2018 Kobe Challenger

2018 Kobe Challenger
Date	12–18 November
Edition	4th
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Kobe, Japan
Champions
Singles
Tatsuma Ito
Doubles
Gonçalo Oliveira / Akira Santillan
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The 2018 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 12 and 18 November 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Yoshihito Nishioka	81	1
JPN	Tatsuma Ito	165	2
JPN	Hiroki Moriya	185	3
JPN	Go Soeda	190	4
KOR	Lee Duck-hee	195	5
JPN	Yasutaka Uchiyama	217	6
JPN	Yosuke Watanuki	219	7
KOR	Kwon Soon-woo	220	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 5 November 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Hiroyasu Ehara
• Shinji Hazawa
• Shuichi Sekiguchi
• Kaito Uesugi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Andrew Harris
• Colin Sinclair
• Aleksandar Vukic
• Wu Tung-lin

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lý Hoàng Nam

Champions

Singles

• Tatsuma Ito def. Yosuke Watanuki 3–6, 7–5, 6–3.

Doubles

• Gonçalo Oliveira / Akira Santillan def. Li Zhe / Go Soeda 2–6, 6–4, [12–10].

External links

• Official Website