2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Date6–12 February
Edition32nd
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$259,303
Surface Hard (Indoor) - (DecoTurf on Wood)
Location Linz, Austria
VenueDesign Center Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag placeholder.svg Anastasia Potapova
Doubles
Flag of Georgia.svg Natela Dzalamidze / Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová
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The 2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2023 WTA Tour. It was held at the Design Center Linz in Linz, Austria, from 6 to 12 February 2023. [1] Due to scheduling issues, the October 2022 edition was delayed to February 2023 in order to attract top WTA players to compete in the tournament. [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

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 Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 71
Ekaterina Alexandrova 172
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 273
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Anhelina Kalinina 314
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 335
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 366
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bernarda Pera 417
Anastasia Potapova 438

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Alexandra Panova Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alycia Parks 1171
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Anastasia Dețiuc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Miriam Kolodziejová 1352
Kamilla Rakhimova Yana Sizikova 1423
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaitlyn Christian Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sabrina Santamaria 1433

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. ""Miss Linz of Upper Austria" from 5 to 12 February 2023". thestoriest.com.