2018 Chennai Open Challenger

The 2018 Chennai Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Chennai, India between 12 and 17 February 2018.

2018 Chennai Open Challenger
Date	12–17 February
Edition	1st
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Hard
Location	Chennai, India
Champions
Singles
Jordan Thompson
Doubles
Sriram Balaji / Vishnu Vardhan

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Jordan Thompson	103	1
IND	Yuki Bhambri	112	2
KOR	Lee Duck-hee	207	3
EGY	Mohamed Safwat	218	4
IND	Sumit Nagal	220	5
JPN	Yasutaka Uchiyama	226	6
ESP	Enrique López Pérez	229	7
IND	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	242	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 5 February 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Vijay Sundar Prashanth
• Nitin Kumar Sinha
• Dhakshineswar Suresh
• Manish Sureshkumar

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

• Saketh Myneni

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Arjun Kadhe
• Sidharth Rawat
• Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam
• Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Chennai Open Challenger – Singles

• Jordan Thompson def. Yuki Bhambri 7–5, 3–6, 7–5.

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Chennai Open Challenger – Doubles

• Sriram Balaji / Vishnu Vardhan def. Cem İlkel / Danilo Petrović 7–6^(7–5), 5–7, [10–5].