2018 BGL Luxembourg Open

The 2018 BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts sponsored by BNP Paribas. It was the 23rd edition of the Luxembourg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 15 to 20 October 2018.^[1]

2018 BGL Luxembourg Open
Date	15–20 October
Edition	23rd
Category	WTA International tournaments
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Champions
Singles
Julia Görges
Doubles
Greet Minnen / Alison Van Uytvanck

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	€34,677	€17,258	€9,113	€4,758	€2,669	€1,552	€810	€589	€427
Doubles *	€9,919	€5,161	€2,770	€1,468	€774	—	—	—	—

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Julia Görges	9	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	13	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	23	3
ITA	Camila Giorgi	32	4
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	33	5
CRO	Donna Vekić	37	6
GRE	Maria Sakkari	42	7
FRA	Pauline Parmentier	49	8
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	51	9

• Rankings as of 8 October 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Fiona Ferro
• Mandy Minella
• Garbiñe Muguruza

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Margarita Gasparyan

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Eugenie Bouchard
• Arantxa Rus
• Kristýna Plíšková

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Varvara Lepchenko

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
• Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Dalila Jakupović
• Camila Giorgi → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Carina Witthöft
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
• Monica Puig → replaced by Anna Blinkova
• Venus Williams → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
• Tamara Zidanšek → replaced by Johanna Larsson

Retirements

• Andrea Petkovic

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	59	1
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	68	2
ROU	Irina Bara	SUI	Xenia Knoll	146	3
SLO	Dalila Jakupović	CZE	Renata Voráčová	147	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 8 October 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Greet Minnen / Alison Van Uytvanck
• Raluca Șerban / Isabella Shinikova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Monica Niculescu

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles

• Julia Görges def. Belinda Bencic, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Main article: 2018 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles

• Greet Minnen / Alison Van Uytvanck def. Vera Lapko / Mandy Minella, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2