The 2015 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the

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, and part of the

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-category of the

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. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in

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, 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 *

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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 *

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→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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