2018 Erste Bank Open

2018 Erste Bank Open
Date	22–28 October
Edition	44th
Category	ATP World Tour 500 Series
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	€2,035,415
Surface	Hard
Location	Vienna, Austria
Venue	Wiener Stadthalle
Champions
Singles
Kevin Anderson[1]
Doubles
Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski[2]

The 2018 Erste Bank Open 500 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the event, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 22 October until 28 October 2018. Second-seeded Kevin Anderson won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles[3]	500	300	180	90	45	0	20	10	0
Doubles[3]					0	—	45	25	0

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
AUT	Dominic Thiem	7	1
RSA	Kevin Anderson	8	2
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	9	3
USA	John Isner	10	4
JPN	Kei Nishikori	11	5
CRO	Borna Ćorić	13	6
ITA	Fabio Fognini	14	7
GBR	Kyle Edmund	15	8

• Rankings are as of October 15, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Félix Auger-Aliassime
• Jürgen Melzer
• Dennis Novak

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Gaël Monfils

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ruben Bemelmans
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Denis Kudla
• Mikhail Kukushkin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Cameron Norrie
• Andrey Rublev

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Frances Tiafoe
• Chung Hyeon → replaced by Andrey Rublev
• Richard Gasquet → replaced by Cameron Norrie
• Nick Kyrgios^[4] → replaced by Nikoloz Basilashvili

During the tournament

• Jürgen Melzer

Retirements

• Borna Ćorić
• Gaël Monfils

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	5	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	8	2
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	15	3
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	19	4

• • ¹ Rankings are as of October 15, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Oswald
• Lucas Miedler / Dennis Novak

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Denys Molchanov / Igor Zelenay

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:

• James Cerretani / Denis Kudla
• Andreas Mies / Hans Podlipnik Castillo

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• John Isner
• Jürgen Melzer

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles

• Kevin Anderson defeated Kei Nishikori, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Erste Bank Open – Doubles

• Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski defeated Mike Bryan / Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

References

1. "2018 Vienna – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "20180 Vienna – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
4. "Tennis: Kyrgios ends season after pulling out of Kremlin Cup". Reuters. 18 October 2018.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile