Sandra & Peter-Michael Reichel attend WTA 50th Anniversary Gala in New York
50 years of the Women's Tennis Association - if that's not a reason to celebrate! Sandra Reichel, the tournament director of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz and tournament founder Peter-Michael Reichel were guests at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York at the weekend and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the WTA with former, current and future stars of women's tennis. It was a memorable [...]
Second top award for Upper Austria Ladies Linz
For the second time in a month, the Linz women's tennis classic can celebrate a great success: Upper Austria's number one sporting event, the WTA tournament Upper Austria Ladies Linz, was once again rewarded for its sustainability concept on Wednesday afternoon. In the "sustainable winning" competition initiated by the Federal Ministry, in which participation was once again extremely high this year, the only [...]
As a green event, a beacon for sustainability
Silver medal for Austria's most important women's sporting event! At Europe's largest sports business event, the SPOBIS Conference in Düsseldorf, the world-class women's tennis tournament Upper Austria Ladies Linz was honoured on Wednesday evening for its commitment to sustainability. The award for sustainability was presented across all sports in four categories for the best projects with a proven sustainable impact. The projects had to have a clear connection [...]
Anastasia Potapova wins the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Dzalamidze/Kuzmova win in doubles 21 years young and already winner of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023! Anastasia Potapova won the final of the Linz WTA tournament against 32-year-old Croatian Petra Martic 6:3, 6:1 in the sold-out Design Centre on Sunday afternoon. Potapova thus follows in the footsteps of Maria Sharapova, who won the women's tennis classic in Linz in 2006 at the age of 19. [...]
WTA President Micky Lawler headlines 1st Austrian Women’s Sport Symposium
WTA President was delighted with the beacon from Upper Austria Linz, 12 February 2023 - Tournament Director Sandra Reichel could not have wished for a better return of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz to the Design Center after a 20-year absence. The 32nd edition of the Linz women's tennis classic was the spectacular start to a new era - not just for women's tennis, but for the [...]
Martic and Potapova to go head-to-head in the final
Top sensation in the semi-finals of the 32nd Upper Austria Ladies Linz: The number one seed from Greece, Maria Sakkari, lost her semi-final match against Petra Martic from Croatia 6:3, 3:6, 4:6 on Saturday evening. Martic will play Anastasia Potapova in the final on Sunday at 3 p.m., after beating Marketa Vondrousova from the Czech Republic in three sets in the semi-finals. [...]
WTA President Micky Lawler headlines 1st Austrian Women's Sport Symposium
Linz, Feb. 11, 2023 - In its long history, the Upper Austria Ladies Linz has not only welcomed 18 of the world's 28 No. 1s, but this year the tournament is also playing host to the President of the Hologic WTA Tour. After arriving in Linz on Wednesday, Micky Lawler has been visiting the time-honoured event where she [...]
Maria Sakkari triumphs against Donna Vekic in a duel between friends
Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic made the Design Centre shake on Friday evening! After 2:06 hours of play, the Greek number one seed at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023 celebrated a 6:3, 7:6 (10/8) victory to advance to the semi-finals. After the match point, the two good friends hugged each other, showing the fans tennis [...]
Anastasia Potapova destroys Anna-Lena Friedsam's dream of reaching the final
Anna-Lena Friedsam missed her chance early on Friday to become the second German after Angelique Kerber (2013) to join the list of winners at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. After a convincing first set against Anastasia Potapova, Friedsam lost 6:2, 4:6, 1:6 - the dream of reaching the semi-finals and final was over. Qualified for the round of the last four [...]
Austria's 1st Women's Sports Symposium: Initial spark for gender equality
The speakers at the 1st Austrian Women's Sports Symposium "Advantage Ladies" called for more "gender equality" in Austrian sport on Friday with exciting panel discussions and eye-opening keynotes. After a brilliant sports policy kick-off with Vice-Chancellor and Sports Minister Werner Kogler, Women's Minister Susanne Raab and Micky Lawler, the US President of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the main topics at the Linz Design Centre were [...]