Equal rights in sport - between hurdles and flying high
This day opened up great potential for women's sport. The FE&MALE Sports Conference "Advantage Ladies", which was held as part of the WTA women's tennis tournament Upper Austria Ladies Linz in the Design Centre of the Upper Austrian capital, opened up perspectives, presented visions and provided strong data material for the consideration of women's sport in Austria. The motto "Successful Together", which characterised the third edition [...]
Inside Out 30.01.2025
30 January 2025 Inside Out Clear the stage for the top stars! Kick-off for Muchova, Svitolina & Alexandrova With Ekaterina Alexandrova, Karolina Muchova and Elina Svitolina, three of the top four seeded players will be on court this Thursday: this line-up is really something to be proud of today! Elina Svitolina Since Elina Svitolina's first appearance in Linz [...]
Former Linz winner Potapova gets off to a top start against Grabher
Anastasia Potapova, the winner of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz in 2023, was a size too big for Julia Grabher. The 23-year-old Potapova impressively demonstrated how well the conditions in Linz suit her at the Design Centre and won 6:2, 6:2 against the Austrian wildcard player after 67 minutes. For the current number [...]
Inside Out 29.01.2025
29 January 2025 Inside Out Second Austrian serves it up Do it again, Sinja! Can Sinja Kraus continue her run of success in Linz? After Julia Grabher, the second Austrian is now also in the main draw of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. After two victories in qualifying, the Viennese will start today (not before 2 pm) with [...]
Kraus makes it through qualifying: Two Austrians in the Linz main draw for the first time since 2015
She has made it! Vienna's Sinja Kraus has made it into the main draw of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz after qualifying. After her clear opening victory against Nuria Parrizas-Diaz from Spain, the red-white-red number one now fought off the experienced Swiss player Viktoria Golubic. Against the 2016 Linz finalist, Kraus did not let a lost second set [...]
Sinja Kraus makes it to the qualifying final
That's what you call a perfect start! Austria's number one has successfully mastered her first challenge at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2025. The Viennese showed an extremely solid performance on the centre court in the Linz Design Center and won against Nuria Parrizas-Diaz from Spain with a confident and highly deserved 6:1, 6:2. "It really is always [...]
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 [...]