The Upper Austria Ladies Linz is a women’s tennis tournament on the WTA Tour that is played on indoor hard courts in Linz, Austria.
The first WTA tournament in Linz was played in 1987 with Barbara Paulus winning the singles and Petra Hentschl and Eva-Maria Schürhoff winning the doubles.
I have put together the below guide so you can find out more about the draw, tickets, schedule, players, and prize money for the 2024 tournament in Linz.
Linz Open 2024
Tour Level: | WTA 250 |
Court Surface: | Indoor Hard Courts |
Draw Size: | 32 Singles, 16 Doubles |
Prize Money: | €225,480 (2023) |
Dates
The 2024 WTA Linz Open tennis tournament will be held from the 28th of January to the 4th of February 2024, with the 2024 tournament being played in the week immediately after the 2024 Australian Open and in the same week as the tournaments in Hua Hin, Thailand, and Montpellier, France.
Tickets
Tickets for the 2024 Tournament in Linz will be available through the tournament’s official website from mid-November 2023.
Players (Entry List)
The entry list for the 2024 tournament has now been released and below is a selection of players who will participate in the 2024 Linz Open tennis tournament.
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Anastasia Potapova
- Angelique Kerber
- Camila Giorgi
- Donna Vekić
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Elise Mertens
- Jasmine Paolini
- Jeļena Ostapenko
- Katie Boulter
- Petra Martic
- Varvara Gracheva
Schedule
Below is the expected schedule for the 2024 tournament in Linz, with the doubles and singles finals being played on Sunday, the 4th of February 2024.
Day | Date | Round |
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Sunday – Day 1 | 28 January 2024 | Qualifying |
Monday – Day 2 | 29 January 2024 | 1st Round |
Tuesday – Day 3 | 30 January 2024 | 1st Round |
Wednesday – Day 4 | 31 January 2024 | 2nd Round |
Thursday – Day 5 | 1 February 2024 | 2nd Round |
Friday – Day 6 | 2 February 2024 | Quarterfinals |
Saturday – Day 7 | 3 February 2024 | Semifinals |
Sunday – Day 8 | 4 February 2024 | Finals |
Draw
The draw for the 2024 WTA 250 tournament in Linz is available to view on the WTA Tour website (see links below).
Singles Qualifying Draw: View
Singles Main Draw: View
Doubles Draw: View
For the 2024 Linz tennis tournament, there will be 32 players in the singles draw, while in the doubles draw there will be a total of 16 teams.
Prize Money and Points
The total prize money for the 2024 Linz tennis tournament has yet to be confirmed but in 2023, it was €225,480.
How the prize money and points were split for the 2023 tournament is detailed below.
Women’s Singles (By Round)
The winner of the singles tournament in 2023 received €29,760 and 280 points, while the runner-up received €17,590 and 180 points.
Performance | € – Payout | WTA Points |
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Winner | €29,760 | 280 |
Finalist | €17,590 | 180 |
Semifinalist | €9,810 | 110 |
Quarterfinalist | €5,580 | 60 |
2nd Round | €3,410 | 30 |
1st Round | €2,438 | 1 |
Women’s Doubles (By Round)
The winners of the doubles tournament in 2023 received €10,820 (€5,410 each) and 280 ranking points, while the runners-up won €6,090 (€3,045 each) and 180 ranking points.
Performance | € – Per Team | WTA Points |
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Winners | €10,820 | 280 |
Finalists | €6,090 | 180 |
Semifinalists | €3,504 | 110 |
Quarterfinalists | €2,086 | 60 |
1st Round | €1,606 | 1 |
Past Champions
Women’s Singles
The winner of the 2023 singles competition was Anastasia Potapova who beat Petra Martic 6–3, 6–1 in the singles final (see match highlights below).
Other past winners of the singles include Coco Gauff (2019), Aryna Sabalenka (2020), and Camila Giorgi (2018).
Women’s Doubles
The winners of the 2023 doubles competition were Natela Dzalamidze and Viktoria Kuzmova who beat Anna-Lena Friedsam and Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 7–5, 12–10 in the 2023 women’s doubles final.