Inside Out 28.01.2025

28.01.2025 Inside Out Let's go! Tough test for Julia The Upper Austria Ladies Linz is already a historic tournament. For the first time in ten years, two Austrians are in the main draw of the country's biggest women's tennis tournament! After Vienna's Sinja Kraus followed Vorarlberg's Julia Grabher into the main competition yesterday, she has [...]
Draw for the Upper Austria Ladies Linz promises an exciting week of tournaments

The die is cast! The matches for the first round of the main draw of the 34th edition of the women's tennis classic in Linz have been drawn at the official draw of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz in the LINZ AG ABFALL car park hall. Julia Grabher from Vorarlberg, who is in the main draw thanks to a wild card, will face Anastasia Potapova, the 2023 Linz winner [...]
Qualification starts with Austrian quartet

Meanwhile, four Austrians, all of whom have received a wildcard, will be competing in the qualifiers from Sunday. Sinja Kraus (UTC Fischer Ried), the winner of the "Young Ladies Wildcard Challenge" Mavie Österreicher (LINZ AG Team Oberösterreich), Tamara Kostic (LINZ AG Team Oberösterreich) and Liel Marlies Rothensteiner (BMTC-Brühl Mödlinger TC) will be flying the red-white-red flag. [...]
Last main draw wildcards in Linz go to Australian Open rising stars Eva Lys and Julia Grabher

She was perhaps the biggest surprise in the women's competition at the Australian Open in Melbourne - and now she's a guest in Linz! Germany's Eva Lys and local favourite Julia Grabher have received the last three wildcards for the main draw of the WTA 500 Upper Austria Ladies 2025 tournament. Austria's biggest women's tennis tournament begins on Sunday (10 a.m.) with [...]
Inside Out 27.1.2025

27 January 2025 Inside Out Sinja Kraus: All about red-white-red This is a great opportunity for Sinja Kraus! Austria's number one will be in the spotlight today, Monday, at the Design Centre in Linz. In the second match after 10 a.m., the 22-year-old has the opportunity to book her ticket for the main draw of the Upper Austria [...]
Linz is ready for the sporting highlight of the year

It is without a doubt the sporting highlight of 2025 in Upper Austria. At the 34th edition of the women's tennis classic in Linz from 26 January to 2 February, an outstanding field of participants will compete for the title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2025, which is endowed with around one million US dollars, at the Linz Design Center. The WTA 500 event has [...]
Olympic champion Lara Vadlau opens the FE&MALE Sports Conference "Advantage Ladies"

The countdown to the FE&MALE Sports Conference will be accompanied by the spectacular introduction of a top speaker. Dr Lara Vadlau, sailing gold medallist at the Paris Olympics, will be joining geneticist Prof. Dr Markus Hengstschläger on the opening panel on Wednesday 29 January at 9.45 a.m. for a "dialogue of possibilities". Sport teaches us to think about ourselves [...]
French Open finalist Karolina Muchova receives wild card in Linz

The Linz women's tennis classic has another star guest! Czech Grand Slam finalist Karolina Muchova has received a wildcard for the WTA 500 Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament, which will be held at the Linz Design Center from 26 January to 2 February. "I'm delighted to be playing Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the very first time. I have so many [...]
"Young Ladies Wildcard Challenge": Triple for Mavie Österreicher

She's done it again! 22-year-old Mavie Österreicher has won the "Young Ladies Wildcard Challenge" of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2025 - for the third time! In the final of the tournament, which is traditionally held a week before the WTA event, Österreicher beat the Austrian's [...]
Former Austrian number one Barbara Haas becomes the voice of Upper Austria Ladies Linz

She knows the centre court of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz very well - now she's returning in a new role! From 26 January to 2 February 2025, former Austrian number one Barbara "Babsi" Haas will be leading the programme at Austria's biggest women's sporting event for the first time as the hall announcer, lending her voice to the Linz women's tennis classic. Together with [...]