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WTA Linz Open 2023: Preview, Where to watch, Schedule, Dates, Seeds, Prize Money, Live Streaming details

The 2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz Open, a WTA 250 event, will be held from February 6–12 in TipsArena Linz.

By Mahaksh Chauhan | Feb 6, 2023 | 2 Min Read

A hardcourt tennis competition called the Linz Open is held in Linz, Austria. With the exception of 2022, the event has been held annually since its debut in 1987. It began as an ITF competition before changing to a WTA circuit stop in 1991. Even though the Linz Open may not be the most famous event, it has produced a number of notable champions, like Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber, Justine Henin, Lindsay Davenport, and Maria Sharapova, to name a few. In the final, Alison Riske defeated Jaqueline Cristian 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 to win the competition’s final iteration in 2021.

The top seed and possibly the overwhelming favourite to win the WTA 250 competition in 2023 is Maria Sakkari. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Donna Vekic, Petra Martic, and Irina-Camelia Begu are just a few of the competitors that will be vying for the title. 7 in the world The sole member of the Top 10 to participate in the 2023 Linz Open is top seed Maria Sakkari. The Greek won five of the first seven games in 2023 and put on some strong performances toward the close of the 2022 season. Sakkari will be motivated to win her first championship since 2019 after an unflattering third-round defeat at the Australian Open.

Schedule and Dates

The 2023 WTA Linz Open will have five rounds of play excluding the qualifying rounds. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. The main draw of the tournament is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 6 and conclude on Sunday February 12. Here is the round-wise schedule of the ATP 250 event.

Tournament stage	Dates
Round of 32	February 6-7
Round of 16	February 8-9
Quarter-finals	February 10
Semi-finals	February 11
Final	February 12

Seeds

The top two seeds in the competition are Maria Sakkari and Alexandrova. In her most recent match, Sakkari lost to Zhu in 3 sets in the second round of the Australian Open.

Player	Seed
Maria Sakkari	1
E. Alexandrova	2
Irina Begu	3
Anhelina Kalinina	4
Donna Vekic	5
Petra Martic	6
B. Pera	7
Anastasia Potapova	8

Prize money & points

All of them will be vying for the champion’s prize of 29,760 euros and 280 points, but only one person can take it home. Two defeated semifinalists will receive 110 points and 9,810 euros apiece, while the second-place finisher in Austria will receive 17,590 euros and 180 points.

In Linz, everyone will benefit because losers in the first round receive 2,438 euros and a single point. However, they will already gain 30 points and 3,410 euros for making it to the second round. View a summary of the total prize money and points below.