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Men's singles
2018 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Roberto Bautista Agut
Runner-up	Lucas Pouille
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Andy Murray was the defending champion, but could not participate this year as he was recovering from hip surgery.

Roberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Lucas Pouille in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

Seeds

1. Grigor Dimitrov (first round)
2. Lucas Pouille (final)
3. Roberto Bautista Agut (champion)
4. Damir Džumhur (second round)
5. Richard Gasquet (first round)
6. Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)
7. Filip Krajinović (semifinals)
8. Yūichi Sugita (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
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	WC	Malek Jaziri	3	4
	3	Roberto Bautista Agut	6	6
								3	Roberto Bautista Agut	6	6
								2	Lucas Pouille	3	4
	7	Filip Krajinović	3	7	6
	2	Lucas Pouille	6	6	7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	G Dimitrov	6	5	4
	WC	M Jaziri	4	7	6			WC	M Jaziri	7	7
		R Haase	7	2	6				R Haase	6	6
	Q	Q Halys	5	6	4										WC	M Jaziri	6	3	6
	WC	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6										WC	S Tsitsipas	4	6	3
		M Kukushkin	2	7	3			WC	S Tsitsipas	4	6	6
	Q	G Sakharov	4	2				6	P Kohlschreiber	6	3	4
	6	P Kohlschreiber	6	6																		WC	M Jaziri	3	4
	3	R Bautista Agut	6	6																		3	R Bautista Agut	6	6
		F Mayer	3	4				3	R Bautista Agut	6	6	6
		J Sousa	6	4	6				P-H Herbert	4	7	1
		P-H Herbert	4	6	7										3	R Bautista Agut	7	6
	PR	Y Nishioka	7	4	1											B Ćorić	6	4
		B Paire	5	6	6				B Paire	1	4
		B Ćorić	6	6					B Ćorić	6	6
	5	R Gasquet	4	3

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	F Krajinović	0	6	6
		T Fabbiano	6	2	2			7	F Krajinović	7	6
	WC	M Baghdatis	7	6				WC	M Baghdatis	6	4
		V Troicki	5	2											7	F Krajinović	6	6
		E Donskoy	6	6												E Donskoy	1	2
	LL	B Kavčič	3	4					E Donskoy	6	6
	Q	Y Maden	3	4				4	D Džumhur	1	1
	4	D Džumhur	6	6																		7	F Krajinović	3	7	6
	8	Y Sugita	7	6																		2	L Pouille	6	6	7
	SE	I Ivashka	5	1				8	Y Sugita	7	6
	PR	A Haider-Maurer	2	4					J-L Struff	6	4
		J-L Struff	6	6											8	Y Sugita	6	3	2
		K Khachanov	7	7											2	L Pouille	3	6	6
		D Istomin	6	6					K Khachanov	4	6	3
	Q	E Gulbis	4	4				2	L Pouille	6	3	6
	2	L Pouille	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Lukáš Lacko (first round)
2. Yuki Bhambri (qualifying competition)
3. Quentin Halys (qualified)
4. Blaž Kavčič (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
5. Marcel Granollers (first round)
6. Stefano Travaglia (qualifying competition)
7. Yannick Maden (qualified)
8. Gleb Sakharov (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Ernests Gulbis
2. Yannick Maden
3. Quentin Halys
4. Gleb Sakharov

Lucky loser

1. Blaž Kavčič

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Lukáš Lacko	4	4
		Ernests Gulbis	6	6
									Ernests Gulbis	6	6
								6	Stefano Travaglia	3	2
		Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	3	6
	6	Stefano Travaglia	6	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Yuki Bhambri	6	6
	WC	Ivan Dodig	2	1
								2	Yuki Bhambri	1	1
								7	Yannick Maden	6	6
		Viktor Galović	4	4
	7	Yannick Maden	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Quentin Halys	6	6
		Matthias Bachinger	4	1
								3	Quentin Halys	7	6
								WC	Alexei Popyrin	6	4
	WC	Alexei Popyrin	6	6
	5	Marcel Granollers	3	0

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Blaž Kavčič	2	6	4
		Sumit Nagal	6	2	0
								4	Blaž Kavčič	3	4
								8	Gleb Sakharov	6	6
	WC	Rajeev Ram	2	3
	8	Gleb Sakharov	6	6

References

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw

• 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships