Linz Open

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. It was played on indoor 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. 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.

Tennis tournament

Upper Austria Ladies Linz
2026 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
WTA Tour
Founded	1987; 39 years ago (1987)
Editions	39 (2026)
Location	Linz Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Category	WTA 500 (2024–present), WTA 250 (2021–2023)
Surface	Clay (indoor) (2026–present), Hard (indoor) (1987–2025)
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	€1,049,083
Website	ladieslinz.at
Current champions (2026)
Singles	Mirra Andreeva
Doubles	Sorana Cîrstea Zhang Shuai

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] It was played on indoor 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.

Past finals

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Singles

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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	Not held
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

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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 Doris Bauer	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	Not held
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

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• List of tennis tournaments

References

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1. ^ "Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2026: Oster-Premiere auf Sand vom 5. bis 12. April". ladieslinz.at (in German). 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
2. ^ "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Upgraded To WTA 500 Tournament". 1 November 2023.

External links

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• Upper Austria Ladies Linz | Overview | WTA Tour | Tennis
• Official website