2018 Gwangju Open
Date	13–19 August
Edition	3rd
Surface	Hard
Location	Gwangju, South Korea
Champions
Singles
Maverick Banes
Doubles
Nam Ji-sung / Song Min-kyu
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The 2018 Gwangju Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Gwangju, South Korea between 13 and 19 August 2018.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Marcel Granollers	108	1
SUI	Henri Laaksonen	124	2
KAZ	Alexander Bublik	172	3
KOR	Lee Duck-hee	239	4
AUS	Akira Santillan	282	5
AUS	Maverick Banes	284	6
USA	Ulises Blanch	301	7
JPN	Renta Tokuda	307	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 6 August 2018.^[1]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Chung Hong
• Jeong Yeong-seok
• Kim Cheong-eui
• Sin Dong-hak

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

• Marcel Granollers

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

• Xia Zihao

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• He Yecong
• Nam Ji-sung
• Sidharth Rawat
• Son Ji-hoon

• Maverick Banes def. Nam Ji-sung 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.

• Nam Ji-sung / Song Min-kyu def. Benjamin Lock / Rubin Statham 5–7, 6–3, [10–5].