2018 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles

David Goffin was the defending champion,^[1] but lost in the second round to Andy Murray.^[2]

Singles
2018 ATP Shenzhen Open
Champion	Yoshihito Nishioka
Runner-up	Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Score	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Draw	28 (4 Q / 3 WC )

Main article: 2018 ATP Shenzhen Open

Yoshihito Nishioka won his first ATP title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–4.^[3]

Seeds

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

1. David Goffin (second round)
2. Stefanos Tsitsipas (second round)
3. Borna Ćorić (second round)
4. Damir Džumhur (quarterfinals)
5. Fernando Verdasco (semifinals)
6. Denis Shapovalov (second round)
7. Alex de Minaur (semifinals)
8. Andreas Seppi (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Finals
	5	Fernando Verdasco	6	3	65
	Q	Yoshihito Nishioka	1	6	77
								Q	Yoshihito Nishioka	7	2	6
									Pierre-Hugues Herbert	5	6	4
	7	Alex de Minaur	5	6	68
		Pierre-Hugues Herbert	7	2	710

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	D Goffin	3	4
	WC	Zh Zhang	3	77	2r			WC	A Murray	6	6
	WC	A Murray	6	63	4										WC	A Murray	4	4
	Q	T Ito	6	5	65										5	F Verdasco	6	6
		T Daniel	2	7	77				T Daniel	6	2	5
	Q	J Jung	3	2				5	F Verdasco	3	6	7
	5	F Verdasco	6	6																		5	F Verdasco	6	3	65
																						Q	Y Nishioka	1	6	77
								3	B Ćorić	4	68
	WC	D Wu	2	2					C Norrie	6	710
		C Norrie	6	6												C Norrie	62	2
	Q	Y Nishioka	6	6											Q	Y Nishioka	77	6
		D Kudla	1	3				Q	Y Nishioka	77	3	7
		I Ivashka	5	6	3			6	D Shapovalov	65	6	5
	6	D Shapovalov	7	2	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfnals							Semifinals
	7	A de Minaur	6	6
		Y Sugita	3	0				7	A de Minaur	1	77	6
		L Lacko	7	0	0r				M McDonald	6	61	0
		M McDonald	5	6	5										7	A de Minaur	6	79
	Q	R Ramanathan	7	6											4	D Džumhur	3	67
		J Veselý	5	1				Q	R Ramanathan	4	2
								4	D Džumhur	6	6
																						7	A de Minaur	5	6	68
	8	A Seppi	77	67	3																		P-H Herbert	7	2	710
		A Ramos Viñolas	65	79	6				A Ramos Viñolas	77	4	77
		G García López	3r						V Troicki	64	6	63
		V Troicki	5													A Ramos Viñolas	78	61	4
		D Lajović	4	3												P-H Herbert	66	77	6
		P-H Herbert	6	6					P-H Herbert	6	77
								2	S Tsitsipas	3	64

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Tim Smyczek (moved to Chengdu Open main draw)
2. Jason Jung (qualified)
3. Ramkumar Ramanathan (qualified)
4. Yoshihito Nishioka (qualified)
5. Tatsuma Ito (qualified)
6. Filip Peliwo (qualifying competition)
7. Go Soeda (first round)
8. Mohamed Safwat (first round, retired)

Qualifiers

1. Tatsuma Ito
2. Jason Jung
3. Ramkumar Ramanathan
4. Yoshihito Nishioka

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Alt	Bradley Mousley	77	6
	WC	Sun Fajing	62	3
								Alt	Bradley Mousley	2	0r
								5	Tatsuma Ito	6	2
		Federico Gaio	6	3	1
	5	Tatsuma Ito	4	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Jason Jung	6	77
		James Ward	4	63
								2	Jason Jung	77	6
									Brayden Schnur	63	2
		Brayden Schnur	6	7
	7	Go Soeda	4	5

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Ramkumar Ramanathan	3	6	77
		Max Purcell	6	3	63
								3	Ramkumar Ramanathan	6	6
								WC	He Yecong	1	1
	WC	He Yecong	3	6
	8	Mohamed Safwat	6	6r

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Yoshihito Nishioka	6	6
		Alexander Bublik	3	4
								4	Yoshihito Nishioka	6	6
								6	Filip Peliwo	2	0
		Li Zhe	2	7	2
	6	Filip Peliwo	6	5	6