Hyogo Noah Challenger 2018

Hyogo Noah Challenger 2018
date	11/12/2018 - 11/18/2018
Edition	4th
navigation	2017  ◄  2018  ►  2019
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Kobe Japan
Tournament number	7397
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 30Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 50,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Stéphane Robert
Last year's winner (double)	Ben McLachlan Yasutaka Uchiyama
Winner (singles)	Tatsuma Ito
Winner (doubles)	Gonçalo Oliveira Akira Santillan
Tournament director	Hiroyuki Kyoda
Tournament supervisor	Roland Herfel
Last direct assumption	Shintaro Imai (392)
As of November 19, 2018

The Hyogo Noah Challenger 2018 was a tennis tournament that took place in Kobe from November 12th to 18th, 2018 . It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2018 and was played indoors on a hard court.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Yoshihito Nishioka Semifinals 02.  Tatsuma Ito victory 03.  Hiroki Moriya Quarter finals 04th  Go Soeda Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  Lee Duck-hee retreat 06th  Yasutaka Uchiyama Semifinals 07th  Yōsuke Watanuki final 08th.  Kwon Soon-woo Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Y. Nishioka

7th

6th

M. Echargui

5

1

1

Y. Nishioka

6th

7th

Q

A. Vukic

6th

6th

Q

A. Vukic

2

6 2

Q

C. Sinclair

1

1

1

Y. Nishioka

6th

3

6th

A. Santillan

6th

7th

8th

S.-w. Kwon

1

6th

4th

M. Ochi

3

6 6

A. Santillan

2

7th

6 3

R. Tokuda

3

6th

1

8th

S.-w. Kwon

6th

5

7th

8th

S.-w. Kwon

6th

1

6th

1

Y. Nishioka

0

6th

5

4th

G. Soeda

6th

6th

7th

Yō. Watanuki

6th

4th

7th

WC

K. Uesugi

3

1

4th

G. Soeda

6th

7th

WC

S. Hazawa

3

6th

3

Q

A. Harris

3

5

Q

A. Harris

6th

3

6th

4th

G. Soeda

4th

4th

G. Oliveira

6th

6th

7th

Yō. Watanuki

6th

6th

E. Ruusuvuori

3

4th

G. Oliveira

5

0

Z. Li

4th

r

7th

Yō. Watanuki

7th

6th

7th

Yō. Watanuki

4th

7th

Yō. Watanuki

6th

5

3

6th

Y. Uchiyama

3

6th

6th

2

T. Itō

3

7th

6th

S. Imai

6th

3

2

6th

Y. Uchiyama

7th

6th

Q

T.-l. Wu

6th

6th

Q

T.-l. Wu

6 0

3

WC

H. Ehara

3

2

6th

Y. Uchiyama

6th

6th

J. Samper Montaña

6th

6th

3

H. Moriya

3

2

WC

S. Sekiguchi

4th

1

J. Samper Montaña

6th

5

3

C.-e. Kim

0

6 0

3

H. Moriya

3

7th

6th

3

H. Moriya

6th

7th

6th

Y. Uchiyama

6th

0

4th

LL

HN Lý

6 4

7th

6th

2

T. Itō

4th

6th

6th

J.-s. Nam

7th

6 9

2

LL

HN Lý

4th

2

Y.-s. Chung

7th

7th

Y.-s. Chung

6th

6th

J. Sels

6 3

6 3

Y.-s. Chung

2

3

Y. Shimizu

6th

7th

2

T. Itō

6th

6th

Ze Zhang

1

5

Y. Shimizu

6 6

1

D. Wu

4th

3

2

T. Itō

7th

6th

2

T. Itō

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze   1 round 02.  Gonçalo Oliveira Akira Santillan   victory 03.  Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov   1 round 04th  Yasutaka Uchiyama Kaito Uesugi   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Gong Ze Zhang

7th

4th

[8th]

Z. Li G. Soeda

6 4

6th

[10]

Z. Li G. Soeda

6th

6th

WC

S. Hazawa Y. Shimizu

6th

6th

WC

S. Hazawa Y. Shimizu

3

4th

M. Echargui J. Sels

2

3

Z. Li G. Soeda

6th

4th

[10]

3

I. Sabanov, M. Sabanov

2

6th

[6]

WC

Y. Kibi T. Niki

1

6th

[7]

H. Moriya J. Samper Montaña

6th

4th

[10]

H. Moriya J. Samper Montaña

6th

2

r

WC

Y. Mochizuki R. Noguchi

2

6th

[9]

WC

Y. Kibi T. Niki

2

4th

WC

Y. Kibi T. Niki

6th

2

[11]

Z. Li G. Soeda

6th

4th

[10]

Y.-t. Wang D. Wu

6th

5

[8th]

2

G. Oliveira A. Santillan

2

6th

[12]

OLD

C.-e. Kim M. Ochi

1

7th

[10]

OLD

C.-e. Kim M. Ochi

1

3

Y. Nishioka Yō. Watanuki

6 5

5

4th

Y. Uchiyama K. Uesugi

6th

6th

4th

Y. Uchiyama K. Uesugi

7th

7th

4th

Y. Uchiyama K. Uesugi

S. Imai R. Tokuda

7th

6th

2

G. Oliveira A. Santillan

w.

O.

X. Gao E. Ruusuvuori

6 5

1

S. Imai R. Tokuda

3

4th

Y.-s. Chung S.-w. Kwon

4th

2

2

G. Oliveira A. Santillan

6th

6th

2

G. Oliveira A. Santillan

6th

6th

Web links

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 87 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 78 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 85 kB)