Maria Sakkari celebrates a successful debut in Linz
Tournament favourite Maria Sakkari qualified for the round of 16 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023 on Tuesday evening! The number one of the WTA tournament celebrated a successful debut in Upper Austria with a 6:1, 7:6 (8/6) win against Nuria Parrizas Diaz from Spain. Camila Giorgi, the 2018 Linz winner, is also through to the round of 16. In the last match of "Super Tuesday", the Croatian defeated Donna [...]
Julia Grabher at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Julia Grabher can immortalise herself in the annals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Wednesday. If she wins her first round match against Madison Brengle from the USA, she will be the first Austrian singles winner at the WTA tournament in Linz for ten years! As a reminder: Tyrolean Patricia Mayr-Achleitner was the last Austrian to win a singles match in the round of 16 of the women's tennis classic in 2013 (6:1, 6:7, [...]
Niemeier defeats Kenin
A world-class trio will be in action on "Super Tuesday" at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023: Maria Sakkari, the number one seed, Camila Giorgi, the 2018 Linz winner, and Donna Vekic, quarter-finalist at the Australian Open, will battle it out for a place in the last 16. Jule Niemeier already made it on Monday evening! While her colleagues were at the Players' Party under [...]
All-Access Hour with Maria Sakkari "I’m very excited ahead of my debut here"
Maria Sakkari came, saw and took everyone's hearts by storm! The 27-year-old Greek has impressed with her refreshing naturalness since her arrival on Saturday afternoon and is looking forward to her debut at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz! Sakkari is seeded number one at the women's tennis classic and will face Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz on Tuesday. Tournament director Sandra Reichel is [...]
Six ÖTV defeats in qualifying
The eagerly awaited first-round clash between top German player Jule Niemeier and US-American Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open winner, will take place at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Monday evening from 6.30 pm! "We're starting with a real cracker of a match on the first day of the main draw. Jule is the new German number one and reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, [...]
Tournament Preview and an interview with Tournament Ambassador Barbara Schett
The world-class women's tennis tournament from 5 to 12 February 2023 at the Linz Design Center already offers plenty of excitement in the first round matches! The "cracker" is the match between Sofia Kenin (USA) and Germany's Jule Niemeier. Austria's number one at the Upper Austria Ladies, Julia Grabher (26), will face the 32-year-old American Madison Brengle. The number one [...]
Top level at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz qualifiers
Women's tennis at the highest level is not only guaranteed in the main draw at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023, but also in the qualifiers! The draw on Saturday afternoon produced some exciting matches! Six ÖTV players want to seize the chance to make it into the main draw of the women's tennis classic in Linz. Luck of the draw: There will be no internal Austrian duel in the first round! [...]
From Down Under to Upper Austria: WTA Linz between tradition and innovation
Sandra Reichel has announced a "tournament week of superlatives" for the 32nd edition of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The tournament director did not promise too much, as a glance at the large number of world-class players alone shows: Maria Sakkari, world number sevenKaterina Siniakova, Olympic champion and current Australian Open doubles winnerSofia Kenin, 2020 Australian Open winnerCamila Giorgi, 2018 Linz winnerDonna Vekic, 2023 Australian Open quarter-finalistIn addition, there are young stars such as 18-year-old Linda [...].
WTA President Micky Lawler comes to Linz
Micky Lawler, the president of the women's professional tennis organisation WTA, is travelling to Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the first time. This once again shows the high regard in which Austria's most important women's sporting event is held by the WTA. We conducted an interview with the highly respected women's sports official from Florida in advance. It is a great honour for us that you are coming to the Upper Austria [...]
Sofia Kenin celebrates her Austrian premiere
Australian Open winner at the age of 21! Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Melbourne triumphant and a dazzling personality in women's tennis, is stepping onto Austrian soil for the first time in her life this year. The US-American enriches the Linz WTA tournament at the Design Centre. Tournament Director Sandra Reichel has given her a wildcard for the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023! "I am very grateful that [...]