Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023: WTA Players Announced, Huge Prize Money At Stake

Last Updated on February 6, 2023

The Upper Austria Ladies Linz is a WTA 250 tennis tournament that will take place on the hard courts at the Design Center Linz in Linz, Austria.

The stadium was built back in 1974. It is designed to hold competitions in competitive sports and athletics. In particular, it hosted the European Handball Championship in 2010. During tennis matches the main court can accommodate about 6,000 spectators.

The 2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz is the 32nd edition of the tournament for women. It will take place from 6 to 12 February 2023.

WTA Upper Austria Ladies Linz Prize Money

The prize money purse at the WTA Upper Austria Ladies Linz has increased for the 2023 tennis season. The total prize money came to – €225,480, up 18.86% from 2021. The champion in Linz will receive just over 16% of that total – €29,760 if she wins the trophy. The runner-up will receive a small payout, pocketing €17,590 for her efforts. There is a significant drop off in prize money after the semi-final stage, with the two losing players in that round taking home €9,810 each. Those eliminated in the quarter-finals will receive €5,580 for their efforts. First-round losers will walk away with €2,438.

The below tables give you a full breakdown of prize money for the WTA 250 event in Linz this year.

Singles

Doubles

Upper Austria Ladies Linz Prize Money History

In the table below we have collected data on how prize money in this tournament has changed in recent years.

WTA Upper Austria Ladies Linz Entry List Will Be Headed by Maria Sakkari

The event will feature the participation of notable figures of Austrian tennis such as Julia Grabher (90th).

In singles, the trophy will be contested by 32 athletes, while 16 will take part in the doubles event. The top seeds are the Greek Maria Sakkari and the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.

The last event in 2021 was won by Alison Riske, beating Jaqueline Cristian in the final. An American tennis player, Alison Riske, will not defend her title this year.

Seeds:

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GRE	Maria Sakkari	7	1
	Ekaterina Alexandrova	17	2
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	27	3
UKR	Anhelina Kalinina	31	4
CRO	Donna Vekić	33	5
CRO	Petra Martić	36	6
USA	Bernarda Pera	41	7
	Anastasia Potapova	43	8

Other players:

• Lucia Bronzetti
• Danka Kovinic
• Linda Noskova
• Donna Vekic
• Madison Brengle
• Jasmine Paolini
• Jule Niemeier
• Camila Giorgi
• Alison Van Uytvanck
• Anna Blinkova
• Tamara Korpatsch
• Jaqueline Cristian
• Patricia Maria Tig

WTA Upper Austria Ladies Linz History

The first competition in Linz took place in 1987. After the division of the women’s tournaments into categories in the 1991 WTA season, Linz received the most modest gradation – fifth. Then the status of the tournament changed several times:

• In 1993, the Austrians managed to raise the level of competition to the third category.
• From 1998 till 2008 inclusively, WTA Linz had the best times in the history of the competition, because it was of the second category. The leaders of the main women’s tour came here on a regular basis.
• After the tour was restructured in 2009, the tournament was given a more modest International category (now the WTA 250).

For a long time, the tournament was called Generali Ladies Linz. Only in 2017 it was changed to the modern Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The tournament is actively supported by the government of Upper Austria.

In the 2022 season of the WTA Linz did not take place for the first time since 1987. The reason for that was that at the end of October the tour’s calendar was built around tournaments held on the American continent. Back in September 2022, the organizers of the Austrian competition received notice that the tournament would return to Linz at the beginning of the 2023 season.

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WTA Upper Austria Ladies Linz Ranking Points

The below tables give you a full breakdown of ranking points across the WTA 250 event in Linz.