title: 2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
text: # 2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
  
  The 2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Linz Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2020 WTA Tour. Originally scheduled from 19 to 25 October 2020 at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, it was rescheduled for 9 to 15 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  ## 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | $25,000 | $14,000 | $8,700 | $5,000 | $3,150 | $2,300 | $1,685 | $1,100 |
  | Doubles * | $9,000 | $5,000 | $3,231 | $1,982 | $1,520 | — | — | — |
  
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  ## Singles entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 1 |
  | BEL | Elise Mertens | 21 | 2 |
  | UKR | Dayana Yastremska | 29 | 3 |
  | RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 33 | 4 |
  | RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | 46 | 5 |
  | ARG | Nadia Podoroska | 48 | 6 |
  | SUI | Jil Teichmann | 57 | 7 |
  | USA | Bernarda Pera | 61 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings as of October 26, 2020
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Julia Grabher
  * Barbara Haas
  * Vera Zvonareva
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Océane Dodin
  * Jana Fett
  * Anhelina Kalinina
  * Tereza Martincová
  * Harmony Tan
  * Stefanie Vögele
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Katarina Zavatska
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Anna Blinkova → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
  * Jennifer Brady → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
  * Alizé Cornet → replaced by Varvara Gracheva
  * Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Marta Kostyuk
  * Christina McHale → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
  * Elena Rybakina → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea
  * Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Viktória Kužmová
  * Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
  * Heather Watson → replaced by Katarina Zavatska
  
  ## Doubles entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 42 | 1 |
  | CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 51 | 2 |
  | ROU | Irina Bara | ESP | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 165 | 3 |
  | NED | Arantxa Rus | SLO | Tamara Zidanšek | 174 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of October 26, 2020
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Mira Antonitsch / Julia Grabher
  * Jodie Burrage / Sabine Lisicki
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Aryna Sabalenka def. Elise Mertens, 7–5, 6–2.
  
  This was Sabalenka's 8th WTA singles title, and third of the year.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Arantxa Rus / Tamara Zidanšek def. Lucie Hradecká / Kateřina Siniaková, 6–3, 6–4
  