2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells

2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells
Date	February 26 – March 4
Edition	1st
Category	ATP Challenger Tour WTA 125K series
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$150,000+H (ATP) $150,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard, outdoor
Location	Indian Wells, United States
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Martin Kližan
Women's singles
Sara Errani
Men's doubles
Austin Krajicek / Jackson Withrow
Women's doubles
Taylor Townsend / Yanina Wickmayer
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The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament is part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place on February 26 through March 4, 2018, in Indian Wells, United States.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Marius Copil	73	1
BIH	Mirza Bašić	74	2
CAN	Vasek Pospisil	83	3
USA	Taylor Fritz	85	4
USA	Frances Tiafoe	91	5
RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	93	6
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	96	7
ISR	Dudi Sela	97	8
GER	Yannick Hanfmann	117	9

• ¹ Rankings are as of 19 February 2018.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Evan King
• Sebastian Korda
• Reilly Opelka
• Noah Rubin

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

• Dennis Novikov

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

• Ricardo Ojeda Lara

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marcos Giron
• Christian Harrison
• Mitchell Krueger
• Alexander Sarkissian

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Nicolaas Scholtz

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Magda Linette	55	1
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	66	2
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	69	3
UKR	Kateryna Bondarenko	78	4
USA	Jennifer Brady	88	5
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	93	6
RUS	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	94	7
CHN	Duan Yingying	96	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 19 February 2018.^[1]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Danielle Collins
• Caroline Dolehide
• Ashley Kratzer
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Amanda Anisimova
• Naomi Broady
• Misaki Doi
• Victoria Duval
• Sara Errani
• Wang Yafan

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
• Naomi Osaka → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Raluca Olaru	UKR	Olga Savchuk	97	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	BLR	Vera Lapko	135	2
USA	Jennifer Brady	USA	Vania King	178	3
CHN	Duan Yingying	CHN	Wang Yafan	218	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 19 February 2018.

The following team received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Julia Elbaba / Ingrid Neel

• Martin Kližan def. Darian King 6–3, 6–3.

• Sara Errani def. Kateryna Bondarenko 6–4, 6–2

• Austin Krajicek / Jackson Withrow def. Evan King / Nathan Pasha 6–7^(3–7), 6–1, [11–9].

• Taylor Townsend / Yanina Wickmayer def. Jennifer Brady / Vania King 6–4, 6–4

• Official website