The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place at the George R. Brown Tennis Center from November 12 to 18, 2018 in Houston, United States.
Men's singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedTennys Sandgren611Bradley Klahn952Ivo Karlović1023Paolo Lorenzi1154Jason Jung1285Bjorn Fratangelo1316Tim Smyczek1407Dominik Köpfer1778 1 Rankings are as of 5 November 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Tom Fawcett Sumit Sarkar Ronnie Schneider Roy Smith
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Harrison Adams Alexis Galarneau Julian Lenz Michael Redlicki
Women's singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedBelinda Bencic371Monica Niculescu782Heather Watson1013Jessica Pegula1254Fanny Stollár1275Varvara Lepchenko1296Sofya Zhuk1337Marie Bouzková1428Nicole Gibbs1479 1 Rankings are as of 5 November 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Belinda Bencic Kayla Day Michaela Haet Peng Shuai Bianca Turati
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lauren Davis Elizabeth Halbauer Dalma Gálfi Kristína Kučová Ann Li Whitney Osuigwe
The following players received entry into the main draw as lucky losers: Jacqueline Cako Louisa Chirico Réka Luca Jani Katherine Sebov
Withdrawals Kristie Ahn → replaced by Beatriz Haddad Maia Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Jacqueline Cako Verónica Cepede Royg → replaced by Deniz Khazaniuk Kayla Day → replaced by Réka Luca Jani Julia Glushko → replaced by Naomi Broady Claire Liu → replaced by Louisa Chirico Christina McHale → replaced by Deborah Chiesa Monica Niculescu → replaced by Katherine Sebov
Retirements Dalma Gálfi (back injury)
Women's doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedNaomi BroadySabrina Santamaria1431Asia MuhammadMaria Sanchez1512Desirae KrawczykGiuliana Olmos1523Alexa GuarachiErin Routliffe1844
Rankings are as of 5 November 2018
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Anna Bowtell / Victoria Smirnova
Champions
Men's singles
Bradley Klahn def. Roy Smith 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4).
Women's singles
Peng Shuai def. Lauren Davis 1–6, 7–5, 6–4
Men's doubles
Austin Krajicek / Nicholas Monroe def. Marcelo Arévalo / James Cerretani 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5].
Women's doubles
Maegan Manasse / Jessica Pegula def. Desirae Krawczyk / Giuliana Olmos, 1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
References
External links Official website