2018 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles

David Goffin was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Andy Murray.

Yoshihito Nishioka won his first ATP title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–4.

Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. • #🇧🇪 David Goffin (second round)

• # Stefanos Tsitsipas (second round)

• # Borna Ćorić (second round)

• #🇧🇦 Damir Džumhur (quarterfinals)

• #🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (semifinals)

• #🇨🇦 Denis Shapovalov (second round)

• #🇦🇺 Alex de Minaur (semifinals)

• #🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek (moved to Chengdu Open main draw)

• # Jason Jung (qualified)

• # 🇮🇳 Ramkumar Ramanathan (qualified)

• # 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka (qualified)

• # 🇯🇵 Tatsuma Ito (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Filip Peliwo (qualifying competition)

• # 🇯🇵 Go Soeda (first round)

• # 🇪🇬 Mohamed Safwat (first round, retired)

Qualifiers
• # 🇯🇵 Tatsuma Ito

• # Jason Jung

• # 🇮🇳 Ramkumar Ramanathan

• # 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka