2018 Nottingham Open

The 2018 Nottingham Open (also known as the Nature Valley Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was the 11th edition of the event for women and the 23rd edition for men. It was classified as a WTA International tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour for the women, and as an ATP Challenger Tour event for the men. The event took place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 11 through 17 June 2018.^[1]

2018 Nottingham Open
Date	11–17 June
Edition	11th (women) 23rd (men)
Category	WTA International (women) ATP Challenger Tour (men)
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Grass
Location	Nottingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Nottingham Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Alex de Minaur
Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles
Frederik Nielsen / Joe Salisbury
Women's doubles
Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GBR	Cameron Norrie	85	1
AUS	Alex de Minaur	96	2
ITA	Thomas Fabbiano	115	3
BLR	Ilya Ivashka	119	4
IND	Ramkumar Ramanathan	121	5
CAN	Peter Polansky	124	6
UKR	Sergiy Stakhovsky	127	7
USA	Michael Mmoh	131	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Jay Clarke
• George Loffhagen
• Alexander Ward
• James Ward

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

• Alex de Minaur
• Dan Evans

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

• Jürgen Melzer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Tobias Kamke
• Frederik Nielsen
• Brayden Schnur
• Tobias Simon

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Christopher Eubanks
• Dominik Köpfer

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	17	1
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	18	2
JPN	Naomi Osaka	20	3
GBR	Johanna Konta	21	4
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	33	5
CRO	Donna Vekić	50	6
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	51	7
ITA	Camila Giorgi	57	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Katie Boulter
• Samantha Stosur
• Gabriella Taylor

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Irina Falconi
• Danielle Lao
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Valeria Savinykh
• Katie Swan
• Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kurumi Nara
• Ana Bogdan → replaced by Duan Yingying
• Madison Brengle → replaced by Dalila Jakupović
• Christina McHale → replaced by Vera Lapko
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Monica Puig → replaced by Denisa Allertová
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Arina Rodionova

Retirements

• Zarina Diyas

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	78	1
UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	85	2
POL	Alicja Rosolska	USA	Abigail Spears	89	3
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	GBR	Laura Robson	116	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Katie Boulter / Katie Swan

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Zarina Diyas
• Donna Vekić

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2018 Nottingham Open – Men's singles

• Alex de Minaur def. Dan Evans 7–6^(7–4), 7–5.

Women's singles

Main article: 2018 Nottingham Open – Women's singles

• Ashleigh Barty def. Johanna Konta, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 2018 Nottingham Open – Men's doubles

• Frederik Nielsen / Joe Salisbury def. Austin Krajicek / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7–6^(7–5), 6–1.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2018 Nottingham Open – Women's doubles

• Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears def. Mihaela Buzărnescu / Heather Watson, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)