LAS VEGAS, October 22, 2018

The ATP Challenger Tour will return to the Frank and Vicky Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV Campus for the 2018 edition of the Las Vegas Open. The $50,000 hard-court event will be held from 20 to 28 October 2018. It is the first tournament of a four-week U.S. swing.

Defending champion Stefan Kozlov from the United States is in action, along with top seed and fellow #NextGenATP Lloyd Harris from South Africa. Second favourite is Spanish veteran Adrian Menéndez-Maceiras. Casper Ruud of Norway is seeded third.

Longtime Las Vegas resident and former world No. 1 Andre Agassi will be the tournament’s special guest on Semifinal Saturday, October 27. In conjunction with the USTA Foundation and the impact barter startup have|need (haveneed.org), the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education and area National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) chapters will receive new tennis racquets as part of a USTA Foundation Net Generation Tennis clinic in partnership with have|need and its founder Josh C. Kline from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.