2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date8–14 October
Edition32nd
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard (indoor)
Location Linz, Austria
Venue TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of Italy.svg Camila Giorgi
Doubles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens / Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Larsson
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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]

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
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$960N/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 112
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 263
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 304
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Camila Giorgi 315
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 346
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 357
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 388
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 409

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry through a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Atawo Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 581
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 592
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kirsten Flipkens Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 673
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina Bara Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Xenia Knoll 1474

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview". wtatennis.com.