Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018

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Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018
Logo of the tournament "Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018"
date October 1, 2018 - October 7, 2018
Edition 46
navigation 2017  ◄  2018  ►  2019
ATP World Tour
venue Chofu , Tokyo Prefecture Japan
JapanJapan 
Tournament number 329
category World Tour 500
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 32E / 16Q / 16D / 4QD
Prize money US $ 1,781,930 
Financial. Obligation US $ 1,928,580 
Website Official website
Last year's winner (individual) BelgiumBelgium David Goffin
Last year's winner (double) JapanJapan Ben McLachlan Yasutaka Uchiyama
JapanJapan 
Winner (singles) RussiaRussia Daniil Medvedev
Winner (doubles) JapanJapan Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff
GermanyGermany 
Tournament director Nao Kawatei
Tournament supervisor Tom Barnes
Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption FranceFrance Benoît Paire (55)
As of October 8, 2018

The 2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament that took place in Tokyo in the city of Chofu from October 1-7, 2018 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2018 and was played outdoors on hard courts. The same week the China Open was played in Beijing , which, like the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

The defending champions were David Goffin in singles and in doubles the duo Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama .

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

qualification

The qualification took place on September 29th and 30th, 2018. Four qualifying places in the individual competition and one place in the doubles competition were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
singles Double
RussiaRussia Daniil Medvedev FranceFrance Fabrice Martin Gilles Simon
FranceFrance 
SlovakiaSlovakia Martin Kližan
United StatesUnited States Denis Kudla
JapanJapan Yōsuke Watanuki

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition is paid per team.

singles
round Points Prize money
victory 500 $ 384,120
final 300 $ 188,315
Semifinals 180 $ 94,755
Quarter finals 90 $ 48,195
Round of 16 45 $ 25,025
First round 0 $ 13,200
Qualification individual
round Points Prize money
Qualifier 20th
Qualifying round 10 $ 2,920
First round 0 $ 1,490
Double
round Points Prize money
victory 500 $ 115,650
final 300 $ 56,620
Semifinals 180 $ 28,400
Quarter finals 90 $ 14,580
First round 0 $ 7,540
Qualification doubles
round Points Prize money
Qualifier 45
Qualifying round 25th $ 0
First round 0 $ 0

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. CroatiaCroatia Marin Čilić 1 round
02. South AfricaSouth Africa Kevin Anderson Quarter finals
03. JapanJapan Kei Nishikori final
04th ArgentinaArgentina Diego Schwartzman 1 round
No. player Round reached
05. GreeceGreece Stefanos Tsitsipas Quarter finals

06th CanadaCanada Milos Raonic Quarter finals

07th Korea SouthSouth Korea Chung Hyeon 1 round

08th. FranceFrance Richard Gasquet Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  CroatiaCroatia M. Čilić 6th 4th 6 1                        
 GermanyGermany J.-L. Struff 3 6th 7th    GermanyGermany J.-L. Struff 7th 6 2 6th
 FranceFrance J. Chardy 4th 6th 6th    FranceFrance J. Chardy 6 3 7th 4th  
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur 6th 3 3      GermanyGermany J.-L. Struff 6th 6 7 4th
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland S. Wawrinka 6th 6th    CanadaCanada D. Shapovalov 4th 7th 6th  
SE  United StatesUnited States T. Fritz 3 4th    SwitzerlandSwitzerland S. Wawrinka 6th 1 4th  
 CanadaCanada D. Shapovalov 6th 3 6th    CanadaCanada D. Shapovalov 4th 6th 6th  
7th  Korea SouthSouth Korea H. Chung 3 6th 2      CanadaCanada D. Shapovalov 3 3
4th  ArgentinaArgentina D. Schwartzman 4th 4th   Q  RussiaRussia D. Medvedev 6th 6th  
Q  RussiaRussia D. Medvedev 6th 6th   Q  RussiaRussia D. Medvedev 6th 6th  
Q  SlovakiaSlovakia M. Kližan 6th 7th   Q  SlovakiaSlovakia M. Kližan 4th 3  
 United StatesUnited States S. Johnson 4th 6 4     Q  RussiaRussia D. Medvedev 7th 6th
Q  JapanJapan Y. Watanuki 6 7 6th 6th   6th  CanadaCanada M. Raonic 6 4 3  
 NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase 7th 4th 1   Q  JapanJapan Y. Watanuki 3 6th  
 FranceFrance A. Mannarino 3 4th   6th  CanadaCanada M. Raonic 6th 7th  
6th  CanadaCanada M. Raonic 6th 6th     Q  RussiaRussia D. Medvedev 6th 6th
5  GreeceGreece S. Tsitsipas 6th 6th   3  JapanJapan K. Nishikori 2 4th
WC  JapanJapan T. Daniel 1 3   5  GreeceGreece S. Tsitsipas 6th 5 6th  
 FranceFrance G. Simon 7th 6 5 2    AustraliaAustralia A. De Minaur 3 7th 1  
 AustraliaAustralia A. De Minaur 6 1 7th 6th     5  GreeceGreece S. Tsitsipas 3 3
 FranceFrance B. Paire 6th 7th   3  JapanJapan K. Nishikori 6th 6th  
 ChileChile N. Jarry 4th 6 1    FranceFrance B. Paire 3 5  
WC  JapanJapan Y. Sugita 4th 1   3  JapanJapan K. Nishikori 6th 7th  
3  JapanJapan K. Nishikori 6th 6th     3  JapanJapan K. Nishikori 7th 6th
8th  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 7th 6th   8th  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 6 2 1  
Q  United StatesUnited States D. Kudla 6 8 3   8th  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 7th 7th  
 AustraliaAustralia N. Kyrgios 7th 7th    AustraliaAustralia N. Kyrgios 6 4 6 1  
WC  JapanJapan Y. Nishioka 5 6 3     8th  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 7th 7th
 GermanyGermany M. Marterer 5 4th   2  South AfricaSouth Africa K. Anderson 6 6 6 4  
 United StatesUnited States F. Tiafoe 7th 6th    United StatesUnited States F. Tiafoe 3 6th 2  
 AustraliaAustralia M. Ebden 6th 6 1 2   2  South AfricaSouth Africa K. Anderson 6th 3 6th  
2  South AfricaSouth Africa K. Anderson 4th 7th 6th    

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. FinlandFinland Henri Kontinen John Peers
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round
02. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
BrazilBrazil 
Quarter finals
03. South AfricaSouth Africa Raven Klaasen Michael Venus
New ZealandNew Zealand 
final
04th JapanJapan Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff
GermanyGermany 
victory

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  FinlandFinland H. Kontinen J. Peers
 AustraliaAustralia 
6th 6 4 [7]        
Q  FranceFrance F. Martin G. Simon
 FranceFrance 
3 7th [10]     Q  FranceFrance F. Martin G. Simon
 FranceFrance 
6 5 6 8  
 NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase M. Middelkoop
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6th 6th    NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase M. Middelkoop
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
7th 7th  
 RussiaRussia D. Medvedev A.-ul-H. Qureshi
 PakistanPakistan 
4th 3        NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase M. Middelkoop
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
1 4th  
4th  JapanJapan B. McLachlan J.-L. Struff
 GermanyGermany 
7th 7th     4th  JapanJapan B. McLachlan J.-L. Struff
 GermanyGermany 
6th 6th  
 ChileChile J. Peralta H. Zeballos
 ArgentinaArgentina 
6 4 5     4th  JapanJapan B. McLachlan J.-L. Struff
 GermanyGermany 
6th 6th  
 Korea SouthSouth Korea H. Chung M. Ebden
 AustraliaAustralia 
6th 6th    Korea SouthSouth Korea H. Chung M. Ebden
 AustraliaAustralia 
4th 4th  
 FranceFrance R. Gasquet A. Mannarino
 FranceFrance 
4th 4th       4th  JapanJapan B. McLachlan J.-L. Struff
 GermanyGermany 
6th 7th
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom D. Inglot F. Škugor
 CroatiaCroatia 
7th 6th     3  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Klaasen M. Venus
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
4th 5
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur S. González
 MexicoMexico 
6 3 2      United KingdomUnited Kingdom D. Inglot F. Škugor
 CroatiaCroatia 
6th 6 7 [9]    
 United StatesUnited States S. Johnson D. Schwartzman
 ArgentinaArgentina 
5 2   3  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Klaasen M. Venus
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
3 7th [11]  
3  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Klaasen M. Venus
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
7th 6th       3  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Klaasen M. Venus
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
4th 7th [18]
WC  JapanJapan Y. Nishioka K. Uesugi
 JapanJapan 
3 6 5      United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Salisbury Y. Uchiyama
 JapanJapan 
6th 6 2 [16]  
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Salisbury Y. Uchiyama
 JapanJapan 
6th 7th     WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Salisbury Y. Uchiyama
 JapanJapan 
7th 4th [10]  
 IndiaIndia D. Sharan A. Sitak
 New ZealandNew Zealand 
3 5   2  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Murray B. Soares
 BrazilBrazil 
6 4 6th [3]  
2  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Murray B. Soares
 BrazilBrazil 
6th 7th    

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