Linz Open

The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.

Generali Ladies Linz
Tournament information
Founded	1987; 36 years ago (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 (2021)
Singles	Alison Riske
Doubles	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova

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
1990^1	Marion Maruska	Karin Kschwendt	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1990^2	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

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
1990^1	Alexia Dechaume   Pascale Paradis	Hana Fukárková   Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–2
1990^2	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

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website