# 2018 Nottingham Open – Men's singles

Dudi Sela was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Alex de Minaur won the title after defeating Dan Evans 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 in the final.

## Seeds

* Cameron Norrie (first round)
* Alex de Minaur (champion)
* Thomas Fabbiano (first round)
* Ilya Ivashka (semifinals)
* Ramkumar Ramanathan (quarterfinals)
* Peter Polansky (quarterfinals)
* Sergiy Stakhovsky (second round)
* Michael Mmoh (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 |
| SE | Dan Evans | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Marcel Granollers | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Marcel Granollers | 6 | 2 | 3 | SE | Dan Evans | 6$^4$ | 5 |
| | | | | | 2/SE | Alex de Minaur | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 4 | Ilya Ivashka | 2 | 4 | | 2/SE | Alex de Minaur | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 2/SE | Alex de Minaur | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | C Norrie | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ito | 1 | 7 | 6 | | T Ito | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Schnur | 6 | 6 | | Q | B Schnur | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Peliwo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | B Schnur | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | |
| LL | D Köpfer | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | SE | D Evans | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| SE | D Evans | 6 | 7 | | SE | D Evans | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Moraing | 3 | 5 | | 7 | S Stakhovsky | 5 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | SE | D Evans | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | T Fabbiano | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Granollers | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| | M Granollers | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | M Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Broady | 6 | 4 | 6$^7$ | WC | A Ward | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Ward | 2 | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | M Granollers | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | T Kamke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | R Ramanathan | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| WC | J Clarke | 3 | 3 | | Q | T Kamke | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Jung | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 | 5 | R Ramanathan | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Ramanathan | 6$^4$ | 7 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | M Mmoh | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Polmans | 6 | 6 | | | M Polmans | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Ward | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | WC | J Ward | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Tobias Simon | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | WC | J Ward | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | A Menéndez Maceiras | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | 4 | I Ivashka | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | F Nielsen | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | A Menéndez Maceiras | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kubler | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | 4 | I Ivashka | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | I Ivashka | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | I Ivashka | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | P Polansky | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2/SE | A de Minaur | 6 | 6 |
| WC | G Loffhagen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | P Polansky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bublik | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | S Robert | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Robert | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | P Polansky | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Kozlov | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 2/SE | A de Minaur | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | C Eubanks | 6 | 6 | | LL | C Eubanks | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | J Melzer | 4 | 1 | | 2/SE | A de Minaur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2/SE | A de Minaur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |