title: 2018 Mercer Tennis Classic
text: # 2018 Mercer Tennis Classic
  
  The 2018 Mercer Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Macon, United States, on 22–28 October 2018.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Madison Brengle | 88 | 1 |
  | USA | Jessica Pegula | 129 | 2 |
  | RUS | Sofya Zhuk | 134 | 3 |
  | USA | Claire Liu | 140 | 4 |
  | USA | Nicole Gibbs | 145 | 5 |
  | USA | Kristie Ahn | 147 | 6 |
  | CZE | Marie Bouzková | 151 | 7 |
  | USA | Christina McHale | 154 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of 15 October 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
  
  * Christina McHale
  * Alexa Guarachi
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Hailey Baptiste
  * Louisa Chirico
  * Sanaz Marand
  * Giuliana Olmos
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Varvara Lepchenko def. Verónica Cepede Royg, 6–4, 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Caty McNally / Jessica Pegula def. Anna Danilina / Ingrid Neel, 6–1, 5–7, [11–9]
  