title: 2018 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
text: # 2018 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
  
  The 2018 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twenty-third (ATP) and twenty-first (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 Lexington, United States, on 30 July–5 August 2018.
  
  ## Men's singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ESP | Marcel Granollers | 104 | 1 |
  | AUS | Marc Polmans | 179 | 2 |
  | SVK | Norbert Gombos | 182 | 3 |
  | GBR | Liam Broady | 184 | 4 |
  | AUS | Max Purcell | 215 | 5 |
  | RSA | Lloyd Harris | 216 | 6 |
  | GBR | Jay Clarke | 225 | 7 |
  | ITA | Stefano Napolitano | 240 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of 23 July 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
  
  * Collin Altamirano
  * William Bushamuka
  * Tom Jomby
  * Sam Riffice
  
  The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:
  
  * Andrew Harris
  * Dayne Kelly
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Borna Gojo
  * Alex Rybakov
  * Mikael Torpegaard
  * J. J. Wolf
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Ronnie Schneider
  
  ## Women's singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | NED | Arantxa Rus | 105 | 1 |
  | AUS | Arina Rodionova | 144 | 2 |
  | AUS | Lizette Cabrera | 151 | 3 |
  | CZE | Marie Bouzková | 161 | 4 |
  | USA | Grace Min | 169 | 5 |
  | GBR | Gabriella Taylor | 178 | 6 |
  | ISR | Julia Glushko | 196 | 7 |
  | AUS | Jaimee Fourlis | 206 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of 23 July 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
  
  * Jennifer Elie
  * Quinn Gleason
  * Ann Li
  * Peyton Stearns
  
  The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
  
  * Jessica Pegula
  
  The following player received entry by a special exempt:
  
  * Gail Brodsky
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Alison Bai
  * Sanaz Marand
  * Anastasia Nefedova
  * Kennedy Shaffer
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  * Lloyd Harris def. Stefano Napolitano 6–4, 6–3.
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  * Asia Muhammad def. Ann Li, 7–5, 6–1
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  * Robert Galloway / Roberto Maytín def. Joris De Loore / Marc Polmans 6–3, 6–1.
  
  ### Women's doubles
  
  * Hayley Carter / Ena Shibahara def. Sanaz Marand / Victoria Rodríguez, 6–3, 6–1
  