| 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 6–12 November | |||
| Edition | 31st | |||
| Category | WTA 250 | |||
| Draw | 28S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $235,238 | |||
| Surface | Hard (Indoor) - (DecoTurf on Wood) | |||
| Location | Linz, Austria | |||
| Venue | TipsArena Linz | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Alison Riske | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Natela Dzalamidze / Kamilla Rakhimova | ||||
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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.
Champions
Singles
Main article: 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – 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
Main article: 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – 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 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | 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 | — | — | — |
Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | 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
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
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 | Rank | 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 |
- Rankings as of November 1, 2021
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
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
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| 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 | |