WTA Linz

Upper Austria Ladies Linz
WTA tour
venue	Linz Austria
First run	1991
category	WTA International
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 226,750
Website	Official website
As of February 19, 2017

Logo until 2016

The WTA Linz (officially: Upper Austria Ladies Linz ) is a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which usually takes place in October in the TipsArena Linz in the Upper Austrian city ​​of Linz .

From the beginning of 1991 the tournament was played in February, and in 1999 the tournament calendar was moved to October. Since 2001 it has not been played on carpeted floors, but on hard courts.

Tournament overview

year	Official tournament name	category	Topping	Prize money
1991	Austrian Tennis Grand Prix	Tier V	carpet	$ 100,000
1992	International Austrian Indoor Champ's	Tier V	carpet	$ 100,000
1993	International Austrian Indoor Champ's	Tier III	carpet	$ 150,000
1994	EA Generali Ladies	Tier III	carpet	$ 150,000
1995	EA Generali Ladies	Tier III	carpet	$ 161,250
1996	EA Generali Ladies	Tier III	carpet	$ 164,250
1997	EA-Generali Austrian Open	Tier III	carpet	$ 164,250
1998	Generali Ladies Tennis Grand Prix	Tier II	carpet	$ 450,000
1999	Generali Ladies Linz	Tier II	carpet	$ 520,000
2000	Generali Ladies / Creditanstalt	Tier II	carpet	$ 535,000
2001	Generali Ladies Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 565,000
2002	Generali Ladies Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 585,000
2003	Generali Ladies Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 585,000
2004	Generali Ladies Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 585,000
2005	Generali Ladies Raiffeisenlandesbank Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 585,000
2006	Generali Ladies Raiffeisenlandesbank Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 600,000
2007	Generali Ladies Raiffeisenlandesbank Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 600,000
2008	Generali Ladies Raiffeisenlandesbank Linz	Tier II	Hard court	$ 600,000
2009	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 220,000
2010	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 220,000
2011	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 220,000
2012	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 220,000
2013	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 235,000
2014	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 250,000
2015	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 250,000
2016	Generali Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 250,000
2017	Upper Austria Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 250,000
2018	Upper Austria Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 250,000
2019	Upper Austria Ladies Linz	International	Hard court	$ 250,000

Winners list

singles

Manuela Maleeva , Sabine Appelmans , Jana Novotná , Lindsay Davenport and Ana Ivanović have each won the tournament twice so far. Nadja Petrowa , Patty Schnyder and Ana Ivanović were most often in the final (three times in total).

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Petra Langrová	6: 4, 7: 6
1992	Natalia Medvedeva	Pascale Paradis Mangon	6: 4, 6: 2
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Conchita Martínez	6: 2, 1: 0 task
1994	Sabine Appelmans	Meike Babel	6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 6
1995	Jana Novotná	Barbara Rittner	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
1996	Sabine Appelmans	Julie Halard-Decugis	6: 2, 6: 4
1997	Chanda Ruby	Karina Habšudová	6: 4, 6: 2
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1998	Jana Novotná	Dominique Van Roost	6: 1, 7: 6
1999	Mary Pierce	Sandrine Testud	7: 6, 6: 1
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Dokic	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	Jelena Bowina	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 Ivanović	Vera Swonaryova	6: 2, 6: 1
↓ Category: International ↓
2009	Yanina Wickmayer	Petra Kvitová	6: 3, 6: 4
2010	Ana Ivanović	Patty Schnyder	6: 1, 6: 2
2011	Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková	6: 4, 6: 1
2012	Viktoriya Azaranka	Julia Goerges	6: 3, 6: 4
2013	Angelique Kerber	Ana Ivanović	6: 4, 7: 6 6
2014	Karolína Plíšková	Camila Giorgi	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 7: 6 4
2015	Anastassija 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 Alexandrowa	6: 3, 6: 1
2019	Cori Gauff	Jeļena Ostapenko	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
↓ Category: 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
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1993	Yevgenia Manjukowa Leila Mes'chi	Conchita Martínez Judith Wiesner	without a fight
1994	Yevgenia Manjukowa Leila Mes'chi	Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider	6: 2, 6: 2
1995	Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat	Iva Majoli Petra Black Knight	6: 1, 6: 2
1996	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath	Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 4
1997	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1998	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	Anna Kurnikowa Larisa Neiland	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
1999	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	Tina Križan Larisa Neiland	6: 4, 6: 3
2000	Amélie Mauresmo ' Chanda Rubin	Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat	6: 4, 6: 4
2001	Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa	Els Callens Chanda Ruby	6: 1, 6: 4
2002	Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6: 3, 6: 2
2003	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia	6: 1, 7: 6
2004	Janette Husárová Jelena Lichowzewa	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6: 2, 7: 5
2005	Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano	6: 2, 6: 3
2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Corina Morariu Katarina Srebotnik	6: 3, 6: 0
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 8]
2008	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6: 4, 7: 5
↓ Category: International ↓
2009	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6: 1, 6: 4
2010	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7: 5, 7: 6
2011	Marina Eraković Jelena Wesnina	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7: 5, 6: 1
2012	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	Julia Görges Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6: 3, 6: 4
2013	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
2014	Ioana 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 Johanna Larsson	Natela Dsalamidse Xenia Knoll	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 4]
2018	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]
2019	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Barbara Haas Xenia Knoll	6: 4, 6: 3

See also

• WTA Bad Gastein
• WTA Kitzbühel
• WTA Klagenfurt
• WTA Maria Lankowitz
• WTA Pörtschach
• WTA Vienna
• ATP Kitzbühel
• ATP Vienna

Web links

• Official website