Linz Open

Generali Ladies Linz
Generali Ladies Linz
Tournament information
Founded	1987
Editions	36 (2023)
Location	Linz; Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$259,303
Website	ladieslinz.at
Current champions (2023)
Singles	Anastasia Potapova
Doubles	Natela Dzalamidze; Viktória Kužmová;

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 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. Since the 2009 edition it is designated as a WTA International Tournament.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic. More recent champions include Petra Kvitová, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber, Karolína Plíšková and Dominika Cibulková.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1987	Barbara Paulus	Denisa Krajčovičová	6–2, 6–2
1988	Eva Švíglerová	Marion Maruska	6–3, 6–1
1990¹	Marion Maruska	Karin Kschwendt	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1990²	Monika Kratochvílová	Katharina Büche	7–5, 6–3
1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Petra Langrová	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
1992	Natalia Medvedeva	Pascale Paradis	6–4, 6–2
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–2, 1–0 ret.
1994	Sabine Appelmans	Meike Babel	6–1, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3)
1995	Jana Novotná	Barbara Rittner	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
1996	Sabine Appelmans (2)	Julie Halard	6–2, 6–4
1997	Chanda Rubin	Karina Habšudová	6–4, 6–2
1998	Jana Novotná (2)	Dominique Monami van Roost	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
1999	Mary Pierce	Sandrine Testud	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
2001	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Jelena Dokić	6–4, 6–1
2002	Justine Henin	Alexandra Stevenson	6–3, 6–0
2003	Ai Sugiyama	Nadia Petrova	7–5, 6–4
2004	Amélie Mauresmo	Elena Bovina	6–2, 6–0
2005	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
2006	Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova	7–5, 6–2
2007	Daniela Hantuchová	Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
2008	Ana Ivanovic	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–1
↓ International tournament ↓
2009	Yanina Wickmayer	Petra Kvitová	6–3, 6–4
2010	Ana Ivanovic (2)	Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–2
2011	Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková	6–4, 6–1
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Julia Görges	6–3, 6–4
2013	Angelique Kerber	Ana Ivanovic	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
2014	Karolína Plíšková	Camila Giorgi	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2015	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6–4, 6–3
2016	Dominika Cibulková	Viktorija Golubic	6–3, 7–5
2017	Barbora Strýcová	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–4, 6–1
2018	Camila Giorgi	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6–3, 6–1
2019	Coco Gauff	Jeļena Ostapenko	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
2020	Aryna Sabalenka	Elise Mertens	7–5, 6–2
2021	Alison Riske	Jaqueline Cristian	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2022	Not held
2023	Anastasia Potapova	Petra Martić	6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1987	Petra Hentschl Eva-Maria Schürhoff	Barbara Paulus Petra Ritter	6–4, 6–4
1988	Marion Maruska Petra Ritter	Cristina Casini Katarzyna Nowak	6–3, 6–4
1990¹	Alexia Dechaume Pascale Paradis	Hana Fukárková Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–2
1990²	Regina Chladková Monika Kratochvílová	Birgit Arming Doris Bauer	6–4, 6–4
1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Raffaella Reggi	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1992	Monique Kiene Miriam Oremans	Claudia Porwik Raffaella Reggi-Concato	6–4, 6–2
1993	Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi	Conchita Martínez Judith Polzl Wiesner	walkover
1994	Eugenia Maniokova (2) Leila Meskhi (2)	Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–2
1995	Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat	Iva Majoli Petra Schwarz	6–1, 6–2
1996	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath (2)	Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková	6–4, 6–4
1997	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat (2)	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1998	Alexandra Fusai (2) Nathalie Tauziat (3)	Anna Kournikova Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1999	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	Tina Križan Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–4, 6–3
2000	Amélie Mauresmo Chanda Rubin	Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
2001	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	Els Callens Chanda Rubin	6–1, 6–4
2002	Jelena Dokić (2) Nadia Petrova (2)	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–2
2003	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
2004	Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6–2, 7–5
2005	Gisela Dulko Květa Hrdličková Peschke	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–2, 6–3
2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Corina Morariu Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–0
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber (2)	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
2008	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama (2)	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 7–5
↓ International tournament ↓
2009	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik (2)	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 6–4
2010	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
2011	Marina Erakovic Elena Vesnina	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7–5, 6–1
2012	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2) Květa Peschke (2)	Julia Görges Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
2013	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2014	Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili	Annika Beck Caroline Garcia	6–2, 6–1
2015	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 7–5
2016	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
2017	Kiki Bertens (2) Johanna Larsson (2)	Natela Dzalamidze Xenia Knoll	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2018	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson (3)	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
2019	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Barbara Haas Xenia Knoll	6–4, 6–3
2020	Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek	Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková	6–3, 6–4
2021	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai	6–4, 6–2
2022	Not held
2023	Natela Dzalamidze (2) Viktória Kužmová	Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 7–5, [12–10]

External links

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Linz Open

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

See also

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