2024 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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2024 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date29 January – 4 February
Edition33rd
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$922,573
Surface Hard (Indoor) - (DecoTurf on Wood)
Location Linz, Austria
VenueDesign Center Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
Doubles
Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani / Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini
  2023  · Linz Open ·  2025  

The 2024 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA 500 tournaments of the 2024 WTA Tour. It was held at the Design Center Linz in Linz, Austria, from 29 January to 4 February 2024. [1] The tournament was upgraded to WTA 500 level for the first time since 2008 when it was last held as a WTA Premier tournament. [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles50032519510860125131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$142,000$87,655$51,205$24,200$13,170$8,860$6,603$3,380
Doubles *$47,390$28,720$16,430$8,510$5,140

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

Singles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 101
Ekaterina Alexandrova 202
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 253
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 284
Anastasia Potapova 295
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 316
Flag of France.svg  FRA Varvara Gracheva 397
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 408

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

Doubles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 321
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Tereza Mihalíková 892
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 973
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Asia Muhammad Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alycia Parks 1034

Other entrants

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

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Upgraded To WTA 500 Tournament". tennistourtalk.com.