2018 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles
# 2018 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles

Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2018 Monte-Carlo Masters. It was his record-extending 11th Monte-Carlo Masters title and his record 31st Masters title. By winning the title, Nadal also retained the ATP no. 1 singles ranking. He did not lose a single set during the tournament.

## Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

    01. Rafael Nadal (champion)
    02. Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)
    03. Alexander Zverev (semifinals)
    04. Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)
    05. Dominic Thiem (quarterfinals)
    06. David Goffin (quarterfinals)
    07. Lucas Pouille (second round)
    08. Pablo Carreño Busta (withdrew)
    09. Novak Djokovic (third round)
    10. Diego Schwartzman (second round)
    11. Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)
    12. Tomáš Berdych (first round)
    13. Fabio Fognini (second round)
    14. Milos Raonic (third round, withdrew due to knee injury)
    15. Albert Ramos Viñolas (second round)
    16. Adrian Mannarino (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dominic Thiem | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dominic Thiem | 0 | 2 | | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Grigor Dimitrov | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Grigor Dimitrov | 6 | $7^7$ | | 4 | Grigor Dimitrov | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | David Goffin | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | David Goffin | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Kei Nishikori | 3 | 2 |
| | Richard Gasquet | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | Kei Nishikori | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | Alexander Zverev | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kei Nishikori | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kei Nishikori | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 | | Kei Nishikori | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Marin Čilić | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bedene | 6 | $7^7$ | | | A Bedene | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Bašić | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | T Kokkinakis | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | K Khachanov | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov | 7 | 6 | | | K Khachanov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Simon | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | G Simon | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | A Mannarino | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Thiem | 0 | 2 |
| Q | D Lajović | 0 | 1 | | 9 | N Djokovic | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | B Ćorić | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 9 | N Djokovic | $7^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Rublev | $7^9$ | 2 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | D Thiem | $6^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Haase | $6^7$ | 6 | 5 | | A Rublev | 7 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | D Thiem | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 4 | G Dimitrov | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P-H Herbert | $7^9$ | 6 | | Q | P-H Herbert | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi | $6^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | G Dimitrov | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Sandgren | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 | | | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Donaldson | 3 | 3 | | 15 | A Ramos Viñolas | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | A Ramos Viñolas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Dimitrov | 6 | $7^7$ |
| 11 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Goffin | 4 | $6^5$ |
| | P Gojowczyk | 4 | 3 | | 11 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 7 | $6^5$ | 4 | | F López | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 11 | R Bautista Agut | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Shapovalov | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | D Goffin | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Tsitsipas | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | D Goffin | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 7 | L Pouille | 6 | 1 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zverev | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | M Zverev | 2 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Auger-Aliassime | 2 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | M Zverev | 2 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Q | J Chardy | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 6 | $7^7$ | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pella | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | D Schwartzman | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | D Schwartzman | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | F Fognini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Zverev | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Q | I Ivashka | 4 | 5 | | 13 | F Fognini | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 3 | 2 | | | J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J-L Struff | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| LL | F Mayer | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | A Zverev | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Müller | 7 | 6 | | | G Müller | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Zverev | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | LL | G García López | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Edmund | 3 | 7 | 2 | Q | A Seppi | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Seppi | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Seppi | 0 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Fucsovics | $7^7$ | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | K Nishikori | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Medvedev | $6^4$ | 6 | 7 | | D Medvedev | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nishikori | 4 | 6 | 6 | | K Nishikori | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | T Berdych | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Nishikori | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 |
| 14 | M Raonic | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Čilić | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 |
| WC | L Catarina | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | M Raonic | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Džumhur | 3 | 2 | | Q | M Cecchinato | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Cecchinato | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | M Raonic | | | | | | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | M Čilić | w/o | | | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas | 7 | $6^4$ | 1 | | F Verdasco | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Čilić | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Andreas Seppi (qualified)
* Guillermo García López (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Viktor Troicki (first round)
* Stefanos Tsitsipas (qualified)
* Maximilian Marterer (first round)
* Florian Mayer (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Federico Delbonis (first round)
* Roberto Carballés Baena (first round)
* Pierre-Hugues Herbert (qualified)
* Jérémy Chardy (qualified)
* Denis Istomin (first round)
* Dušan Lajović (qualified)
* Mikhail Kukushkin (first round)
* Mirza Bašić (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

### Qualifiers

* Andreas Seppi
* Marco Cecchinato
* Dušan Lajović
* Stefanos Tsitsipas
* Pierre-Hugues Herbert
* Ilya Ivashka
* Jérémy Chardy

### Lucky losers

* Florian Mayer
* Mirza Bašić
* Guillermo García López

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andreas Seppi | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Alex de Minaur | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | Alex de Minaur | 4 | 5 | 1 | Andreas Seppi | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Marcel Granollers | 3 | 3 |
| | Marcel Granollers | 6 | 6 | | Marcel Granollers | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Denis Istomin | 2 | 3 | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Guillermo García López | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Lorenzo Sonego | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Lorenzo Sonego | 4 | 3 | 2 | Guillermo García López | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | Marco Cecchinato | 6 | 6 |
| | Marco Cecchinato | 6 | 6 | | Marco Cecchinato | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Mikhail Kukushkin | 3 | 4 | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Viktor Troicki | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | 12 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Hugo Nys | 2 | 4 | 12 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Florent Diep | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Florent Diep | 3 | 2 | 4 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 14 | Mirza Bašić | 1 | 4 |
| WC | Amaury Delmas | 4 | 0 | 14 | Mirza Bašić | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Mirza Bašić | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Fifth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Maximilian Marterer | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Andrej Martin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Andrej Martin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Andrej Martin | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 9 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 6 | 6 |
| | Stefano Travaglia | 5 | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | 9 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 7 | $6^3$ | $7^7$ | | | | |

**Sixth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Florian Mayer | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Tommy Robredo | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Tommy Robredo | 2 | 5 | | 6 | Florian Mayer | 5 | 0 |
| | | | | | | Ilya Ivashka | 7 | 6 |
| | Ilya Ivashka | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Ilya Ivashka | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Roberto Carballés Baena | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |

**Seventh qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Federico Delbonis | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Nicolas Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Nicolas Mahut | 6 | 6 | | Nicolas Mahut | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | 10 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Romain Arneodo | 3 | 2 | 10 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | 6 | | | | |
