2018 President's Cup (tennis)
# 2018 President's Cup (tennis)

The 2018 President's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth (ATP) and tenth (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 16–22 July 2018.

## Men's singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 102 | 1 |
| KAZ | Alexander Bublik | 141 | 2 |
| AUT | Sebastian Ofner | 143 | 3 |
| JPN | Hiroki Moriya | 213 | 4 |
| BLR | Egor Gerasimov | 217 | 5 |
| KOR | Lee Duck-hee | 233 | 6 |
| RUS | Ivan Nedelko | 242 | 7 |
| TUR | Cem İlkel | 245 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 2 July 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Sagadat Ayap
* Farrukh Dustov
* Timur Khabibulin
* Aleksandr Nedovyesov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Hugo Grenier
* Pavel Kotov
* Saketh Myneni
* Khumoyun Sultanov

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Arjun Kadhe
* Dzmitry Zhyrmont

## Women's singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| UZB | Sabina Sharipova | 144 | 1 |
| CZE | Marie Bouzková | 167 | 2 |
| SRB | Nina Stojanović | 222 | 3 |
| RUS | Olga Doroshina | 250 | 4 |
| GEO | Ekaterine Gorgodze | 257 | 5 |
| UZB | Nigina Abduraimova | 284 | 6 |
| RUS | Valeria Savinykh | 289 | 7 |
| JPN | Mai Minokoshi | 293 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 2 July 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

* Anastasia Astakhova
* Anna Danilina
* Dariya Detkovskaya
* Ng Kwan-yau

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Darya Astakhova
* Anastasia Frolova
* Bojana Jovanovski Petrović
* Ksenia Laskutova

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Sebastian Ofner def. Daniel Brands, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–3

### Women's singles

* Ekaterine Gorgodze def. Sabina Sharipova, 6–4, 6–1

### Men's doubles

* Mikhail Elgin / Yaraslav Shyla def. Arjun Kadhe / Denis Yevseyev, 7–5, $7–6^{(8–6)}$

### Women's doubles

* Berfu Cengiz / Anna Danilina def. Akgul Amanmuradova / Ekaterine Gorgodze, 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
