Linz Open
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The Linz Open (also called the Upper Austria Ladies Linz) is a WTA 500 tennis tournament held in Linz , Austria. Since 2026, the tournament is held on indoor clay courts .[1] hardcourts until 2025.
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. From 1999 to 2017 it was sponsored by Generali Gruppe. 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.[2]
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 .
Contents
Past finals
Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score 1987 Barbara Paulus Denisa Krajčovičová 6–2, 6–2 1988 Eva Švíglerová Marion Maruska 6–3, 6–1 19901 Marion Maruska Karin Kschwendt 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 19902 Monika Kratochvílová Katharina Büche 7–5, 6–3 ↓ WTA Tier V ↓ 1991 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Petra Langrová 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 1992 Natalia Medvedeva Pascale Paradis 6–4, 6–2 ↓ WTA Tier III ↓ 1993 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (2) Conchita Martínez 6–2, 1–0 ret. 1994 Sabine Appelmans Meike Babel 6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) 1995 Jana Novotná Barbara Rittner 6–7(6–8) , 6–3, 6–4 1996 Sabine Appelmans (2) Julie Halard 6–2, 6–4 1997 Chanda Rubin Karina Habšudová 6–4, 6–2 ↓ WTA Tier II ↓ 1998 Jana Novotná (2) Dominique Monami van Roost 6–1, 7–6(7–2) 1999 Mary Pierce Sandrine Testud 7–6(7–2) , 6–1 2000 Lindsay Davenport Venus Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 2001 Lindsay Davenport (2) Jelena Dokić 6–4, 6–1 2002 Justine Henin Alexandra Stevenson 6–3, 6–0 2003 Ai Sugiyama Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–4 2004 Amélie Mauresmo Elena Bovina 6–2, 6–0 2005 Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 2006 Maria Sharapova Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–2 2007 Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–2 2008 Ana Ivanovic Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–1 ↓ International tournament ↓ 2009 Yanina Wickmayer Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–4 2010 Ana Ivanovic (2) Patty Schnyder 6–1, 6–2 2011 Petra Kvitová Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–1 2012 Victoria Azarenka Julia Görges 6–3, 6–4 2013 Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 2014 Karolína Plíšková Camila Giorgi 6–7(4–7) , 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 2015 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anna-Lena Friedsam 6–4, 6–3 2016 Dominika Cibulková Viktorija Golubic 6–3, 7–5 2017 Barbora Strýcová Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–1 2018 Camila Giorgi Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–3, 6–1 2019 Coco Gauff Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 2020 Aryna Sabalenka Elise Mertens 7–5, 6–2 ↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓ 2021 Alison Riske Jaqueline Cristian 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 2022 colspan="3" align="center" 2023 Anastasia Potapova Petra Martić 6–3, 6–1 ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ 2024 Jeļena Ostapenko Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–2, 6–3 2025 Ekaterina Alexandrova Dayana Yastremska 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 2026 Mirra Andreeva Anastasia Potapova 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1987 Petra Hentschl Eva-Maria Schürhoff Barbara Paulus Petra Ritter 6–4, 6–4 1988 Marion Maruska Petra Ritter Cristina Casini Katarzyna Nowak 6–3, 6–4 19901 Alexia Dechaume Pascale Paradis Hana Fukárková Denisa Krajčovičová 6–3, 6–2 19902 Regina Chladková Monika Kratochvílová Birgit Arming 6–4, 6–4 ↓ WTA Tier V ↓ 1991 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Raffaella Reggi Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 1992 Monique Kiene Miriam Oremans Claudia Porwik Raffaella Reggi-Concato 6–4, 6–2 ↓ WTA Tier III ↓ 1993 Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi Conchita Martínez Judith Polzl Wiesner walkover 1994 Eugenia Maniokova (2) Leila Meskhi (2) Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider 6–2, 6–2 1995 Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat Iva Majoli Petra Schwarz 6–1, 6–2 1996 Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath (2) Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková 6–4, 6–4 1997 Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat (2) Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 ↓ WTA Tier II ↓ 1998 Alexandra Fusai (2) Nathalie Tauziat (3) Anna Kournikova Larisa Savchenko Neiland 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 1999 Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis Tina Križan Larisa Savchenko Neiland 6–4, 6–3 2000 Amélie Mauresmo Chanda Rubin Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 6–4 2001 Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova Els Callens Chanda Rubin 6–1, 6–4 2002 Jelena Dokić (2) Nadia Petrova (2) Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–2 2003 Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia 6–1, 7–6(8–6) 2004 Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder 6–2, 7–5 2005 Gisela Dulko Květa Hrdličková Peschke Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–2, 6–3 2006 Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur Corina Morariu Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–0 2007 Cara Black Liezel Huber (2) Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama 6–2, 3–6, [10–8] 2008 Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama (2) Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 7–5 ↓ International tournament ↓ 2009 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik (2) Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 6–1, 6–4 2010 Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 7–6(8–6) 2011 Marina Erakovic Elena Vesnina Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld 7–5, 6–1 2012 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2) Květa Peschke (2) Julia Görges Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–3, 6–4 2013 Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska 7–6(8–6) , 6–4 2014 Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili Annika Beck Caroline Garcia 6–2, 6–1 2015 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 7–5 2016 Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–2, [10–7] 2017 Kiki Bertens (2) Johanna Larsson (2) Natela Dzalamidze Xenia Knoll 3–6, 6–3, [10–4] 2018 Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson (3) Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] 2019 Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková Barbara Haas Xenia Knoll 6–4, 6–3 2020 Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4 ↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓ 2021 Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai 6–4, 6–2 2022 colspan="3" align="center" 2023 Natela Dzalamidze (2) Viktória Kužmová Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 7–5, [12–10] ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ 2024 Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] 2025 Tímea Babos Luisa Stefani Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 3–6, 7–5, [10–4] 2026 Sorana Cîrstea Zhang Shuai Jesika Malečková Miriam Škoch 6–3, 6–2
See also
References
^ "Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2026: Oster-Premiere auf Sand vom 5. bis 12. April" (in de-DE). ladieslinz.at . 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-09-01.^ "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Upgraded To WTA 500 Tournament" . 1 November 2023.External links