2018 BGL Luxembourg Open
Tennis tournament
| 2018 BGL Luxembourg Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 15–20 October | |||
| Edition | 23rd | |||
| Category | WTA International tournaments | |||
| Prize money | $250,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard (indoor) | |||
| Location | Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Julia Görges | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Greet Minnen / Alison Van Uytvanck | ||||
| ||||
The 2018 BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts sponsored by BNP Paribas. It was the 23rd edition of the Luxembourg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 15 to 20 October 2018.[1]
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €34,677 | €17,258 | €9,113 | €4,758 | €2,669 | €1,552 | €810 | €589 | €427 |
| Doubles * | €9,919 | €5,161 | €2,770 | €1,468 | €774 | — | — | — | — |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER | Julia Görges | 9 | 1 |
 ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 13 | 2 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 23 | 3 |
 ITA | |||
 CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 33 | 5 |
 CRO | Donna Vekić | 37 | 6 |
 GRE | Maria Sakkari | 42 | 7 |
 FRA | Pauline Parmentier | 49 | 8 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 51 | 9 |
- Rankings as of 8 October 2018
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by 
Kateryna Kozlova
Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by 
Dalila Jakupović
Camila Giorgi → replaced by 
Varvara Lepchenko- Polona Hercog → replaced by
Carina Witthöft 
Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
Monica Puig → replaced by 
Anna Blinkova- Venus Williams → replaced by
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová - Tamara Zidanšek → replaced by Johanna Larsson
Retirements
Doubles entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok |  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 59 | 1 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens |  SWE | Johanna Larsson | 68 | 2 |
 ROU | Irina Bara |  SUI | Xenia Knoll | 146 | 3 |
| SLO | Dalila Jakupović | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 147 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of 8 October 2018
Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Champions
Singles
- Julia Görges def.
Belinda Bencic, 6–4, 7–5
Doubles
Greet Minnen / Alison Van Uytvanck def. Vera Lapko / 
Mandy Minella, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
References
- ^ "BGL Luxembourg Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
External links
- Official website
