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
WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments.
As of 2021, WT ...
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 WTA may refer to:
Organizations
*Washington Trails Association
*Whatcom Transportation Authority
*Waskahegan Trail Association, the management board for the Waskahegan Trail
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level event.
Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones
Lindsay Davenport,
Justine Henin-Hardenne,
Amélie Mauresmo,
Maria Sharapova and
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...
. More recent champions include
Petra Kvitová,
Victoria Azarenka,
Angelique Kerber,
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...
and
Dominika Cibulková.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
*
List of tennis tournaments
External links
Official website
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Tennis tournaments in Austria
Indoor tennis tournaments
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WTA Tour
Recurring sporting events established in 1987
Sport in Linz