{{about|the ATP World Tour tournament that took place in September 2018|the WTA Tour tournament that took place in January 2018|2018 WTA Shenzhen Open}} {{TennisEventInfo|2018|ATP Shenzhen Open| | date = September 24–30 | edition = 5th | category=[[ATP World Tour 250 series|World Tour 250 series]] | draw=28S/16D | surface = [[Hard court (tennis)|Hard]] | location = [[Shenzhen]], [[China]] | champs = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihito Nishioka]] | champd = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ben McLachlan]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Joe Salisbury]] | after_year = no | main_name = ATP Shenzhen Open }}

The '''2018 [[ATP Shenzhen Open]]''' was a professional men's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hard court (tennis)|hard courts]]. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] of the [[2018 ATP World Tour]]. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in [[Shenzhen]], [[China]] from September 24 to 30.

==Singles main draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! style="width:70px;"| Country ! style="width:175px;"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[David Goffin]] |11 |1 |- |{{flag|GRE}} |[[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] |15 |2 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Borna Ćorić]] |18 |3 |- |{{flag|BIH}} |[[Damir Džumhur]] |28 |4 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Fernando Verdasco]] |29 |5 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Denis Shapovalov]] |34 |6 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Alex de Minaur]] |38 |7 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Andreas Seppi]] |47 |8 |} * <sup>1</sup> Rankings are as of September 17, 2018

===Other entrants=== * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Murray]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Di (tennis)|Wu Di]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Zhizhen]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tatsuma Ito]] * {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Jason Jung]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihito Nishioka]] * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Denis Istomin]] →replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mackenzie McDonald]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benoît Paire]] →replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Veselý]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Guillermo García López]] * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Lukáš Lacko]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Zhizhen]]

==Doubles main draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! style="width:70px;"| Country ! style="width:175px;"| Player ! style="width:70px;"| Country ! style="width:175px;"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Ben McLachlan]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Joe Salisbury]] |63 |1 |- |{{flag|NZL}} |[[Marcus Daniell]] |{{flag|NED}} |[[Wesley Koolhof]] |87 |2 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Roman Jebavý]] |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Andrés Molteni]] |97 |3 |- style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|SWE}} |[[Robert Lindstedt]] |{{flag|USA}} |[[Rajeev Ram]] |98 |4 |} * <sup>1</sup> Rankings are as of September 1, 2018

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Zhe (tennis)|Li Zhe]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Di (tennis)|Wu Di]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Fajing]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Zhizhen]]

=== Withdrawals === ;During the tournament * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Denis Kudla]]

==Champions==

===Singles=== {{main|2018 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Yoshihito Nishioka]]''' def. {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]], 7–5, 2–6, 6–4

===Doubles=== {{main|2018 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Ben McLachlan]]''' / {{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Joe Salisbury]]''' def. {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Lindstedt]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]], 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172559/http://www.shenzhenopen.cn/en/ Official site]

{{ATP Shenzhen Open tournaments}} {{2018 ATP World Tour}}

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