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.

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

Seeds

 * 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

Seeds

 * 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

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]