2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

The 2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Linz Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, from 8 to 14 October 2018.^[1]

2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date	8–14 October
Edition	32nd
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Camila Giorgi
Doubles
Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,200	$3,420	$2,220	$1,285	$750
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

<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	10	1
NED	Kiki Bertens	11	2
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	26	3
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	30	4
ITA	Camila Giorgi	31	5
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	34	6
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	35	7
CRO	Donna Vekić	38	8
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	40	9

• Rankings as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Harriet Dart
• Barbara Haas
• Andrea Petkovic

The following player received entry through a protected ranking:

• Margarita Gasparyan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Anna Blinkova
• Fiona Ferro
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
• Jil Teichmann

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Kristýna Plíšková

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Vera Lapko
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Stefanie Vögele

Retirements

• Monica Puig

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Raquel Atawo	GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	58	1
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	59	2
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	67	3
ROU	Irina Bara	SUI	Xenia Knoll	147	4

• ¹ Rankings as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Melanie Klaffner / Viktória Kužmová
• Mavie Österreicher / Nadja Ramskogler

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles

• Camila Giorgi def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Doubles

• Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson def. Raquel Atawo / Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]