2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

The 2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 45th edition of the Japan Open, and part of the 500 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 through October 7, 2018. Unseeded Daniil Medvedev, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, won the singles title.

2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date1–7 October
Edition45th
CategoryATP World Tour 500
Draw32S/16D
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
VenueMusashino Forest Sport Plaza
Champions
Singles
Russia Daniil Medvedev
Doubles
Japan Ben McLachlan / Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
← 2017 · Japan Open · 2019 →

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles[1] 500 300 180 90 45 0 20 10 0
Doubles[1] 0 45 25 0

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Singles $384,120 $188,315 $94,755 $48,195 $25,025 $13,200 $2,920 $1,490
Doubles $115,650 $65,620 $28,400 $14,580 $7,540

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  CRO Marin Čilić 5 1
  RSA Kevin Anderson 9 2
  JPN Kei Nishikori 12 3
  ARG Diego Schwartzman 14 4
  GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 15 5
  CAN Milos Raonic 20 6
  KOR Chung Hyeon 23 7
  FRA Richard Gasquet 25 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2018.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  FIN Henri Kontinen   AUS John Peers 15 1
  GBR Jamie Murray   BRA Bruno Soares 23 2
  RSA Raven Klaasen   NZL Michael Venus 34 3
  JPN Ben McLachlan   GER Jan-Lennard Struff 50 4
  • Rankings are as of September 24, 2018.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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