# 2018 Nottingham Open

The 2018 Nottingham Open (also known as the Nature Valley Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was the 11th edition of the event for women and the 23rd edition for men. It was classified as a WTA International tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour for the women, and as an ATP Challenger Tour event for the men. The event took place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 11 through 17 June 2018.

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| GBR | Cameron Norrie | 85 | 1 |
| AUS | Alex de Minaur | 96 | 2 |
| ITA | Thomas Fabbiano | 115 | 3 |
| BLR | Ilya Ivashka | 119 | 4 |
| IND | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 121 | 5 |
| CAN | Peter Polansky | 124 | 6 |
| UKR | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 127 | 7 |
| USA | Michael Mmoh | 131 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Jay Clarke
* George Loffhagen
* Alexander Ward
* James Ward
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:
* Alex de Minaur
* Dan Evans
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
* Jürgen Melzer
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Tobias Kamke
* Frederik Nielsen
* Brayden Schnur
* Tobias Simon
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Christopher Eubanks
* Dominik Köpfer

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 17 | 1 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 18 | 2 |
| JPN | Naomi Osaka | 20 | 3 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 21 | 4 |
| ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 33 | 5 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 50 | 6 |
| KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 51 | 7 |
| ITA | Camila Giorgi | 57 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Katie Boulter
* Samantha Stosur
* Gabriella Taylor
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Irina Falconi
* Danielle Lao
* Elena-Gabriela Ruse
* Valeria Savinykh
* Katie Swan
* Zheng Saisai

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kurumi Nara
* Ana Bogdan → replaced by Duan Yingying
* Madison Brengle → replaced by Dalila Jakupović
* Christina McHale → replaced by Vera Lapko
* Monica Niculescu → replaced by Kristie Ahn
* Monica Puig → replaced by Denisa Allertová
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by Arina Rodionova

### Retirements

* Zarina Diyas

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | 78 | 1 |
| UKR | Nadiia Kichenok | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 85 | 2 |
| POL | Alicja Rosolska | USA | Abigail Spears | 89 | 3 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | GBR | Laura Robson | 116 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Katie Boulter / Katie Swan

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Zarina Diyas
* Donna Vekić

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Alex de Minaur def. Dan Evans 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5.

### Women's singles

* Ashleigh Barty def. Johanna Konta, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

### Men's doubles

* Frederik Nielsen / Joe Salisbury def. Austin Krajicek / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1.

### Women's doubles

* Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears def. Mihaela Buzărnescu / Heather Watson, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$