[4] The ban was overturned and declared a mistrial after the prosecutors took too long to complete the initial trial phase.

In March, he played and won a Challenger tournament in Santiago, defeating former top 5 player Tommy Robredo en route.

[12][13] His semifinal finish moved him to 27th in the world and enabled him, for the first time in his career, to be seeded at a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon.

Despite his first Grand Slam seeding, he lost in the first round in four sets against the young Australian Alex de Minaur.

Later in July, however, Cecchinato achieved his second career ATP title at the Croatia Open, defeating Guido Pella in the final.

[14] At the 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, the Italian defeated Gilles Simon and Chung Hyeon to reach the round of 16, where he fell to Novak Djokovic.

During the Latin American clay court swing, Cecchinato won his third career ATP title at the Argentina Open, defeating Diego Schwartzman in the finals.

[15] In 2020 season, which was affected by COVID-19 pandemic, he managed to reach his fourth ATP final at the inaugural Forte Village Sardegna Open in October, where he lost in straight sets to Serbian Laslo Đere.

[17] In July, at the 2022 Croatia Open Umag he reached the quarterfinals defeating Lorenzo Musetti[18] before losing to Franco Agamenone.

At the Italian Open he reached the third round defeating Mackenzie McDonald and 21st seed Roberto Bautista Agut.