Generali Ladies Linz
Tournament information
Founded	1987; 34 years ago (1987)
Location	Linz Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Category	International
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	32M/24Q/16D
Prize money	$250,000
Website	ladieslinz.at
Current champions (2020)
Women's singles	Aryna Sabalenka
Women's doubles	Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidan?ek

The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.

The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tournament. Starting 1991, it has been organized in Linz as a WTA Tour event, initially on the Tier V-level. In 1993 it got promoted to Tier III-level, and since 1998 it was organized as a Tier II-tournament. Since the 2009 edition it is designated as a WTA International Tournament.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic. More recent champions include Petra Kvitová, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber, Karolína Plí?ková and Dominika Cibulková.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1987	Barbara Paulus	Denisa Kraj?ovi?ová	6-2, 6-2
1988	Eva ?víglerová	Marion Maruska	6-3, 6-1
19901	Marion Maruska	Karin Kschwendt	3-6, 6-1, 6-4
19902	Monika Kratochvílová	Katharina Büche	7-5, 6-3
1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Petra Langrová	6-4, 7-6(7-1)
1992	Natalia Medvedeva	Pascale Paradis-Mangon	6-4, 6-2
1993	(2)	Conchita Martínez	6-2, 1-0, ret.
1994	Sabine Appelmans	Meike Babel	6-1, 4-6, 7-6(7-3)
1995	Jana Novotná	Barbara Rittner	6-7(6-8), 6-3, 6-4
1996	Sabine Appelmans (2)	Julie Halard	6-2, 6-4
1997	Chanda Rubin	Karina Hab?udová	6-4, 6-2
1998	Jana Novotná (2)	Dominique Monami van Roost	6-1, 7-6(7-2)
1999	Mary Pierce	Sandrine Testud	7-6(7-2), 6-1
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
2001	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Jelena Doki?	6-4, 6-1
2002	Justine Henin	Alexandra Stevenson	6-3, 6-0
2003	Ai Sugiyama	Nadia Petrova	7-5, 6-4
2004	Amélie Mauresmo	Elena Bovina	6-2, 6-0
2005	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	4-6, 6-3, 6-1
2006	Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova	7-5, 6-2
2007	Daniela Hantuchová	Patty Schnyder	6-4, 6-2
2008	Ana Ivanovic	Vera Zvonareva	6-2, 6-1
?  International tournament  ?
2009	Yanina Wickmayer	Petra Kvitová	6-3, 6-4
2010	Ana Ivanovic (2)	Patty Schnyder	6-1, 6-2
2011	Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková	6-4, 6-1
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Julia Görges	6-3, 6-4
2013	Angelique Kerber	Ana Ivanovic	6-4, 7-6(8-6)
2014	Karolína Plí?ková	Camila Giorgi
2015		Anna-Lena Friedsam	6-4, 6-3
2016	Dominika Cibulková	Viktorija Golubic	6-3, 7-5
2017	Barbora Strýcová	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6-4, 6-1
2018	Camila Giorgi	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-3, 6-1
2019	Coco Gauff	Je?ena Ostapenko	6-3, 1-6, 6-2
2020	Aryna Sabalenka	Elise Mertens	7-5, 6-2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1987	Petra Hentschl Eva-Maria Schürhoff	Barbara Paulus Petra Ritter	6-4, 6-4
1988	Marion Maruska Petra Ritter	Cristina Casini Katarzyna Nowak	6-3, 6-4
19901	Alexia Dechaume Pascale Paradis	Hana Fukárková Denisa Kraj?ovi?ová	6-3, 6-2
19902	Regina Chladková Monika Kratochvílová	Birgit Arming Doris Bauer	6-4, 6-4
1991	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Raffaella Reggi	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
1992	Monique Kiene Miriam Oremans	Claudia Porwik Raffaella Reggi-Concato	6-4, 6-2
1993	Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi	Conchita Martínez Judith Polzl Wiesner	walkover
1994	Eugenia Maniokova (2) Leila Meskhi (2)	Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider	6-2, 6-2
1995	Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat	Iva Majoli Petra Schwarz	6-1, 6-2
1996	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath (2)	Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková	6-4, 6-4
1997	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat (2)	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	4-6, 6-3, 6-1
1998	Alexandra Fusai (2) Nathalie Tauziat (3)	Anna Kournikova Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6-3, 3-6, 6-4
1999	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	Tina Kri?an Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6-4, 6-3
2000	Amélie Mauresmo Chanda Rubin	Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat	6-4, 6-4
2001	Jelena Doki? Nadia Petrova	Els Callens Chanda Rubin	6-1, 6-4
2002	Jelena Doki? (2) Nadia Petrova (2)	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-2
2003	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia	6-1, 7-6(8-6)
2004	Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6-2, 7-5
2005	Gisela Dulko Kv?ta Hrdli?ková Peschke	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-2, 6-3
2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Corina Morariu Katarina Srebotnik	6-3, 6-0
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber (2)	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6-2, 3-6, [10-8]
2008	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama (2)	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6-4, 7-5
?  International tournament  ?
2009	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik (2)	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6-1, 6-4
2010	Renata Vorá?ová	Kv?ta Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7-5, 7-6(8-6)
2011	Marina Erakovic Elena Vesnina	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7-5, 6-1
2012	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (2) Kv?ta Peschke (2)	Julia Görges Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6-3, 6-4
2013	Karolína Plí?ková Kristýna Plí?ková	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	7-6(8-6), 6-4
2014	Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili	Annika Beck Caroline Garcia	6-2, 6-1
2015	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlavá?ková Lucie Hradecká	6-3, 7-5
2016	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Kv?ta Peschke	4-6, 6-2, [10-7]
2017	Kiki Bertens (2) Johanna Larsson (2)	Natela Dzalamidze Xenia Knoll	3-6, 6-3, [10-4]
2018	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson (3)	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4-6, 6-4, [10-5]
2019	Barbora Krej?íková Kate?ina Siniaková	Barbara Haas Xenia Knoll	6-4, 6-3
2020	Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidan?ek	Lucie Hradecká Kate?ina Siniaková	6-3, 6-4

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website