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2024 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles
Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 Linz Open. It was her eighth WTA singles title. She saved a match point in her second-round match against Clara Tauson. Anastasia Potapova was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alexandrova. Seeds The top four seeds In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the ... received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky loser Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Singles,2024 2024 WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles titles, including a singles major at the 2017 French Open and a doubles major at the 2024 US Open, partnering Lyudmyla Kichenok. She is the first Latvian to win a major in singles or in doubles. Ostapenko has also won 15 singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and the junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. She is a member of the Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team. Personal life Ostapenko was born in Riga to former Ukrainian footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko (d. 2020) and Latvian-Russian tennis coach and former player Jeļena Jakovļeva. Jevgēnijs played professional football for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia where Jeļena's grandmother lives. Jeļena has one half-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia Bronzetti
Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 46 in singles and No. 194 in doubles. She has played three finals and won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open, and has also reached nine singles finals on the ITF Women's Circuit, of which she won five. Bronzetti was a member of the Italian squad which won the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup. Early life Bronzetti was born in Rimini and grew up in Verucchio. She began playing tennis at the age of 10 at the suggestion of her aunt, and took lessons at the Tennis Club Valmarecchia in Pietracuta. Her cousin, Alberto Bronzetti, is also a tennis player. Her training base is in Anzio. She also trains at the Circolo Tennis Viserba, outside of Rimini. Career 2021: WTA Tour debut and first wins In May, Bronzetti was awarded a wildcard into the singles qualifying rounds of Italian Open, but failed to advance to the main draw. She and playing partner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greet Minnen
Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. Minnen has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles and No. 45 in doubles, achieved on 16 October 2023 and on 8 January 2024, respectively. Career Juniors In her last year as a junior, Minnen reached the girls' doubles final of the 2015 Australian Open, losing in two sets. 2018-2022: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts Minnen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open in doubles, partnering Alison Van Uytvanck. They won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final, in two sets. In May 2021, again partnering Van Uytvanck, they lost in a second WTA Tour doubles final to Aleksandra Krunić and Nina Stojanović in Belgrade. In September 2021, she reached the third round at the 2021 US Open as a lucky loser defeating Nadia Podoroska and Liudmila Samsonova. Next, she won the 2021 Luxembourg Open, her second tour doubles title, also partnering Van Uytvanck. At the 2022 French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jule Niemeier
Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in doubles, partnering Lara Schmidt. She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, as a qualifier. 2021: Two WTA semifinals As a qualifier, Niemeier secured her first WTA Tour main draw wins at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, reaching the semifinals, where she lost in three sets to fifth seed and eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková. Having received a wildcard entry, she also made the semifinals at the Hamburg European Open, losing to Andrea Petkovic. As a result, she entered top 150 at world No. 140, on 12 July. On her Grand Slam tournament qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached the third round but lost to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Blinkova
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, as well as four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015. Personal life and background Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (; born 25 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 29 in singles, achieved on 21 August 2023, and No. 141 in doubles, which she attained on 14 October 2024. Cocciaretto made her debut for the Italy Fed Cup team in 2018 Fed Cup, 2018. She was a member of the Italian squad which won the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup. Early life and background Cocciaretto was born in Ancona to Piero Cocciaretto and Jessica Marcozzi. Her father played amateur tennis in his youth. She began playing tennis at the age of five, attending free classes at the Circolo Tennis in Porto San Giorgio. Her tennis idols were Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki. Junior career Cocciaretto reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open – Girls' singles, 2018 Australian Open girls' singles tournament, but lost to eventual champion Liang En-shuo. On 5 February 2018, she achieved a career-hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Stefanini
Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Stefanini has career-high WTA rankings of 99 in singles and 393 in doubles. She has won ten singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She was finalist for Italy in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup. Career 2021–2022: WTA Tour debut and top 150 Stefanini made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open, 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, qualifying for the main draw by defeating Irina Fetecău in the final qualifying round. 2023–2024: Major debut and first win, top 100 Stefanini made her major debut at the 2023 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2023 Australian Open. She recorded her first win at this level, defeating Tatjana Maria in three sets, before losing to Varvara Gracheva in the second round. She received wildcards into the main draw at her home tournament, the WTA 1000 Italian Open (tennis), Italian Open in Rome in 2023 Italian Open – Women's singles, 2023, losing in the first roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, achieved on 10 September 2012, major champion in doubles and mixed doubles, and a finalist in singles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. With nine singles titles and 35 doubles titles (including eight majors, eight WTA 1000 titles, and an Olympic gold medal), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of career titles. In doubles, she entered the top 10 on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks and was the year-end number-one doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks. Errani's breakthrough season occurred in 2012 WTA Tour, 2012. At the 2012 Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Andreeva
Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva ( rus, Эрика Александровна Андреева, p=ˈɛrʲɪkə ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvə, born 24 June 2004) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65, reached on 21 October 2024. She also has a best doubles ranking of No. 274, achieved on 11 December 2023. Andreeva has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Juniors Andreeva finished runner-up at the 2021 French Open in the girls' singles event to Linda Nosková. Career 2020–21: First ITF Circuit title In November 2020, Andreeva won her first senior ITF Circuit title at the $15k event in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. A month later, she won another ITF title, this time at the $15k Cairo, Egypt. In March 2021, she won her third $15k tournament. 2022: WTA Tour & major debuts In May 2022, she played her first significant final on the ITF Circuit, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska (; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 82 in doubles, both achieved in January 2020. Yastremska has won three WTA Tour titles. Her best Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2024 Australian Open. A junior Grand Slam tournament runner-up in both singles and doubles, Yastremska had a quick breakthrough onto the WTA Tour. She made her debut in the top 100 and won two titles when she was 18 years old, including her first at the 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong Open in 2018. She had a successful 2019 that helped her rise from No. 58 at the start of the year up to No. 22 by the end of the season. Yastremska was suspended provisionally from competition at the start of 2021 after testing positive for mesterolone. On 22 June 2021, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinja Kraus
Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 151 in singles, achieved in May 2023, and No. 303 in doubles, attained in December 2023. Juniors She reached a career-high ITF Junior Circuit, ITF juniors ranking of world No. 87, on 21 January 2019. Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr. National representation She represents Austria Fed Cup team, Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut in 2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the (then Fed Cup) tie against Italy Fed Cup team, Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan. Career Kraus made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles, 2021 Linz Open, losing to Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. As a qualifier, she defeated eighth seed Nadia Podoroska to reach the second round at the WTA 125 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Burel
Clara Burel (; born 24 March 2001) is a French professional tennis player. On 10 June 2024, she peaked at No. 42 in the WTA singles rankings. Career Juniors In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian Open, the US Open and the Youth Summer Olympics (YOG). Partnering with compatriot Hugo Gaston, she also won the mixed-doubles bronze medal at the YOG. In October, Burel qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where she captured her first major title. She became the junior world No. 1 the next week, on 29 October 2018. Grand Slam performance - Singles: * Australian Open: F (2018) * French Open: 3R (2018) * Wimbledon: 3R (2018) * US Open: F (2018) Grand Slam performance - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2018) * French Open: 2R (2017, 2018) * Wimbledon: QF (2018) * US Open: 2R (2018) 2018: First ITF final Following her final in Melbourne, Burel was selected as an alternate in the French Fed Cup team for the 2018 first round against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
