# 2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Men's singles

This was the first edition of the men's tournament.
Radu Albot won the title after defeating Miomir Kecmanović 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Radu Albot (champion)
* Ramkumar Ramanathan (first round)
* Thomas Fabbiano (quarterfinals)
* Yūichi Sugita (second round)
* Pedro Martínez (second round)
* Miomir Kecmanović (final)
* Prajnesh Gunneswaran (semifinals)
* Tatsuma Ito (second 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 | Final |
| 1 | Radu Albot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 3 | 3 | | 1 | Radu Albot | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 6 | Miomir Kecmanović | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Miomir Kecmanović | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Miomir Kecmanović | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | Blaž Kavčič | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | R Albot | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Te | 6$^7$ | 6$^1$ | | 1 | R Albot | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D-h Lee | 6 | 6 | | | D-h Lee | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T-h Yang | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | R Albot | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Nedovyesov | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | WC | D Wu | 0 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | D Wu | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | WC | D Wu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Nagal | 2 | 3 | | 8 | T Ito | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Albot | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | T Fabbiano | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P Gunneswaran | 3 | 3 |
| | F Gaio | 7$^8$ | 1 | 2 | 3 | T Fabbiano | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ze Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | Ze Zhang | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Sun | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | T Fabbiano | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Soeda | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | 7 | P Gunneswaran | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Safwat | 3 | 6 | 6 | | M Safwat | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tatlot | 4 | 5 | | 7 | P Gunneswaran | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Gunneswaran | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 6 | M Kecmanović | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y-s Chung | 1 | 0$^r$ | | 6 | M Kecmanović | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Broady | 2 | 7 | 3 | | B Schnur | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schnur | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | 6 | M Kecmanović | 7$^9$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Oliveira | 6 | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | Z Li | 6$^7$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Z Li | 1 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | Z Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Renta Tokuda | 2 | 5 | | 4 | Y Sugita | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Y Sugita | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Kecmanović | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | P Martínez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Kavčič | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| WC | Y Wu | 5 | 2 | | 5 | P Martínez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Coppejans | 3 | 2 | | | B Kavčič | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Kavčič | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Kavčič | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Valkusz | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | Q | A Davidovich Fokina | 6$^3$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | F Peliwo | 6 | 2 | 2 | | M Valkusz | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Davidovich Fokina | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | A Davidovich Fokina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Ramanathan | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |