2018 Almaty Challenger 2

The 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 1 and 6 October 2018.

2018 Almaty Challenger 2
Date	1–6 October
Edition	3rd
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Hard
Location	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Champions
Singles
Denis Istomin
Doubles
Zdeněk Kolář / Lukáš Rosol

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UZB	Denis Istomin	64	1
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	67	2
BIH	Mirza Bašić	79	3
FRA	Quentin Halys	146	4
CAN	Félix Auger-Aliassime	147	5
ESP	Enrique López Pérez	163	6
SRB	Miomir Kecmanović	168	7
CZE	Lukáš Rosol	177	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 September 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:

• Sagadat Ayap
• Dostanbek Tashbulatov
• Denis Yevseyev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Antoine Escoffier
• Teymuraz Gabashvili
• Illya Marchenko
• Khumoyun Sultanov

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Artem Dubrivnyy
• Rubin Statham

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 – Singles

• Denis Istomin def. Nikola Milojević 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–2.

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 – Doubles

• Zdeněk Kolář / Lukáš Rosol def. Evgeny Karlovskiy / Timur Khabibulin 6–3, 6–1.