2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date9–15 November
Edition30th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$202,500
Surface Hard (indoor)
Location Linz, Austria
Venue TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arantxa Rus / Flag of Slovenia.svg Tamara Zidanšek
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The 2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Linz Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2020 WTA Tour. Originally scheduled from 19 to 25 October 2020 at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, it was rescheduled for 9 to 15 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$25,000$14,000$8,700$5,000$3,150$2,300$1,685$1,100
Doubles *$9,000$5,000$3,231$1,982$1,520N/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 111
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 212
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Dayana Yastremska 293
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 334
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 465
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Nadia Podoroska 486
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Jil Teichmann 577
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bernarda Pera 618

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 421
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 512
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina Bara Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 1653
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Arantxa Rus Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Tamara Zidanšek 1744

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

This was Sabalenka's 8th WTA singles title, and third of the year.

Doubles

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References

  1. "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview". wtatennis.com.