2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
# 2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas

The 2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States between 29 January and 4 February 2018.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 24 | 1 |
| USA | Frances Tiafoe | 81 | 2 |
| USA | Taylor Fritz | 91 | 3 |
| USA | Bjorn Fratangelo | 104 | 4 |
| KAZ | Alexander Bublik | 112 | 5 |
| GER | Yannick Hanfmann | 115 | 6 |
| USA | Tim Smyczek | 131 | 7 |
| USA | Tommy Paul | 150 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of January 15, 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Patrick Kypson
* Kei Nishikori
* Frances Tiafoe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Íñigo Cervantes
* Jared Hiltzik
* Evgeny Karlovskiy
* Jan Šátral

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Francesco Ferrari
* Dominik Köpfer

## Champions

### Singles

* Kei Nishikori def. Mackenzie McDonald 6–1, 6–4.

### Doubles

* Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Christopher Rungkat def. Leander Paes / Joe Salisbury 6–4, 3–6, [10–7].
