# 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Andy Murray was the defending champion, but could not participate this year as he was recovering from hip surgery.
Roberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Lucas Pouille in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Grigor Dimitrov (first round)
* Lucas Pouille (final)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (champion)
* Damir Džumhur (second round)
* Richard Gasquet (first round)
* Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)
* Filip Krajinović (semifinals)
* Yūichi Sugita (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| WC | Malek Jaziri | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Lucas Pouille | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Filip Krajinović | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 2 | Lucas Pouille | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Lucas Pouille | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Dimitrov | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Jaziri | 4 | 7 | 6 | WC | M Jaziri | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase | 7 | 2 | 6 | | R Haase | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Q Halys | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | WC | M Jaziri | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | WC | S Tsitsipas | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 2 | 7$^7$ | 3 | WC | S Tsitsipas | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Sakharov | 4 | 2 | | 6 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | M Jaziri | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 |
| | F Mayer | 3 | 4 | | 3 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sousa | 6 | 4 | 6$^8$ | | P-H Herbert | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Herbert | 4 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | 3 | R Bautista Agut | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | Y Nishioka | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | B Ćorić | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 5 | 6 | 6 | | B Paire | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | B Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Gasquet | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | F Krajinović | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Fabbiano | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | F Krajinović | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Baghdatis | 7 | 6 | | WC | M Baghdatis | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Troicki | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | F Krajinović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | E Donskoy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Donskoy | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| LL | B Kavčič | 3 | 4 | | | E Donskoy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Maden | 3 | 4 | | 4 | D Džumhur | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Džumhur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | F Krajinović | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ |
| 8 | Y Sugita | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Pouille | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ |
| SE | I Ivashka | 5 | 1 | | 8 | Y Sugita | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | A Haider-Maurer | 2 | 4 | | | J-L Struff | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | Y Sugita | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | L Pouille | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 6$^1$ | 6$^0$ | | | K Khachanov | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Gulbis | 4 | 4 | | 2 | L Pouille | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Pouille | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Lukáš Lacko (first round)
* Yuki Bhambri (qualifying competition)
* Quentin Halys (qualified)
* Blaž Kavčič (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Marcel Granollers (first round)
* Stefano Travaglia (qualifying competition)
* Yannick Maden (qualified)
* Gleb Sakharov (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Ernests Gulbis
* Yannick Maden
* Quentin Halys
* Gleb Sakharov

### Lucky loser

* Blaž Kavčič

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Lukáš Lacko | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | Ernests Gulbis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ernests Gulbis | 6 | 6 | | Ernests Gulbis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 6 | Stefano Travaglia | 3 | 2 |
| | Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 3 | 6$^4$ | 6 | Stefano Travaglia | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Stefano Travaglia | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Yuki Bhambri | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Ivan Dodig | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Ivan Dodig | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yuki Bhambri | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | 7 | Yannick Maden | 6 | 6 |
| | Viktor Galović | 4 | 4 | 7 | Yannick Maden | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Yannick Maden | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Quentin Halys | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Matthias Bachinger | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Matthias Bachinger | 4 | 1 | 3 | Quentin Halys | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | WC | Alexei Popyrin | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| WC | Alexei Popyrin | 6 | 6 | WC | Alexei Popyrin | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| 5 | Marcel Granollers | 3 | 0 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Blaž Kavčič | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | Sumit Nagal | 6 | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| | Sumit Nagal | 6 | 2 | 0$^r$ | 4 | Blaž Kavčič | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 8 | Gleb Sakharov | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Rajeev Ram | 2 | 3 | | 8 | Gleb Sakharov | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Gleb Sakharov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |