title: 2018 Play In Challenger
text: # 2018 Play In Challenger
  
  The 2018 Play In Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lille, France, between 19 and 25 March 2018.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 101 | 1 |
  | FRA | Quentin Halys | 121 | 2 |
  | GER | Yannick Maden | 136 | 3 |
  | GER | Oscar Otte | 137 | 4 |
  | FRA | Corentin Moutet | 138 | 5 |
  | FRA | Stéphane Robert | 159 | 6 |
  | GER | Mats Moraing | 163 | 7 |
  | GER | Matthias Bachinger | 171 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of 5 March 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Hugo Grenier
  * Ugo Humbert
  * Maxime Janvier
  * Yannick Mertens
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Grégoire Barrère
  * Antoine Escoffier
  * David Guez
  * Guillermo Olaso
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Laurynas Grigelis
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Grégoire Barrère def. Tobias Kamke 6–1, 6–4.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Hugo Nys / Tim Pütz def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Purav Raja $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 1–6, [10–7].
  