2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz Explained

Date:	6–12 February
Edition:	32nd
Category:	WTA 250
Draw:	32S / 16D
Prize Money:	$259,303
Surface:	Hard (Indoor) - (DecoTurf on Wood)
Location:	Linz, Austria
Venue:	Design Center Linz
Champs:	Anastasia Potapova
Champd:	Natela Dzalamidze / Viktória Kužmová
Main Name:	Linz Open
Before Year:	2021

The 2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2023 WTA Tour. It was held at the Design Center Linz in Linz, Austria, from 6 to 12 February 2023.^[1] Due to scheduling issues, the October 2022 edition was delayed to February 2023 in order to attract top WTA players to compete in the tournament.^[2]

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles.

• Anastasia Potapova def. Petra Martić, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

See main article: 2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Doubles.

• Natela Dzalamidze / Viktória Kužmová def. Anna-Lena Friedsam / Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Maria Sakkari	7	1
	Ekaterina Alexandrova	17	2
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	27	3
Ukraine	Anhelina Kalinina	31	4
	Donna Vekić	33	5
	Petra Martić	36	6
United States	Bernarda Pera	41	7
	Anastasia Potapova	43	8

• Rankings as of January 30, 2023

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Julia Grabher

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Jaqueline Cristian
• Patricia Maria Țig

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marina Bassols Ribera
• Sara Errani
• Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Dalma Gálfi
• Rebeka Masarova
• Viktoriya Tomova

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Varvara Gracheva
• Kamilla Rakhimova
• Clara Tauson

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch
• Danka Kovinić → replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova
• Jasmine Paolini → replaced by Alycia Parks
• Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Clara Tauson
• Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Varvara Gracheva

Retirements

• Dalma Gálfi (right thigh injury)

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Alexandra Panova	United States	Alycia Parks	117	1
Czech Republic	Anastasia Dețiuc	Czech Republic	Miriam Kolodziejová	135	2
	Kamilla Rakhimova		Yana Sizikova	142	3
United States	Kaitlyn Christian	United States	Sabrina Santamaria	143	3

• ¹ Rankings as of January 30, 2023

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Veronika Bokor / Alina Michalitsch

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

• Andrea Gámiz / Georgina García Pérez

Withdrawals

• Monique Adamczak / Rosalie van der Hoek → replaced by Jesika Malečková / Rosalie van der Hoek
• Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls → replaced by Andrea Gámiz / Georgina García Pérez
• Anna Bondár / Kimberley Zimmermann → replaced by Bibiane Schoofs / Kimberley Zimmermann
• Nadiia Kichenok / Makoto Ninomiya → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam / Nadiia Kichenok

Notes and References

1. Web site: Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview. wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: "Miss Linz of Upper Austria" from 5 to 12 February 2023. thestoriest.com.