Grandiose premiere as WTA 500 tournament
The WTA 500 premiere of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz was an outstanding event in every respect for tournament director Sandra Reichel. "This was the 33rd edition - and the first tournament as the second-highest WTA category, a so-called 500. I am overwhelmed by this week, all our expectations were exceeded," summarised Sandra Reichel on Sunday before the start of the finals [...]
Alexandrova and Ostapenko in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz
While guest of honour Ana Ivanovic landed at Linz Airport late on Saturday afternoon, the 2,500 spectators in the sold-out Design Center experienced a semi-final day of world-class tennis. First, second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated crowd favourite Donna Vekic 5:7, 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (8:6) in a match that was hard to beat in terms of drama and level. Afterwards, the [...]
Inside Out 4.2.2024
4 February 2024 Inside Out Final! The dream final for the new trophy The object of desire today is 60 centimetres tall, weighs 3.5 kilograms and is studded with 8,100 gold-coloured Swarovski crystals. Jelena Ostapenko and Ekaterina Alexandrova, the tournament's number one and number two, will battle it out in the grand final for the brand new winner's trophy of the [...]
Full house at LINZ AG Day
A full house and top-class tennis on LINZ AG Day: the 2,500 spectators in the sold-out Design Centre witnessed top-class matches and Linz crowd favourites with the star factor on Friday. Saturday's semi-finals will see the eagerly awaited duels between Croatia's Donna Vekic and Ekaterina Alexandrova and between top seed Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia and Anastasia [...]
Inside Out 3.2.2024
3 February 2024 Inside Out Action! Showtime in the semi-finals The tournament's top three seeded players and a former winner will battle it out for a place in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2024. Who will take a decisive step closer to the brand new winner's trophy today? Donna Vekic Donna Vekic has a lot to look forward to today [...]
Inside Out 2.2.2024
2 February 2024 Inside Out quarter-finals Focus on the top eight Now it's getting serious! The final weekend of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz starts today with the matches in the round of the last eight players. Up to this point, almost all of the top favourites have held their own - the top five players have all reached the quarter-finals! But the tests will [...]
Top seed Ostapenko wins in a "midnight session"
At 0.10 a.m., top seed Jelena Ostapenko secured her place in the quarter-finals after a real thriller against the young Danish star Clara Tauson in a "midnight session". In the tie-break of the third set on Friday night, the world number twelve from Latvia finally converted her third match point to win 3:6, 6:4, 7:6 (9:7) and, with her fists clenched, she [...]
Inside Out 1.2.2024
1 February 2024 Inside Out Co-favourite Donna Vekic gets started She has been eagerly awaiting her first serve at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2024 for a long time - today it finally starts! Linz regular Donna Vekic starts the tournament against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska. The clash between two top 35 players is the "key match" on this tournament Thursday. Sandra Reichel and Donna Vekic In the [...]
Jelena Ostapenko arrives in Upper Austria
Top seed Jelena Ostapenko has now also arrived safely in Upper Austria. The Latvian tennis world number twelve, who had reached the doubles final at the Australian Open on Sunday, was welcomed with flowers by tournament director Sandra Reichel and tournament ambassador Barbara Schett on Wednesday afternoon. The 26-year-old has fond memories of Linz, despite her [...]
FE&MALE Sports Conference sets the course for the future
This event sends an impressive signal for women in sport in Austria! At the second edition of ADVANTAGE LADIES of the FE&MALE Sports Conference on Wednesday as part of the WTA 500 Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament, renowned international speakers discussed the topic of gender equality in depth. Together, they developed important approaches and aspects in order to [...]