2018 Chengdu Challenger – Singles

Lu Yen-hsun was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.

Singles
2018 Chengdu Challenger
Champion	Zhang Ze
Runner-up	Henri Laaksonen
Final score	2–6, 5–2 ret.

Zhang Ze won the title after Henri Laaksonen retired at 2–6, 5–2 in the final.

Seeds

1. Henri Laaksonen (Final, retired)
2. Go Soeda (First round)
3. Nikola Milojević (First round)
4. Alexander Bublik (Second round)
5. Tatsuma Ito (Quarterfinals, retired)
6. Hiroki Moriya (First round)
7. Peđa Krstin (Second round)
8. Yang Tsung-hua (First round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Henri Laaksonen	2	6	6
		James Ward	6	4	1
								1	Henri Laaksonen	6	2^r
									Zhang Ze	2	5
		Zhang Ze	6	7^8
		Akira Santillan	4	6^6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	H Laaksonen	6	2	7^7
	WC	R Te	3	6	6^2			1	H Laaksonen	6	5	7^7
		Renta Tokuda	2	2				Q	TK Wang	4	7	6^4
	Q	TK Wang	6	6											1	H Laaksonen	6^3	6	6
		Y Wu	6	6												Y Wu	7^7	2	3
	WC	X Gao	0	1					Y Wu	6^4	6	6
		Z Li	3	4				7	P Krstin	7^7	4	4
	7	P Krstin	6	6																		1	H Laaksonen	2	6	6
	3	N Milojević	4	4																			J Ward	6	4	1
		D-h Lee	6	6					D-h Lee	6	5	3
		Y Takahashi	3	3					J Ward	4	7	6
		J Ward	6	6												J Ward	6	4	6
		R Safiullin	6	7^7												R Safiullin	2	6	3
	Q	B Ellis	3	6^3					R Safiullin	4	6	6
	WC	Zh Zhang	6	6				WC	Zh Zhang	6	4	1
	8	T-h Yang	4	4

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	T Ito	7^7	7^7
		D Petrović	6^5	6^3				5	T Ito	6	6
	Alt	A Kadhe	2	4				Q	M Niesten	4	1
	Q	Miliaan Niesten	6	6											5	T Ito	4	0^r
		Ze Zhang	7	6												Ze Zhang	6	3
		D Wu	5	2					Ze Zhang	4	6	6
	Q	Makoto Ochi	2	5				4	A Bublik	6	4	2
	4	A Bublik	6	7																			Ze Zhang	6	7^8
	6	H Moriya	6	6^5	4																		A Santillan	4	6^6
		A Popyrin	4	7^7	6				A Popyrin	1	6^5
		D Yevseyev	7	6					D Yevseyev	6	7^7
		M Banes	5	1												D Yevseyev	5	2
		A Santillan	6^1	7	7^7											A Santillan	7	6
		H Heliövaara	7^7	5	6^2				A Santillan	3	6	7
	WC	Xia Zihao	7^7	6				WC	Z Xia	6	2	5
	2	G Soeda	6^2	3

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw