2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
2018 Mutua Madrid Open
Champion	Alexander Zverev
Runner-up	Dominic Thiem
Score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	56 (7 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2018 Mutua Madrid Open

Alexander Zverev defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2018 Madrid Open. He did not lose a set en route to the title, and did not have his serve broken throughout the entire tournament.^[1]

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost to Thiem in the quarterfinals in a rematch of the previous year's final.^[2] His defeat ended a 50-set winning streak on clay, the longest single-surface set-winning streak in the Open Era.

Despite his withdrawal from the clay court season, Roger Federer regained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking as Nadal failed to defend his title.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

01.   Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals)

02.   Alexander Zverev (champion)

03.   Grigor Dimitrov (second round)

04.   Juan Martín del Potro (third round)

05.   Dominic Thiem (final)

06.   Kevin Anderson (semifinals)

07.   John Isner (quarterfinals)

08.   David Goffin (third round)

09.   Pablo Carreño Busta (first round)

10.   Novak Djokovic (second round)

11.   Roberto Bautista Agut (second round)

12.   Jack Sock (first round)

13.   Diego Schwartzman (third round)

14.   Tomáš Berdych (first round)

15.   Lucas Pouille (first round)

16.   Fabio Fognini (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Rafael Nadal	5	3
	5	Dominic Thiem	7	6
								5	Dominic Thiem	6	6
								6	Kevin Anderson	4	2
	Q	Dušan Lajović	6^3	6	3
	6	Kevin Anderson	7^7	3	6
															5	Dominic Thiem	4	4
															2	Alexander Zverev	6	6
		Kyle Edmund	5	7^8	4
		Denis Shapovalov	7	6^6	6
									Denis Shapovalov	4	1
								2	Alexander Zverev	6	6
	7	John Isner	4	5
	2	Alexander Zverev	6	7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	R Nadal	6	6
		G Monfils	6	3	6				G Monfils	3	1
	Q	N Basilashvili	2	6	3										1	R Nadal	6	6
	WC	P Andújar	6^4	3											13	D Schwartzman	3	4
		F López	7^7	6					F López	5	6	2
		A Mannarino	1	3				13	D Schwartzman	7	2	6
	13	D Schwartzman	6	6																		1	R Nadal	5	3
	9	P Carreño Busta	4	2																		5	D Thiem	7	6
		B Ćorić	6	6					B Ćorić	6	6
	Q	M Copil	4	4					J-L Struff	0	2
		J-L Struff	6	6												B Ćorić	6	6^5	4
	Q	F Delbonis	6	2	7^8										5	D Thiem	2	7^7	6
		M Zverev	1	6	6^6			Q	F Delbonis	6	3	5
								5	D Thiem	4	6	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	JM del Potro	6	6
		J Benneteau	4	2					D Džumhur	3	3
		D Džumhur	6	6											4	JM del Potro	6	4	6^6
		K Khachanov	3	2											Q	D Lajović	3	6	7^8
	Q	D Lajović	6	6				Q	D Lajović	7^7	7^7
		R Gasquet	6	6					R Gasquet	6^1	6^1
	14	T Berdych	4	2																		Q	D Lajović	6^3	6	3
	11	R Bautista Agut	6^3	6	6																	6	K Anderson	7^7	3	6
		J Donaldson	7^7	4	4			11	R Bautista Agut	3	6	5
		P Kohlschreiber	6	6					P Kohlschreiber	6	4	7
		Y Sugita	4	3												P Kohlschreiber	3	6^7
	Q	M Kukushkin	6	6											6	K Anderson	6	7^9
	WC	R Carballés Baena	3	2				Q	M Kukushkin	7	6^3	2
								6	K Anderson	5	7^7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	D Goffin	7	6
		R Haase	6	6					R Haase	5	3
		H Chung	2	0											8	D Goffin	3	3
		D Medvedev	4	0												K Edmund	6	6
		K Edmund	6	6					K Edmund	6	2	6
		K Nishikori	5	4				10	N Djokovic	3	6	3
	10	N Djokovic	7	6																			K Edmund	5	7^8	4
	15	L Pouille	2	3																			D Shapovalov	7	6^6	6
		B Paire	6	6					B Paire	6^5	6	4
		D Shapovalov	6	6					D Shapovalov	7^7	4	6
		T Sandgren	1	4												D Shapovalov	6	6
	Q	N Kicker	3	2												M Raonic	4	4
		M Raonic	6	6					M Raonic	7	3	6
								3	G Dimitrov	5	6	3

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	J Isner	7^7	7^9
	WC	G García López	4	6^7					R Harrison	6^1	6^7
		R Harrison	6	7^9											7	J Isner	6^9	7^7	7^7
		P Gojowczyk	7	2	5											P Cuevas	7^11	6^3	6^4
		A Ramos Viñolas	5	6	7				A Ramos Viñolas	1	7^7	2
		P Cuevas	6^5	6	6				P Cuevas	6	6^2	6
	12	J Sock	7^7	4	0																	7	J Isner	4	5
	16	F Fognini	3	4																		2	A Zverev	6	7
		L Mayer	6	6					L Mayer	6	6
		F Verdasco	7	6					F Verdasco	2	1
		P Lorenzi	5	4												L Mayer	4	2
	Q	E Donskoy	5	6	7^7										2	A Zverev	6	6
	WC	S Tsitsipas	7	4	6^3			Q	E Donskoy	2	5
								2	A Zverev	6	7

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Taylor Fritz (qualifying competition)
2. Viktor Troicki (qualifying competition)
3. Florian Mayer (qualifying competition)
4. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (qualifying competition)
5. Nikoloz Basilashvili (qualified)
6. Federico Delbonis (qualified)
7. Marius Copil (qualified)
8. Evgeny Donskoy (qualified)
9. Denis Istomin (first round)
10. Mirza Bašić (qualifying competition)
11. Dušan Lajović (qualified)
12. Nicolás Kicker (qualified)
13. Mikhail Kukushkin (qualified)
14. Mikhail Youzhny (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Nicolás Kicker
2. Mikhail Kukushkin
3. Dušan Lajović
4. Evgeny Donskoy
5. Nikoloz Basilashvili
6. Federico Delbonis
7. Marius Copil

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Taylor Fritz	3	6	6
	WC	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6	4	4
								1	Taylor Fritz	2	6	3
								12	Nicolás Kicker	6	3	6
		Jürgen Zopp	4	6^4
	12	Nicolás Kicker	6	7^7

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Viktor Troicki	4	6	7
	Alt	Pedro Cachin	6	3	5
								2	Viktor Troicki	6^5	1
								13	Mikhail Kukushkin	7^7	6
		Nicolas Mahut	3	4
	13	Mikhail Kukushkin	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Florian Mayer	7^7	7^10
		Marcel Granollers	6^1	6^8
								3	Florian Mayer	3	3
								11	Dušan Lajović	6	6
	WC	Daniel Gimeno Traver	2	4
	11	Dušan Lajović	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6	6
		Ramkumar Ramanathan	4	3
								4	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6	3	6^6
								8	Evgeny Donskoy	3	6	7^8
		Stefano Travaglia	6^4	2
	8	Evgeny Donskoy	7^7	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4	3
		Bjorn Fratangelo	6	2^r
								5	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6	6^8	6
								10	Mirza Bašić	4	7^10	3
	WC	Nicolás Álvarez Varona	6	6^2	2
	10	Mirza Bašić	3	7^7	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Federico Delbonis	6	6
	Alt	Miguel Semmler	4	1
								6	Federico Delbonis	6	6
								14	Mikhail Youzhny	3	1
		Matteo Berrettini	6	3	2
	14	Mikhail Youzhny	3	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Marius Copil	6	3	6
		Ilya Ivashka	4	6	3
								7	Marius Copil	7^7	6^2	6
								WC	Jaume Munar	6^5	7^7	4
	WC	Jaume Munar	7^7	6
	9	Denis Istomin	6^5	0

References

1. "Sascha's Madrid Moment: Zverev Streaks To Title | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
2. "Mutua Madrid Open Overview". 29 April 2018.

External links

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw