# 2018 Libéma Open – Men's singles

Gilles Müller was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Matthew Ebden.
Richard Gasquet won the title, defeating Jérémy Chardy in the final, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Adrian Mannarino (second round)
* Richard Gasquet (champion)
* Gilles Müller (second round)
* Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)
* Stefanos Tsitsipas (quarterfinals)
* Robin Haase (second round)
* Yūichi Sugita (second round)
* Andreas Seppi (first round)

## 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 |
| | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Matthew Ebden | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Matthew Ebden | 4 | 5 | | | Jérémy Chardy | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | 2 | Richard Gasquet | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| Q | Bernard Tomic | 4 | 7$^8$ | 2 | 2 | Richard Gasquet | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 2 | Richard Gasquet | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | A Mannarino | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G García López | 4 | 7$^9$ | 6$^4$ | | J Chardy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy | 6 | 6$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | J Chardy | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | |
| Q | A Bolt | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | WC | M McDonald | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | |
| | V Pospisil | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2 | Q | A Bolt | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M McDonald | 6 | 6 | | WC | M McDonald | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Seppi | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Chardy | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Ebden | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | 3 | G Müller | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ebden | 6 | 6 | | | M Ebden | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | T Smyczek | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | M Ebden | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Bedene | 7$^8$ | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | M Copil | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Copil | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | M Copil | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili | 3 | 2 | | 7 | Y Sugita | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | R Haase | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Karlović | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | R Haase | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Tomic | 6 | 6 | | Q | B Tomic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | K King | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | B Tomic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | D Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | F Verdasco | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | Y Bhambri | 4 | 1 | | | D Medvedev | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | B Tomic | 4 | 7$^8$ | 2 |
| 5/WC | S Tsitsipas | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Gasquet | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 |
| LL | J-P Smith | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5/WC | S Tsitsipas | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaziri | 6 | 6 | | | M Jaziri | 6 | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Purcell | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 5/WC | S Tsitsipas | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | E Donskoy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | R Gasquet | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | F Škugor | 3 | 2 | | | E Donskoy | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Jordan Thompson (first round, retired)
* Bjorn Fratangelo (first round)
* Tim Smyczek (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Donald Young (first round)
* Dustin Brown (first round)
* Bradley Klahn (first round)
* Kevin King (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Alex Bolt (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Franko Škugor
* Max Purcell
* Bernard Tomic
* Alex Bolt

### Lucky losers

* Tim Smyczek
* Kevin King
* John-Patrick Smith

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Jordan Thompson | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| Alt | Franko Škugor | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| Alt | Franko Škugor | 6 | 0 | Alt | Franko Škugor | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Kevin King | 6$^7$ | 3 |
| | Dennis Novikov | 6$^2$ | 2 | 7 | Kevin King | 6$^7$ | 3 |
| 7 | Kevin King | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Bjorn Fratangelo | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | |
| | John-Patrick Smith | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | |
| | John-Patrick Smith | 6 | 7$^7$ | John-Patrick Smith | 4 | 6$^1$ |
| | | | | Max Purcell | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Max Purcell | 6 | 6 | Max Purcell | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 6 | Bradley Klahn | 2 | 2 | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Tim Smyczek | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 6$^4$ | 3 | 3 | Tim Smyczek | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | Bernard Tomic | 6 | 6 |
| | Bernard Tomic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Bernard Tomic | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Dustin Brown | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Donald Young | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Miliaan Niesten | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Miliaan Niesten | 6 | 6 | | WC | Miliaan Niesten | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 8 | Alex Bolt | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Botic van de Zandschulp | 3 | 7 | 6$^5$ | 8 | Alex Bolt | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Alex Bolt | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | |