title: 2018 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
text: # 2018 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
  
  Borna Ćorić defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final, $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 3–6, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2018 Halle Open. It was his first ATP 500 title. With Federer's loss, Rafael Nadal regained the world No. 1 ranking.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Roger Federer (final)
  * Alexander Zverev (first round)
  * Dominic Thiem (second round)
  * Roberto Bautista Agut (semifinals, retired)
  * Lucas Pouille (first round)
  * Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)
  * Kei Nishikori (second round)
  * Richard Gasquet (first round)
  
  ## 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
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roger Federer | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
  | Q | Denis Kudla | $6^1$ | 5 | | | | | |
  | Q | Denis Kudla | $6^1$ | 5 | 1 | Roger Federer | $6^6$ | 6 | 2 |
  | | | | | | Borna Ćorić | $7^8$ | 3 | 6 |
  | 4 | Roberto Bautista Agut | $3^r$ | | | Borna Ćorić | $7^8$ | 3 | 6 |
  | | Borna Ćorić | 2 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Bedene | 3 | 4 | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 3 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Paire | 7 | $7^7$ | | | B Paire | 3 | 6 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Johnson | 5 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
  | | M Jaziri | 0 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | SE | M Ebden | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | |
  | SE | M Ebden | 6 | $7^7$ | | SE | M Ebden | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Fucsovics | 6 | 3 | $1^r$ | 6 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | P Kohlschreiber | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | $7^7$ | 7 |
  | 3 | D Thiem | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | D Kudla | $6^1$ | 5 |
  | Q | M Youzhny | $6^5$ | 2 | | 3 | D Thiem | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Marterer | 4 | 7 | 3 | | Y Sugita | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Sugita | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | Y Sugita | 2 | 5 | | | | |
  | Q | L Lacko | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | D Kudla | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | Q | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | Q | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Tsitsipas | 6 | $7^7$ | | | S Tsitsipas | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | L Pouille | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | K Nishikori | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Bachinger | 3 | $6^3$ | | 7 | K Nishikori | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Zverev | $6^5$ | 3 | | | K Khachanov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Khachanov | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | K Khachanov | 3 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | |
  | | R Haase | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | |
  | | J Sousa | 6 | 5 | 4 | | R Haase | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J-L Struff | 4 | 1 | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | $3^r$ |
  | 8 | R Gasquet | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Ćorić | 2 |
  | WC | F Mayer | 6 | 6 | | WC | F Mayer | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Seppi | 6 | 7 | | | A Seppi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | M Berrettini | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | A Seppi | 5 | 3 | | | | |
  | LL | N Basilashvili | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | B Ćorić | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | R Molleker | 4 | $6^5$ | | LL | N Basilashvili | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | B Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Zverev | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Gilles Simon (first round)
  * Guido Pella (first round)
  * Evgeny Donskoy (first round)
  * Matteo Berrettini (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Nikoloz Basilashvili (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Vasek Pospisil (first round)
  * Ivo Karlović (first round)
  * Mikhail Youzhny (qualified)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Matthias Bachinger
  * Denis Kudla
  * Lukáš Lacko
  * Mikhail Youzhny
  
  ### Lucky losers
  
  * Matteo Berrettini
  * Nikoloz Basilashvili
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  **First qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gilles Simon | 6 | $6^7$ | $6^5$ | | | | |
  | | Denis Istomin | 4 | $7^9$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | Denis Istomin | 4 | $7^9$ | $7^7$ | | Denis Istomin | 5 | 2 |
  | | | | | | WC | Matthias Bachinger | 7 | 6 |
  | WC | Matthias Bachinger | 5 | $7^7$ | 7 | WC | Matthias Bachinger | 7 | 6 |
  | 6 | Vasek Pospisil | 7 | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | |
  
  **Second qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Guido Pella | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | | Denis Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Denis Kudla | 6 | 6 | | Denis Kudla | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 5 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 2 | 4 |
  | | Elias Ymer | 4 | 3 | 5 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  **Third qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Evgeny Donskoy | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
  | WC | Yannick Maden | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | Yannick Maden | 2 | 7 | 6 | WC | Yannick Maden | 2 | 3 |
  | | | | | | | Lukáš Lacko | 6 | 6 |
  | | Lukáš Lacko | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | Lukáš Lacko | 6 | 6 |
  | 7 | Ivo Karlović | $6^5$ | $6^2$ | | | | | |
  
  **Fourth qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Matteo Berrettini | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | WC | Dustin Brown | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | $6^4$ | | | | |
  | WC | Dustin Brown | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | $6^4$ | 4 | Matteo Berrettini | 3 | $6^7$ |
  | | | | | | 8 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | $7^9$ |
  | | Ruben Bemelmans | $6^4$ | 2 | | 8 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | $7^9$ |
  | 8 | Mikhail Youzhny | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  