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Tennis tournament
The Linz Open , formerly 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 . In 2009, it was designated as a
WTA International Tournament and subsequently
WTA 250 in 2021 with the change in tournament tier nomenclature. In 2023, the scheduling change in the WTA calendar saw the tournament being held in February instead of October as in the past editions. In 2024, the tournament was once again upgraded to
WTA 500 level event.
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
↓
WTA Tier V ↓
1991
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Petra Langrová
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1992
Natalia Medvedeva
Pascale Paradis
6–4, 6–2
↓
WTA Tier III ↓
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
↓
WTA Tier II ↓
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
↓
WTA 250 tournament ↓
2021
Alison Riske
Jaqueline Cristian
2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2022
Not held
2023
Anastasia Potapova
Petra Martić
6–3, 6–1
↓
WTA 500 tournament ↓
2024
Jeļena Ostapenko
Ekaterina Alexandrova
6–2, 6–3
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
↓
WTA Tier V ↓
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
↓
WTA Tier III ↓
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
↓
WTA Tier II ↓
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
↓
WTA 250 tournament ↓
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]
↓
WTA 500 tournament ↓
2024
Sara Errani
Jasmine Paolini
Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Ellen Perez
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
See also
External links
Previous women's tournament categories (1991–2020)
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct