# 2018 Open de Limoges – Singles

Monica Niculescu was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Margarita Gasparyan.
Ekaterina Alexandrova won the title after defeating Evgeniya Rodina 6–2, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Mihaela Buzărnescu (first round)
* Alizé Cornet (first round)
* Pauline Parmentier (quarterfinals)
* Ana Bogdan (quarterfinals)
* Monica Niculescu (second round)
* Tatjana Maria (quarterfinals)
* Evgeniya Rodina (final)
* Ekaterina Alexandrova (champion)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Margarita Gasparyan | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| 7 | Evgeniya Rodina | 3 | | | | | |
| 7 | Evgeniya Rodina | 3 | | 7 | Evgeniya Rodina | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | 8 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 6 | 7 | 8 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 6 | 6 |
| | Vera Zvonareva | 4 | 5 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1/WC | M Buzărnescu | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Minella | 6 | 5 | 6 | | M Minella | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Badosa Gibert | 6 | 2 | 0 | | A Blinkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Blinkova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Blinkova | 4 | 2 | | | |
| | M Gasparyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Gasparyan | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | M Melnikova | 3 | 3 | | | M Gasparyan | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | V Tomova | 5 | 3 | | 5 | M Niculescu | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Niculescu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Gasparyan | 0$^r$ |
| 4 | A Bogdan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Rodina | 3 |
| Q | G Arn | 2 | 5 | | 4 | A Bogdan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Loeb | 6 | 6 | | | J Loeb | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| | N Vikhlyantseva | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | A Bogdan | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | V Kudermetova | 5 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | 7 | E Rodina | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | A Albié | 7 | 7$^9$ | | Q | A Albié | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gorgodze | 1 | 2 | | 7 | E Rodina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Rodina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | O Govortsova | 4 | 7$^7$ | 2 | 8 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dulgheru | 7$^7$ | 1 | 1 | Q | R Voráčová | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Voráčová | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | E Alexandrova | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | R Šramková | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | 3/WC | P Parmentier | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | T Korpatsch | 2 | 7 | 6 | | T Korpatsch | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Ferro | 5 | 2 | | 3/WC | P Parmentier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3/WC | P Parmentier | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Zvonareva | 4 | 5 |
| WC | C Paquet | 1 | 4 | | 6 | T Maria | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Soler Espinosa | 5 | 6$^5$ | | WC | K Zavatska | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Zavatska | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | T Maria | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| | G García Pérez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | |
| | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Bacsinszky | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Bacsinszky | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2/WC | A Cornet | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Sílvia Soler Espinosa (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Jana Čepelová (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
* Tena Lukas (qualifying competition)
* Jesika Malečková (qualifying competition)
* Marina Melnikova (qualified)
* Audrey Albié (qualified)
* Alexandra Panova (first round)
* Gréta Arn (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Audrey Albié
* Gréta Arn
* Renata Voráčová
* Marina Melnikova

### Lucky loser

* Jana Čepelová
* Sílvia Soler Espinosa

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Lina Gjorcheska | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Lina Gjorcheska | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 6 | Audrey Albié | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Salma Djoubri | 4 | 2 | | 6 | Audrey Albié | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Audrey Albié | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Jana Čepelová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Fiona Codino | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Fiona Codino | 0 | 2 | 2 | Jana Čepelová | 6$^7$ | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | 8 | Gréta Arn | 7$^9$ | 0 | 6 |
| | Claudia Coppola | 0 | 4 | 8 | Gréta Arn | 7$^9$ | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Gréta Arn | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Tena Lukas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| PR | Susanne Celik | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| PR | Susanne Celik | 4 | 2 | | 3 | Tena Lukas | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 |
| | | | | | | Renata Voráčová | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 |
| | Renata Voráčová | 7 | 4 | 6 | | Renata Voráčová | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 |
| 7 | Alexandra Panova | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Jesika Malečková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Lou Adler | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Lou Adler | 1 | 1 | 4 | Jesika Malečková | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| | | | | 5 | Marina Melnikova | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| | Eva Wacanno | 2 | 4 | 5 | Marina Melnikova | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Marina Melnikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |