2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date6–12 November
Edition31st
Category WTA 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$235,238
Surface Hard (Indoor) - (DecoTurf on Wood)
Location Linz, Austria
Venue TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Natela Dzalamidze / Flag of Russia.svg Kamilla Rakhimova
  2020  · Linz Open ·  2023  

The 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the Linz Open, and was part of the WTA 250 series of the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, from 6 to 12 November 2021. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

This was Riske's third WTA Tour title, and first of the year.

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Doubles *$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960

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

Singles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Emma Raducanu 211
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 222
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Danielle Collins 303
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 314
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 325
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 386
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 517
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alison Riske 528

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Lohoff Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Renata Voráčová 1541
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato 1612
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Natela Dzalamidze Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Kamilla Rakhimova 1713
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 1754

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

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