2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles

Lucas Pouille was the defending champion, but lost to Borna Ćorić in the second round.

Singles
2018 Erste Bank Open
Champion	Kevin Anderson
Runner-up	Kei Nishikori
Final score	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Draw	32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8

Kevin Anderson won the title, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3).

This was Nishikori's ninth consecutive defeat in ATP World Tour level finals. His most recent victory came in February 2016 at Memphis.

Seeds

1. Dominic Thiem (Quarterfinals)
2. Kevin Anderson (Champion)
3. Grigor Dimitrov (First round)
4. John Isner (Second round)
5. Kei Nishikori (Final)
6. Borna Ćorić (Quarterfinals, retired)
7. Fabio Fognini (Second round)
8. Kyle Edmund (Second 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
	5	Kei Nishikori	6	6
	Q	Mikhail Kukushkin	4	3
								5	Kei Nishikori	3	6^3
								2	Kevin Anderson	6	7^7
		Fernando Verdasco	3	6	4
	2	Kevin Anderson	6	3	6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	D Thiem	7	7^7
	Q	R Bemelmans	5	6^5				1	D Thiem	6	6
		J-W Tsonga	3	6	3				S Querrey	4	4
		S Querrey	6	3	6										1	D Thiem	3	1
		K Khachanov	6	7											5	K Nishikori	6	6
	WC	D Novak	3	5					K Khachanov	2	2
		F Tiafoe	6^3	7	2			5	K Nishikori	6	6
	5	K Nishikori	7^7	5	6																	5	K Nishikori	6	6
	3	G Dimitrov	4	6	4																	Q	M Kukushkin	4	3
	Q	M Kukushkin	6	4	6			Q	M Kukushkin	7^7	6
	Q	D Kudla	6^3	0				LL	A Rublev	6^4	4
	LL	A Rublev	7^7	6											Q	M Kukushkin	4	7^7	7^7
		M Fucsovics	1	6	7											M Fucsovics	6	6^2	6^4
	WC	F Auger-Aliassime	6	0	5				M Fucsovics	4	6	6
		D Džumhur	4	3				7	F Fognini	6	3	2
	7	F Fognini	6	6

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	K Edmund	6	7^7
		D Schwartzman	3	6^3				8	K Edmund	4	6	3
		F Verdasco	6^6	6	6				F Verdasco	6	3	6
	Q	P-H Herbert	7^8	3	4											F Verdasco	6	2
	SE	G Monfils	4	6	6										SE	G Monfils	4	1^r
		S Johnson	6	3	2			SE	G Monfils	6	6
	LL	C Norrie	7^7	4	6^7			4	J Isner	4	4
	4	J Isner	6^1	6	7^9																		F Verdasco	3	6	4
	6	B Ćorić	6^5	6	6																	2	K Anderson	6	3	6
		A Ramos Viñolas	7^7	0	4			6	B Ćorić	4	6	6
		P Kohlschreiber	4	7^7	4				L Pouille	6	0	4
		L Pouille	6	6^5	6										6	B Ćorić	6^2	2^r
		M Raonic	6^6	5											2	K Anderson	7^7	1
	WC	J Melzer	7^8	7				WC	J Melzer
		N Basilashvili	6	6^6	3			2	K Anderson	w/o
	2	K Anderson	4	7^8	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Qualified)
2. Denis Kudla (Qualified)
3. Guido Pella (Qualifying competition)
4. Mikhail Kukushkin (Qualified)
5. Andrey Rublev (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
6. Cameron Norrie (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
7. Bradley Klahn (First round)
8. Ruben Bemelmans (Qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
2. Denis Kudla
3. Ruben Bemelmans
4. Mikhail Kukushkin

Lucky losers

1. Andrey Rublev
2. Cameron Norrie

First qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6	6
	WC	Jurij Rodionov	1	2
								1	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	4	7^7	7
								6	Cameron Norrie	6	6^4	5
		Peter Polansky	2	1
	6	Cameron Norrie	6	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Denis Kudla	7^7	4	6
		Matthias Bachinger	6^3	6	3
								2	Denis Kudla	6	2	6
								Alt	Sergiy Stakhovsky	1	6	2
	Alt	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6^5	6	6
	7	Bradley Klahn	7^7	4	4

Third qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Guido Pella	6^1	6	3
		Jürgen Zopp	7^7	2	4^r
								3	Guido Pella	4	0
								8	Ruben Bemelmans	6	6
	WC	Sebastian Ofner	6	3	4
	8	Ruben Bemelmans	3	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Mikhail Kukushkin	7	6
	Alt	Václav Šafránek	5	2
								4	Mikhail Kukushkin	6	6
								5	Andrey Rublev	2	3
	Alt	Lucas Miedler	1	2
	5	Andrey Rublev	6	6

References

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw