# 2018 Pingshan Open – Men's singles

Yūichi Sugita was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Ilya Ivashka won the title after defeating Zhang Ze 6–4, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Malek Jaziri (quarterfinals)
* Jordan Thompson (first round)
* Blaž Kavčič (first round)
* Marcel Granollers (first round)
* Yannick Maden (second round)
* Oscar Otte (second round)
* Ilya Ivashka (champion)
* Jürgen Zopp (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 |
| SE | Hubert Hurkacz | 6$^{11}$ | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Ze | 7$^{13}$ | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Ze | 7$^{13}$ | 2 | 6 | WC | Zhang Ze | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 7 | Ilya Ivashka | 6 | 6 |
| | Tatsuma Ito | 3 | 2 | | 7 | Ilya Ivashka | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Ilya Ivashka | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Jaziri | 7 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Milojević | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | M Jaziri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Jung | 6 | 5 | 4 | | D-h Lee | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D-h Lee | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 1 | M Jaziri | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| SE | H Hurkacz | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | SE | H Hurkacz | 6$^1$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Sonego | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 3 | SE | H Hurkacz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Rola | 2 | 3 | | 5 | Y Maden | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Y Maden | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | SE | H Hurkacz | 6$^{11}$ | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | M Granollers | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | Ze Zhang | 7$^{13}$ | 2 | 6 |
| | M Kecmanović | 6 | 6 | | | M Kecmanović | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Kubler | 6 | 5 | 3 | | V Galović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Galović | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | V Galović | 4 | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Munar | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | WC | Ze Zhang | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Ze Zhang | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | Ze Zhang | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Zh Zhang | 3 | 0 | | 6 | O Otte | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | O Otte | 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 |
| 8 | J Zopp | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | A Bolt | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | J Zopp | 7 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Vatutin | 2 | 3 | | WC | Z Li | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | J Zopp | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | D Wu | 6$^5$ | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Ito | 7$^7$ | 5 | 7 | | T Ito | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | U Ignatik | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | U Ignatik | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Kavčič | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | T Ito | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | I Ivashka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | I Ivashka | 6 | 6 |
| Q | S Napolitano | 3 | 4 | | 7 | I Ivashka | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 0 | 3 | | | M Moraing | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Moraing | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | I Ivashka | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Soeda | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | S Caruso | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | S Caruso | 6 | 4 | 6 | | S Caruso | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Moriya | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | H Moriya | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Thompson | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |