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2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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2018 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date8–14 October
Edition32nd
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Italy Camila Giorgi
Doubles
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens / Sweden 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]

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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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

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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

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

Singles entrants

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Seeds

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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

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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

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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