2014 Generali Ladies Linz Explained

Date:	6–12 October
Edition:	28th
Category:	WTA International
Prize Money:	$250,000
Surface:	Hard (indoor)
Location:	Linz, Austria
Venue:	TipsArena Linz
Champs:	Karolína Plíšková
Champd:	Raluca Olaru / Anna Tatishvili

The 2014 Generali Ladies Linz was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, on 6–12 October 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	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 32^1	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	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	Rank^1	Seed
Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	7	1
Serbia	Ana Ivanovic	9	2
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	13	3
	Andrea Petkovic	17	4
	Sabine Lisicki	25	5
Czech Republic	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	28	6
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	29	7
France	Caroline Garcia	36	8

• Rankings as of September 29, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sabine Lisicki
• Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
• Lisa-Maria Moser

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Madison Brengle
• Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Ons Jabeur
• Kateřina Siniaková

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Kiki Bertens

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská
• Lucie Šafářová
• Carla Suárez Navarro (right elbow injury)
• Elena Vesnina

During the tournament

• Eugenie Bouchard (left thigh injury)
• Ana Ivanovic (hip injury)

Retirements

• Irina-Camelia Begu (viral illness)
• Magdaléna Rybáriková (left hip strain)

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	Czech Republic	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	56	1
New Zealand	Marina Erakovic	Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	66	2
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	Czech Republic	Kristýna Plíšková	94	3
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	Poland	Alicja Rosolska	109	4

• ¹ Rankings as of September 29, 2014

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Barbara Haas / Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
• Sandra Klemenschits / Tamira Paszek

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2014 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles.

• Karolína Plíšková def. Camila Giorgi, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles

See main article: 2014 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles.

• Raluca Olaru / Anna Tatishvili def. Annika Beck / Caroline Garcia, 6–2, 6–1