Inside Out 09.04.2026

9 April 2026 Inside Out Round of 16 Day Do it again, Lilli & Anastasia! Clear the stage for the next Austrian tennis holiday! Lilli Tagger and Anastasia Potapova want to add to their furious opening victories. An Austrian duel could even be possible in the quarter-finals. Fingers crossed! Lilli Tagger turned the Linz Design Centre into a real cauldron on Tuesday [...]

Austria rejoices: Potapova also in the round of 16

After Lilli Tagger, Anastasia Potapova is the second Austrian woman to reach the round of 16 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The last time this happened was in 2007, when Tamira Paszek and Yvonne Meusburger reached the last 16. Potapova celebrated an emotional victory in her first singles match as an Austrian in Linz, beating Zhang Shuai [...]

Strong momentum at Advantage Ladies FE&MALE Sports Conference

The fourth Advantage Ladies FE&MALE Sports Conference as part of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz has set the tone for more gender equality in sport. Under the motto „United for Change“ at the Design Center Linz, the conference organised by the Reichel Business Group (RBG) and Sport Austria brought together around 200 decision-makers from the worlds of sport, media and science to discuss [...]

Inside Out 08.04.2026

8 April 2026 Inside Out The number 1 „Mighty Mirra“ gets going Mirra Andreeva is the international superstar at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2026! The world number ten has already scored plenty of points with the fans with her friendly and open demeanour at the Design Center in recent days - now she has to prove herself on the centre court [...].

Lilli's fantastic Linz debut

„I dreamed of winning this match,“ said Lilli Tagger after this big dream had come true. In the sold-out Linz Design Centre, Tagger won her main draw debut at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz against the former world number two Paula Badosa 6:4 and 7:6 thanks to an extremely courageous performance. In the round of 16, she will have to [...]

Inside Out 07.04.2026

7 April 2026 Inside Out Tennis holiday A trio for Austria On the „Day of the Austrians“, a red-white-red trio will be fighting to reach the round of 16 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz! We are eagerly awaiting the first round matches of Lilli Tagger, Julia Grabher and Sinja Kraus and provide all the important information for an unforgettable day of tennis. Probably the biggest topic of conversation this [...]

Tagger/Potapova create a top atmosphere, but are narrowly defeated

It was a real thriller! Lilli Tagger and Anastasia Potapova only narrowly missed out on Austria's first victory at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2026. The red-white-red duo were already trailing 3:6 and 2:5 against Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway) and Quinn Gleason (USA), fought off two match points and had every chance of winning in the match tie-break [...].

Inside Out 06.04.2026

6 April 2026 Inside Out Starting shot Austrian doubles power in focus Easter egg hunt & world-class women's tennis - if that's not the perfect mix for a sporty Easter Monday! (Almost) everything is new at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz! Not only is the 35th edition of Austria's biggest women's tennis tournament being held on clay for the first time, but the starting shot is also being fired on the Easter weekend [...].

Vekic convinces at the start

Donna Vekic, who reached the semi-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz two years ago, was in top form in her opening qualifying match on the centre court at the Design Center, winning 6-2, 6-4 against Carole Monnet from France. She will now face Iryna Shymanovich (not before [...]) in the qualifying final for the main draw.