title: 2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | 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 | — | — | — |
  
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  ## Singles entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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
  
  * Camila Giorgi def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6–3, 6–1
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson def. Raquel Atawo / Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
  