2018 Samarkand Challenger

The 2018 Samarkand Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan between 14 and 19 May 2018.

2018 Samarkand Challenger
Date	14–19 May
Edition	22nd
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Clay
Location	Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Champions
Singles
Luca Vanni
Doubles
Sriram Balaji / Vishnu Vardhan

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UZB	Denis Istomin	91	1
HUN	Attila Balázs	198	2
SRB	Nikola Milojević	200	3
BLR	Uladzimir Ignatik	225	4
RSA	Lloyd Harris	231	5
KAZ	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	232	6
BLR	Egor Gerasimov	236	7
TPE	Yang Tsung-hua	247	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Farrukh Dustov
• Sanjar Fayziev
• Denis Istomin
• Jurabek Karimov

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

• Sergey Betov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sriram Balaji
• Sergey Fomin
• Manuel Peña López
• Roman Safiullin

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Samarkand Challenger – Singles

• Luca Vanni def. Mario Vilella Martínez 6–4, 6–4.

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles

• Sriram Balaji / Vishnu Vardhan def. Mikhail Elgin / Denis Istomin, walkover.