{"id":13437,"date":"2026-04-05T10:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/?page_id=13437"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:06:56","slug":"1998-anna-kournikova","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/1998-anna-kournikova\/","title":{"rendered":"1998: Anna Kournikova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13437\" class=\"elementor elementor-13437\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10275f8 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10275f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929d675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"929d675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Glamour and talent<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c7a569 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c7a569\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e41e9 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7e41e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Glamour and talent<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e8480 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2e8480\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f4c1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01f4c1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Anna Kournikova<\/span><\/span> 1998 at the WTA tournament in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Linz<\/span><\/span> attracted a great deal of attention when she emerged as one of the greatest talents of her generation. Although she was denied a tournament victory in Linz, her presence and style of play quickly made her a crowd favourite. Even at a young age, she was one of the most recognisable faces in women's tennis and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1997.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"1098\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In the course of her career, Kournikova also excelled in doubles, where she won several Grand Slam titles together with Martina Hingis and was world number one at times.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"1098\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Despite frequent injuries and an early end to her career, she remained closely associated with the sport. She also developed into one of the first global tennis icons to achieve fame far beyond the sport.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2986473 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2986473\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353cd10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"353cd10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova-802x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13594\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova-1203x1536.jpg 1203w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1998_Kournikova.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2001ff elementor-align-center elementor-tablet_extra-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b2001ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to the history<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b15065 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4b15065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glamour und Talent Glamour und Talent Anna Kournikova sorgte 1998 beim WTA-Turnier in Linz f\u00fcr gro\u00dfe Aufmerksamkeit, als sie als eines der gr\u00f6\u00dften Talente ihrer Generation antrat. Zwar blieb ihr ein Turniersieg in Linz verwehrt, doch ihre Pr\u00e4senz und ihr Spielstil machten sie schnell zum Publikumsliebling. Bereits in jungen Jahren z\u00e4hlte sie zu den bekanntesten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":10730,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1998: Anna Kournikova - Upper Austria Ladies Linz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/1998-anna-kournikova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1998: Anna Kournikova - Upper Austria Ladies Linz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Glamour und Talent Glamour und Talent Anna Kournikova sorgte 1998 beim WTA-Turnier in Linz f\u00fcr gro\u00dfe Aufmerksamkeit, als sie als eines der gr\u00f6\u00dften Talente ihrer Generation antrat. 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