BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Tennis 2018

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2018 BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Tennis Facts

Date	15–20 October
Edition	28th
Category	WTA International tournaments
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Champions

• Singles
  Germany Julia Görges
• Doubles
  Belgium Greet Minnen / Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck

BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Tennis Facts

Founded	1991; 27 years ago
Location	Kockelscheuer Luxembourg
Venue	Kockelscheuer Sport Centre
Category	WTA International
Surface	Hard – indoors
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US$226,750 (2017)

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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Schedule

2018 BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open starts from 15–20 October, 2018 at Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Players List

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Julia Görges	9	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	13	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	23	3
ITA	Camila Giorgi	32	4
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

Wildcards

• Fiona Ferro
• Mandy Minella
• Garbiñe Muguruza

Protected ranking:

Margarita Gasparyan

Special exempt:

• Dayana Yastremska

Qualifying draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Eugenie Bouchard
• Arantxa Rus
• Kristýna Plíšková

Lucky loser:

Varvara Lepchenko

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

Andrea Petkovic

Doubles

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

Wildcards

• Greet Minnen / Alison Van Uytvanck
• Raluca Șerban / Isabella Shinikova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Monica Niculescu

Draws

BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Tennis Results 2018

Past Champions

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Timea Bacsinszky	Sabine Lisicki	6–2, 7–5
2010	Roberta Vinci	Julia Görges	6–3, 6–4
2011	Victoria Azarenka	Monica Niculescu	6–2, 6–2
2012	Venus Williams	Monica Niculescu	6–2, 6–3
2013	Caroline Wozniacki	Annika Beck	6–2, 6–2
2014	Annika Beck	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–2, 6–1
2015	Misaki Doi	Mona Barthel	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
2016	Monica Niculescu	Petra Kvitová	6–4, 6–0
2017	Carina Witthöft	Monica Puig	6–3, 7–5
2018	Julia Görges	Belinda Bencic	6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2009	Iveta Benešová (2) Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	1–6, 6–0, [10–7]
2010	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
2011	Iveta Benešová (3) Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (2)	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	7–5, 6–3
2012	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–4
2013	Stephanie Vogt Yanina Wickmayer	Kristina Barrois Laura Thorpe	7–6(7–2), 6–4
2014	Timea Bacsinszky (2) Kristina Barrois	Lucie Hradecká Barbora Krejčíková	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
2015	Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2016	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	Monica Niculescu Patricia Maria Țig	4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
2017	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava	Eugenie Bouchard Kirsten Flipkens	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]
2018	Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck	Vera Lapko Mandy Minella	7–6(7–3), 6–2