2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open

The 2018 Sofia Open (also known as 2018 DIEMA XTRA Sofia Open for sponsorship reasons)[1] was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Sofia Open as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, from February 5–11.[2]

2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open
Date	February 5 – 11
Edition	3rd
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series
Draw	28S/16D
Prize money	€501,345
Surface	Hard / Indoor
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Champions
Singles
Mirza Bašić
Doubles
Robin Haase / Matwé Middelkoop

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Doubles					0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	€85,945	€45,265	€24,520	€13,970	€8,230	€4,875	€2,195	€1,100
Doubles	€26,110	€13,730	€7,440	€4,260	€2,490	N/A	N/A	N/A
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player[3]	Rank^1	Seed
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	15	1
FRA	Adrian Mannarino	25	2
LUX	Gilles Müller	28	3
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	36	4
NED	Robin Haase	42	5
SRB	Viktor Troicki	67	6
POR	João Sousa	68	7
RUS	Evgeny Donskoy	71	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 29, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Adrian Andreev
• Alexander Donski
• Dimitar Kuzmanov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mirza Bašić
• Ernests Gulbis
• Martin Kližan
• Jozef Kovalík

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

• Salvatore Caruso
• Florian Mayer

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Grigor Dimitrov (shoulder injury) →replaced by Stan Wawrinka
• Matthew Ebden →replaced by Florian Mayer
• Chung Hyeon (blisters) →replaced by Blaž Kavčič
• Filip Krajinović →replaced by Marcos Baghdatis
• Mikhail Kukushkin →replaced by Salvatore Caruso
• Lu Yen-hsun →replaced by Malek Jaziri

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
POL	Marcin Matkowski	PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	67	1
CRO	Nikola Mektić	AUT	Alexander Peya	80	2
USA	Nicholas Monroe	AUS	John-Patrick Smith	97	3
NED	Robin Haase	NED	Matwé Middelkoop	101	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of January 29, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Alexander Donski / Alexandar Lazov
• Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Radoslav Shandarov / Vasil Shandarov

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Mikhail Kukushkin

Champions

Singles

• Mirza Bašić def. Marius Copil, 7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(4–7), 6–4

Doubles

• Robin Haase / Matwé Middelkoop def. Nikola Mektić / Alexander Peya, 5–7, 6–4, [10–4]

External links

• Official website
• Tournament page at ATPWorldTour.com

References

1. "NOVA BROADCASTING GROUP ACQUIRES SOFIA OPEN BROADCASTING RIGHTS". sofiaopen.bg. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
2. "Турнирът в София с ново име и спонсор" (in Bulgarian). tennis24.bg. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
3. "Grigor Dimitrov and three more Top 30 players will play in Bulgaria in Feb 2018". sofiaopen.bg. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.