2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

{{Infobox tennis event|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

| champs = {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi

| champd = {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens / {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson

| main_name = Linz Open

| after_name = 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.{{cite web|title=Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/austria-ladies-linz|website=wtatennis.com}}

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|12 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Doubles \|1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#ededed;"| Singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|12

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Singles

|$43,000

|$21,400

|$11,500

|$6,200

|$3,420

|$2,220

|$1,285

|$750

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Doubles *

|$12,300

|$6,400

|$3,435

|$1,820

|$960

| {{n/a}}

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

_{* per team}

Singles entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|10 \|1
{{flag\|NED}} \|Kiki Bertens \|11 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|26 \|3
~~{{flag\|SVK}}~~ \|~~Dominika Cibulková~~ \|30 \|4
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|ITA}} \|Camila Giorgi \|31 \|5
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova \|34 \|6
{{flag\|SVK}} \|Magdaléna Rybáriková \|35 \|7
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Donna Vekić \|38 \|8
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Kateřina Siniaková \|40 \|9

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Julia Görges

|10

|Kiki Bertens

|11

|Barbora Strýcová

|26

~~{{flag|SVK}}~~

|~~Dominika Cibulková~~

|30

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|ITA}}

|Camila Giorgi

|31

|Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

|34

|Magdaléna Rybáriková

|35

|Donna Vekić

|38

|Kateřina Siniaková

|40

Rankings as of October 1, 2018

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|GBR}} Harriet Dart
{{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Haas
{{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Petkovic

The following player received entry through a protected ranking:

{{flagicon|RUS}} Margarita Gasparyan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Alexandrova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova
{{flagicon|FRA}} Fiona Ferro
{{flagicon|GRE}} Valentini Grammatikopoulou
{{flagicon|SVK}} Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
{{flagicon|SUI}} Jil Teichmann

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková
{{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit → replaced by {{flagicon|BLR}} Vera Lapko
{{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecca Peterson → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} Stefanie Vögele

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig

Doubles entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|USA}} \|Raquel Atawo \|{{flag\|GER}} \|Anna-Lena Grönefeld \|58 \|1
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Lyudmyla Kichenok \|{{flag\|SLO}} \|Katarina Srebotnik \|59 \|2
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|BEL}} \|Kirsten Flipkens \|{{flag\|SWE}} \|Johanna Larsson \|67 \|3
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Irina Bara \|{{flag\|SUI}} \|Xenia Knoll \|147 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|USA}}

|{{flag|GER}}

|58

|{{flag|SLO}}

|59

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|BEL}}

|{{flag|SWE}}

|67

|{{flag|SUI}}

|147

¹ Rankings as of October 1, 2018

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUT}} Melanie Klaffner / {{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Kužmová
{{flagicon|AUT}} Mavie Österreicher / {{flagicon|AUT}} Nadja Ramskogler

Champions

= Singles =

{{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6–3, 6–1

= Doubles =

{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens / {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson def. {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Atawo / {{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.ladieslinz.at/de/news/index_ger.html}}

Category:2018 WTA Tour

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