Linz Open 2026 WTA Results, Draw, Scores & Schedule

The Upper Austria Ladies Linz Open 2026 WTA tournament centre provides live scores, match results, draws, schedules, and daily updates from Austria. Follow every round from qualifying to the final as the world’s top players compete in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria.
As last updated on April 6, after the finals of the qualifying round on Monday.

The tournament WTA Evolution:

• 2024: Upgraded to WTA 500
• 2021: Reclassified as WTA 250
• 2009: Became WTA International
  1998: Promoted to Tier II
• 1993: Upgraded to Tier III
• 1991: Moved to Linz, became WTA Tier V
• 1987: Organized in Wels (near Linz)

Linz Open 2026 WTA Draw & Bracket

The Linz Open 2026 WTA draw features various top players in the world competing across 5 rounds.

The following four players receive first-round byes in the WTA Linz Open 2026 main draw, automatically advancing to the second round:

• Alexandrova, Ekaterina
• Andreeva, Mirra
• Ostapenko, Jelena
• Samsonova, Liudmila

View the full original tournament bracket below.

Mirra Andreeva BYE
Sloane Stephens (Usa) (WC) vs. Tatjana Maria (Ger)
Alycia Parks (Usa) vs. Dalma Galfi (Hun)
Sinja Kraus (Aut) vs. Sorana Cirstea (Rom)

Jelena Ostapenko BYE
Julia Grabher (Aut) vs. Alexandra Eala (Phi)
Katie Boulter (Gbr) vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Rom)
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) vs. Ann Li (Usa)

Jaqueline Cristiane (Rom) vs. (Q)
Anastasia Potapova (Aut) vs. Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Paula Badosa (Esp) vs. Lilli Tagger (Aut)
Liudmila Samsonova BYE

Kalinina A. (Ukr) (LL) vs. Panna Udvardy (Hun)
Volynets K. (Usa) (Q) vs. Vekic D. (Cro) (Q)
Karolina Pliskova (Cze) vs. (Q)
Ekaterina Alexandrova BYE

(all results further below)

Linz Open 2026 Qualifying Results

Qualifying Semi-finals

April 5

Timofeeva M. (Uzb) – Charaeva A. (Wrl) 1-6 6-3 6-3
Volynets K. (Usa) – Dodin O. (Fra) 6-4 6-0
Korpatsch T. (Ger) – Niemeier J. (Ger) 6-3 6-2
Brengle M. (Usa) – Salkova D. (Cze) 2-6 2-6
Monnet C. (Fra) – Vekic D. (Cro) 2-6 4-6
Jimenez Kasintseva V. (And) – Shymanovich I. (Wrl) 5-7 3-6
Friedsam A-L. (Ger) – Kalinina A. (Ukr) 4-6 4-6
Sasnovich A. (Wrl) – Fruhvirtova L. (Cze) 6-0 6-1

Qualifying Finals

April 6

Korpatsch T. (Ger) vs. Timofeeva M. (Uzb) 6-3 6-4
Volynets K. (Usa) vs. Salkova D. (Cze) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Sasnovich A. (Wrl) vs. Kalinina A. (Ukr) 6-3 6-2
Shymanovich I. (Wrl) vs. Vekic D. (Cro) 6-4 6-7(4) 4-6

Linz Open 2026 Women’s Singles 1st Round Results

April 7-9

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Byes this round: Mirra Andreeva, Liudmila Samsonova, Jelena Ostapenko, and Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Andreeva Quarter

Mirra Andreeva BYE
Sloane Stephens (Usa) (WC) vs. Tatjana Maria (Ger) 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Alycia Parks (Usa) vs. Dalma Galfi (Hun) 3-6 3-6
Sinja Kraus (Aut) vs. Sorana Cirstea (Rom)

Ostapenko Quarter

Jelena Ostapenko BYE
Julia Grabher (Aut) vs. Alexandra Eala (Phi)
Katie Boulter (Gbr) vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Rom) 6-7(3) 6-7(2)
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) vs. Ann Li (Usa)

Samsonova Quarter

Jaqueline Cristiane (Rom) vs. Korpatsch T. (Ger) (Q)
Anastasia Potapova (Aut) vs. Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Paula Badosa (Esp) vs. Lilli Tagger (Aut)
Liudmila Samsonova BYE

Alexandrova Quarter

Sara Bejlek (Cze) vs. Panna Udvardy (Hun)
Volynets K. (Usa) (Q) vs. Vekic D. (Cro) (Q)
Karolina Pliskova (Cze) vs. Sasnovich A. (Wrl) (Q)
Ekaterina Alexandrova BYE

Linz Open 2026 Women’s Singles Round of 16 Results

April 7

to be confirmed

Linz Open 2026 Quarterfinal Results

April 10

to be confirmed

Linz Open 2026 Semifinal Results

April 11 – 15:30 local time

to be confirmed

Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2026 Final

to be confirmed

When Will the WTA Linz Open Final Be Played? Global Start Times Revealed

Sunday April 12

• Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver — 5:00
• Miami, New York, Toronto — 8:00
• Buenos Aires, São Paulo — 9:00
• Dublin, London — 13:00
• Linz (Austria) — 14:00 (local time)
• Amsterdam, Berlin — 14:00, Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Stockholm
• Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki, Kyiv, Moscow — 15:00
• New Delhi — 17:30
• Beijing, Manila, Singapore — 20:00
• Melbourne, Sydney — 23:00

All Our Linz Open WTA Coverage

• Linz Open withdrawals
  – Emma Raducanu
  – Emma Navarro (replaced last minute by Mirra Andreeva)
  – Sara Bejlek (replaced by Kalinina)
• daily recap articles
• match reports
• upset analysis
• player stories
  – Lilli Tagger (portrait story)
• special highlights

Previous Linz Open Results

Looking for last year’s results? See the full Linz Open 2025 WTA results, including the final, match scores, and draw progression from the tournament at Design Center Linz.

About the Linz Open 2026

The Upper Austria Linz Open is one of the premier WTA 500 tournaments on the tennis calendar. Held each year in Linz, Upper Austria, the event brings together some of the world’s top players for one of the most prestigious stops on the indoor-clay tour. Several players consider it as one of the best on tour in terms of hospitality. That’s no surprise as the Austrians know a thing or two about hospitality.