saville commenced the 2018 year on the australian challenger circuit, with limited success. in march saville reached the final of the australia f1, losing to marc polmans. it was saville's first singles final in over 2 years. saville travelled to asia and qualified for 2 challenger main draws from 5 attempts. saville experiences similar limited success across europe and north american challenger circuit, his best result being a quarterfinal appearance at the columbus challenger in september.