2018 Erste Bank Open

The 2018 Erste Bank Open 500 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the event, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 22 October until 28 October 2018. Second-seeded Kevin Anderson won the singles title.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of October 15, 2018

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇦 Félix Auger-Aliassime
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer
 * 🇦🇹 Dennis Novak

The following player received entry as a special exempt:
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert
 * 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie
 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by 🇺🇸 Frances Tiafoe
 * 🇰🇷 Chung Hyeon → replaced by 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev
 * 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet → replaced by 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Nikoloz Basilashvili


 * During the tournament
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer

Retirements

 * Borna Ćorić
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of October 15, 2018

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer / 🇦🇹 Philipp Oswald
 * 🇦🇹 Lucas Miedler / 🇦🇹 Dennis Novak

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇦 Denys Molchanov / 🇸🇰 Igor Zelenay

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇺🇸 James Cerretani / 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Mies / Hans Podlipnik Castillo

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇸 John Isner
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer

Singles

 * Kevin Anderson defeated 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Joe Salisbury / 🇬🇧 Neal Skupski defeated 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan / 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 7–6(7–5), 6–3