana Marinković def.

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/ Elena Malõgina, 1–6, 6–4, 0–7

References

External links

Official website
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