2018 Kobe Challenger
# 2018 Kobe Challenger

The 2018 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 12 and 18 November 2018.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| JPN | Yoshihito Nishioka | 81 | 1 |
| JPN | Tatsuma Ito | 165 | 2 |
| JPN | Hiroki Moriya | 185 | 3 |
| JPN | Go Soeda | 190 | 4 |
| KOR | Lee Duck-hee | 195 | 5 |
| JPN | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 217 | 6 |
| JPN | Yosuke Watanuki | 219 | 7 |
| KOR | Kwon Soon-woo | 220 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 5 November 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Hiroyasu Ehara
* Shinji Hazawa
* Shuichi Sekiguchi
* Kaito Uesugi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Andrew Harris
* Colin Sinclair
* Aleksandar Vukic
* Wu Tung-lin

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Lý Hoàng Nam

## Champions

### Singles

* Tatsuma Ito def. Yosuke Watanuki 3–6, 7–5, 6–3.

### Doubles

* Gonçalo Oliveira / Akira Santillan def. Li Zhe / Go Soeda 2–6, 6–4, [12–10].
