title: 2018 Moselle Open
text: # 2018 Moselle Open
  
  The 2018 Moselle Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Metz, France and played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Moselle Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Arènes de Metz from 17 September to 23 September 2018. Unseeded Gilles Simon won the singles title.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | JPN | Kei Nishikori | 12 | 1 |
  | GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 15 | 2 |
  | FRA | Lucas Pouille | 19 | 3 |
  | FRA | Richard Gasquet | 24 | 4 |
  | GEO | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 31 | 5 |
  | FRA | Adrian Mannarino | 32 | 6 |
  | SRB | Filip Krajinović | 33 | 7 |
  | GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 36 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Quentin Halys
  * Ugo Humbert
  * Corentin Moutet
  
  The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
  
  * Matthias Bachinger
  * Constant Lestienne
  * Kenny de Schepper
  * Bernard Tomic
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Grégoire Barrère
  * Yannick Maden
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Marius Copil → replaced by Jürgen Zopp
  * Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by Yannick Maden
  * Lucas Pouille → replaced by Grégoire Barrère
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Nicolas Mahut | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 43 | 1 |
  | PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | NZL | Artem Sitak | 74 | 2 |
  | NED | Wesley Koolhof | ARG | Andrés Molteni | 92 | 3 |
  | GBR | Ken Skupski | GBR | Neal Skupski | 106 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of September 10, 2018
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Ugo Humbert
  * Lucas Pouille / Grégoire Barrère
  
  The following pair received entry as alternates:
  
  * Sander Arends / Romain Arneodo
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Mischa Zverev
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Gilles Simon def. Matthias Bachinger, $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 6–1.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Nicolas Mahut / Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski 6–1, 7–5.
  