
The 2025 Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament will run from January 27 - February 2, as WTA will be moving on from the Australian Open to tackle the long WTA season ahead.
A WTA 500 event, the Upper Austria Ladies Linz features several impressive former champions, with Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka all having lifted the trophy at some point in their distinguished careers. The hardcourt event will consist of a 32-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles event.
Svitolina, Muchova lead field of strong competitors
This year's edition will not be lacking star-power, as Karolina Muchova leads the way alongside Elina Svitolina. Maria Sakkari is also involved in the draw for the first week post Australian Open. Last year's prize money saw a lucrative $922,573, with the winner taking home $142,000, in addition to 500 WTA ranking points.
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This time around it is € 925,661 with around the same amount of money in euros as last year with € 142,610 for the victor in the end. It is €87,825 for the finalists and for semi-finals it is €51,305. Jelena Ostapenko is defending champion but she will not defend the title and likely will drop out of the top 30 in the world ater next week.
A far cry from last season when she was one of the best players in the world and seemed destined for a long stint in the top 10 over falling out of the top 20. Many of the players involved though such as Sakkari are the opposite though in that they've already had that slide and are trying to avoid a further one. They will hope to return to form this next week after early Melbourne exits.
Below is the full breakdown and distribution of points.
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Upper Austria Ladies Linz Prize Money Breakdown
| Winner | 500 points | €142,610 |
| Finalist | 325 points | €87,825 |
| Semi-finalists | 195 points | €51,305 |
| Quarter-finalists | 108 points | €24,950 |
| 2nd round | 60 points | €13,651 |
| 1st round | 1 point | €9,829 |
2024 PRIZE MONEY AND POINTS DISTRIBUTION
| Winner | 500 points | $142,000 |
| Finalist | 325 points | $87,655 |
| Semi-finalists | 195 points | $51,205 |
| Quarter-finalists | 108 points | $24,200 |
| 2nd round | 60 points | $13,170 |
| 1st round | 1 point | $8,860 |
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