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The 2015 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the
Generali Ladies Linz The Linz Open, currently 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 tou ...
, and part of the
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-category of the
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. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in
Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
, Austria, on 12–18 October 2015.


Points and prize money


Point distribution


Prize money

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team


Singles entrants


Seeds

* Rankings as of October 5, 2015


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Barbara Haas * Tamira Paszek * Andrea Petkovic *
Lucie Šafářová Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Kiki Bertens Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranked Dutch female player ever. Her career-high do ...
* Klára Koukalová *
Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournament ...
* Stefanie Vögele The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Johanna Konta


Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Sara Errani →replaced by Kirsten Flipkens * Daniela Hantuchová →replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam *
Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's ...
→replaced by Misaki Doi *
Karin Knapp Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, sh ...
→replaced by Margarita Gasparyan * Tsvetana Pironkova →replaced by Andreea Mitu *
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 201 ...
(viral illness) → replaced by Johanna Konta


Doubles entrants


Seeds

*1 Rankings as of October 5, 2015


Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Annika Beck / Tamira Paszek * Sandra Klemenschits / Carina Witthöft


Champions


Singles

*
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...
defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6–4, 6–3


Doubles

* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...
, 6–3, 7–5


External links

* 2015 WTA Tour
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Generali Ladies Linz The Linz Open, currently 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 tou ...
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