Next upgrade: Linz tennis event becomes a million-dollar tournament

The Upper Austria Ladies Linz will take place for the second time as a WTA 500 tournament from January 26, 2025. “We have now arrived, the first year was exciting,” said the tournament director Sandra Reichel 101 days before the start of the 34th edition. The prize money increases by more than 100,000 euros to over one million euros. The Design Center has established itself as a venue.

Everything is open regarding the field of players. “That will happen in the short term,” said Reichel. At least one top ten player should find her way to Upper Austria’s capital. Whether with the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko it is unclear whether the defending champion will start. “It’s always good to have the defending champion there, but nothing has been decided yet. She is a very special player,” said Reichel.

She has many wishes regarding the field of participants. 2020 Linz winner Aryna Sabalenkawho triumphed at the Australian Open and US Open this year, is just as much a part of it as the Spaniard Paula Badosa or the Tunisian woman Our JabeurThe Linz tournament takes place in the week after the Australian Open, and there is only one 250 event taking place at the same time, the Singapore Open. At least these are not bad conditions.