title: 2018 German Open
text: # 2018 German Open
  
  The 2018 German Open (also known as the 2018 German Tennis Championships) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 112th edition of the German Open Tennis Championships and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany, from July 23 through 29, 2018.
  
  ## Points and prize money
  
  ### Points distribution
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
  | Doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | 45 | 25 | 0 |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | €349,200 | €171,195 | €86,145 | €43,810 | €22,750 | €12,000 | €2,655 | €1,355 |
  | Doubles | €105,140 | €51,470 | €25,820 | €13,250 | €6,850 | — | — | — |
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | AUT | Dominic Thiem | 4 | 1 |
  | ARG | Diego Schwartzman | 12 | 2 |
  | ESP | Pablo Carreño Busta | 13 | 3 |
  | BIH | Damir Džumhur | 23 | 4 |
  | GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 24 | 5 |
  | ITA | Marco Cecchinato | 27 | 6 |
  | FRA | Richard Gasquet | 29 | 7 |
  | ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 33 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of 16 July 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Florian Mayer
  * Rudolf Molleker
  * Casper Ruud
  
  The following player received entry as a special exempt:
  
  * Henri Laaksonen
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Nikoloz Basilashvili
  * Jozef Kovalík
  * Daniel Masur
  * Corentin Moutet
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Thiago Monteiro
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Filip Krajinović → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
  * Lucas Pouille → replaced by Nicolás Jarry
  * Andreas Seppi → replaced by Thiago Monteiro
  * Stefanos Tsitsipas → replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Richard Gasquet
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Aljaž Bedene
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | AUT | Oliver Marach | CRO | Mate Pavić | 5 | 1 |
  | CRO | Ivan Dodig | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 29 | 2 |
  | CRO | Nikola Mektić | AUT | Alexander Peya | 42 | 3 |
  | URU | Pablo Cuevas | ESP | Marc López | 50 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of 16 July 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Jürgen Melzer / Dominic Thiem
  * Philipp Petzschner / Tim Pütz
  
  The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Martin Kližan / Jozef Kovalík
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Nikoloz Basilashvili def. Leonardo Mayer, 6–4, 0–6, 7–5
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Julio Peralta / Horacio Zeballos def. Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić, 6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
  