Linz Open Explained

Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Type:	wta
City:	Linz
Country:	Austria
Editions:	37 (2024)
Venue:	TipsArena Linz
Tier:	WTA 500 (2024-present)
Surface:	Hard (indoor)
Draw:	28S / 16D
Prize Money:	$922,573
Website:	ladieslinz.at
Completed Event:	2024
Singles:	Jeļena Ostapenko
Doubles:	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini

The Linz Open, formerly sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.

The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tournament. Starting 1991, it has been organized in Linz as a WTA Tour event, initially on the Tier V-level. In 1993 it got promoted to Tier III-level, and since 1998 it was organized as a Tier II-tournament. In 2009, it was designated as a WTA International Tournament and subsequently WTA 250 in 2021 with the change in tournament tier nomenclature. In 2023, the scheduling change in the WTA calendar saw the tournament being held in February instead of October as in the past editions. In 2024, the tournament was once again upgraded to WTA 500 level event.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic. More recent champions include Petra Kvitová, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber, Karolína Plíšková and Dominika Cibulková.

Past finals

Singles

width=30	Year !	width=220	Champion !	width=220	Runner-up !	width=120	Score
1987			6–2, 6–2
1988			6–3, 6–1
1990^1			3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1990^2			7–5, 6–3
↓  WTA Tier V  ↓
1991			6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
1992			6–4, 6–2
↓  WTA Tier III  ↓
1993	(2)		6–2, 1–0 ret.
1994			6–1, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3)
1995			6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
1996	Sabine Appelmans (2)		6–2, 6–4
1997			6–4, 6–2
↓  WTA Tier II   ↓
1998	Jana Novotná (2)		6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
			7–6^(7–2), 6–1
			6–4, 3–6, 6–2
	Lindsay Davenport (2)		6–4, 6–1
			6–3, 6–0
			7–5, 6–4
			6–2, 6–0
	Nadia Petrova		4–6, 6–3, 6–1
	Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova	7–5, 6–2
			6–4, 6–2
			6–2, 6–1
↓  International tournament  ↓
			6–3, 6–4
	Ana Ivanovic (2)		6–1, 6–2
			6–4, 6–1
			6–3, 6–4
			6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
			6–4, 6–3
			6–3, 7–5
			6–4, 6–1
			6–3, 6–1
			6–3, 1–6, 6–2
			7–5, 6–2
↓  WTA 250 tournament  ↓
			2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2022	colspan="3" align="center"
			6–3, 6–1
↓  WTA 500 tournament   ↓
			6–2, 6–3

Doubles

width=30	Year !	width=210	Champions !	width=220	Runners-up !	width=120	Score
1987			6–4, 6–4
1988			6–3, 6–4
1990^1			6–3, 6–2
1990^2		Birgit Arming Doris Bauer	6–4, 6–4
↓  WTA Tier V  ↓
1991			6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1992			6–4, 6–2
↓  WTA Tier III  ↓
1993			walkover
1994	Eugenia Maniokova (2) Leila Meskhi (2)		6–2, 6–2
1995			6–1, 6–2
1996	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath (2)		6–4, 6–4
1997	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat (2)		4–6, 6–3, 6–1
↓  WTA Tier II   ↓
1998	Alexandra Fusai (2) Nathalie Tauziat (3)		6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1999			6–4, 6–3
2000			6–4, 6–4
			6–1, 6–4
	Jelena Dokić (2) Nadia Petrova (2)		6–3, 6–2
			6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
			6–2, 7–5
			6–2, 6–3
			6–3, 6–0
	Cara Black Liezel Huber (2)		6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama (2)		6–4, 7–5
↓  International tournament  ↓
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik (2)		6–1, 6–4
	Renata Voráčová		7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
			7–5, 6–1
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2) Květa Peschke (2)		6–3, 6–4
			7–6^(8–6), 6–4
			6–2, 6–1
			6–3, 7–5
			4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
	Kiki Bertens (2) Johanna Larsson (2)		3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson (3)		4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
			6–4, 6–3
			6–3, 6–4
↓  WTA 250 tournament  ↓
			6–4, 6–2
2022	colspan="3" align="center"
2023			4–6, 7–5, [12–10]
↓  WTA 500 tournament   ↓
2024			7–5, 4–6, [10–7]

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website