2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
| 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6–12 November |
| Edition | 31st |
| Category | WTA 250 |
| Draw | 28S / 16D |
| Prize money | $235,238 |
| Surface | Hard (DecoTurf on Wood)- indoor |
| Location | Linz, Austria |
| Venue | TipsArena Linz |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Alison Riske | |
| Doubles | |
 Natela Dzalamidze / Kamilla Rakhimova | |
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]
Champions[]
Singles[]
Alison Riske def. 
Jaqueline Cristian, 2–6, 6–2, 7–5.
This was Riske's third WTA Tour title, and first of the year.
Doubles[]
Natela Dzalamidze / Kamilla Rakhimova def. 
Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai 6–4, 6–2
Points and prize money[]
Point distribution[]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Prize money[]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
| 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 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles entrants[]
Seeds[]
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 GBR
|
Emma Raducanu | 21 | 1 |
 ROU
|
Simona Halep | 22 | 2 |
| USA
|
Danielle Collins | 30 | 3 |
| RUS
|
Veronika Kudermetova | 31 | 4 |
| RUS
|
Ekaterina Alexandrova | 32 | 5 |
| ROU |
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 ITA
|
Jasmine Paolini | 51 | 7 |
| USA
|
Alison Riske | 52 | 8 |
- Rankings as of November 1, 2021 [2]
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Julia Grabher- Simona Halep[3]
- Sinja Kraus
Emma Raducanu
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
Mona Barthel
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Kateryna Kozlova
Harmony Tan- Lesia Tsurenko
- Wang Xinyu
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
- Jaqueline Cristian
Withdrawals[]
- Before the tournament
- Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by
Aliaksandra Sasnovich - Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian
- Caroline Garcia → replaced by Zheng Saisai
Viktorija Golubic → replaced by Mona Barthel
Kaia Kanepi → replaced by 
Greet Minnen- Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Fiona Ferro
- Ann Li → replaced by Clara Burel
Petra Martić → replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova
Camila Osorio → replaced by 
Rebecca Peterson
Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Océane Dodin- Zhang Shuai → replaced by Dayana Yastremska
Doubles entrants[]
Seeds[]
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GER
|
Julia Lohoff |  CZE
|
Renata Voráčová | 154 | 1 |
 GEO
|
Oksana Kalashnikova |  JPN
|
Miyu Kato | 161 | 2 |
| RUS
|
Natela Dzalamidze | RUS
|
Kamilla Rakhimova | 171 | 3 |
 POL
|
Alicja Rosolska |  NZL
|
Erin Routliffe | 175 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of November 1, 2021
Other entrants[]
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
- Julia Grabher / Sinja Kraus
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
- Mona Barthel /
Hsieh Yu-chieh - Irina Khromacheva / Lidziya Marozava
References[]
- ^ "Upper Austria Ladies Linz Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Diese Tennis-Stars schlagen in Linz auf". nachrichten.at.
- ^ "Simona Halep wild card a Linz. "Un anno duro, ma ho imparato moltissimo"". ubitennis.com.
External links[]
| Grand Slam events | |
|---|---|
| WTA 1000 tournaments | |
| WTA 500 tournaments | |
| WTA 250 tournaments |
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| Team events | |
Bold denotes the mandatory tournaments (WTA 1000)  – Tournaments are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic* – Tournaments are introduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | |
Categories:
- 2021 WTA Tour
- Linz Open
- 2021 in Austrian sport
- November 2021 sports events in Austria