Get all the free WTA Linz betting tips, predictions and picks along with their latest odds for the 2026 edition of the tournament which will be held in the week immediately after the Australian Open.
The Linz Open is a women’s WTA 500 competition which is played in the month of January.
First hosted in the year of 1987, the WTA Linz has been around for each of the season since then other than 2022. It is one of the few women’s tournaments played indoor.
Between 2009 and 2020, it was played as a WTA International competition before it became a WTA 250 tournament in 2021. From 2024, the Linz Open became a WTA 500 tournament.
Over the years, players like Lindsay Davenport, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka, Karolina Pliskova, Angelique Kerber, Cori Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka have all won a title here.
WTA Linz 2026 Tournament Preview
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What does the WTA Linz Open 2026 Draw Look Like?
The WTA Linz draw for 2026 will be updated here once it is released over the weekend prior to the start.
Here’s the Linz Open draw from the 2025 edition of the competition.
- Muchova – Bye
- Sun v Qualifier
- Sramkova v Cocciaretto
- Potapova v Grabher
- Alexandrova – Bye
- Qualifier v Qualifier
- Lys v Qualifier
- Avanesyan v Siniakova
- Yastremska v Bronzetti
- Sherif v Qualifier
- Tomova v Bouzas Maneiro
- Sakkari – Bye
- Tauson v Kalinina
- Cirstea v Rus
- Blinkova v Qualifier
- Svitolina – Bye
Pre-Tournament WTA Linz 2026 Outright Title Odds
These will be updated at the start of the tournament.
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Please Note: Odds correct at the time of writing. They may change with time.
Daily Women’s Linz Open 2026 Predictions
Match by match previews and predictions for the 2026 Linz Open will be updated in the section below. Here’s how these predictions went in 2025.
Final
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
- Sakkari v Yastremska Predictions
- Tauson v Blinkova Predictions
- Muchova v Potapova Predictions
- Alexandrova v Martic Predictions
2nd Round
- Sramkova v Potapova Predictions
- Sakkari v Tomova Predictions
- Tauson v Cirstea Predictions
- Yastremska v Ruzic Predictions
- Alexandrova v Sasnovich Predictions
- Muchova v Sorribes Tormo Predictions
- Avanesyan v Lys Predictions
- Svitolina v Blinkova Predictions
1st Round
- Potapova v Grabher Predictions
- Tomova v Bouzas Maneiro Predictions
- Cirstea v Rus Predictions
- Sramkova v Cocciaretto Predictions
- Yastremska v Bronzetti Predictions
- Tauson v Kalinina Predictions
- Sun v Sorribes Tormo Predictions
- Sasnovich v Zakharova Predictions
- Lys v Martic Predictions
- Sherif v Ruzic Predictions
- Avanesyan v Siniakova Predictions
- Blinkova v Kraus Predictions
Best Bookmakers to Bet on for the WTA Linz 2026
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Best Australian Bookmakers for WTA Linz
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WTA Linz Open 2026 Tournament Predictions
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WTA Linz 2026 Details
Here’s a list of basic information you would need to know before betting on the women’s Linz Open this year.
Venue
The WTA Linz 2025 will be played at the same venue as the previous season with Design Center Linz in Linz, Austria playing host to the competition.
Schedule
This year’s Linz Open will kick-start from Monday, January 26 at the end of the Australian Open with its first round matches. The qualifiers will be played in the weekend leading up to the start of the main draw and the tournament will go on till Sunday, February 1.
Here’s the day by day playing schedule for the WTA Linz 2026.
- January 24 & 25: Women’s Singles Qualifiers
- January 26 & 27: Women’s Singles First Round
- January 28 & 29: Women’s Singles Second Round
- January 30: Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- January 31: Women’s Singles Semifinals
- February 1: Women’s Singles Final
Other Tournament Details
- Surface: Indoor Hardcourt
- Prize Money: $1.06 million (2025 figures)
Main Draw Players
Here’s the current list of players who featured in the 2025 edition of the Linz Open. We will update this section with the player list for the 2026 edition close to the start of the tournament.
Women’s Seeded Players
- Karolina Muchova
- Elina Svitolina
- Maria Sakkari
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Dayana Yastremska
- Anastasia Potapova
- Marketa Vondrousova
- Clara Tauson
Other Renowned Women’s Players
- Lulu Sun
- Eva Lys
- Katerina Siniakova
- Lucia Bronzetti
- Anhelina Kalinina
- Sorana Cirstea
Women’s Singles Wildcards
- Eva Lys
- Julia Granger
- Karolina Muchova
Players Opting Out of the 2025 WTA Linz Open
The following players will not be participating in this year’s WTA Linz Open.
- Belinda Bencic
- Olga Danilovic
- Peyton Stearns
- Marketa Vondrousova
Previous WTA Linz Open Winners
Women’s Singles
- 2025: Ekaterina Alexandrova
- 2024: Jelena Ostapenko
- 2023: Anastasia Potapova
- 2022: Not Held
- 2021: Alison Riske
- 2020: Aryna Sabalenka
- 2019: Cori Gauff
- 2018: Camila Giorgi
- 2017: Barbora Strycova
- 2016: Dominika Cibulkova
- 2015: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- 2014: Karolina Pliskova
- 2013: Angelique Kerber
- 2012: Victoria Azarenka
- 2011: Petra Kvitova
- 2010: Ana Ivanovic
What Happened in the 2025 Edition of the WTA Linz?
A runner-up in the previous edition of the Linz Open, Ekaterina Alexandrova went on to take a step further by defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final and clinching the title.
She overcame Yastremska in a tough, three-setter to make it the fifth tournament win of her career, having won in Shenzhen in 2020, Rosmalen and Seoul in 2022 and Rosmalen in 2023 as well.
Seeded fourth in the tournament, Alexandrova had a first round bye before come through against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Petra Martic and the top seeded Karolina Muchova to make it to the final.
Second seeded Elina Svitolina also had an opening bye before she fell to Anna Blinkova in the second round.
What Happened in the 2024 Edition of the WTA Linz?
Having gone into the tournament as the top seed, Jeļena Ostapenko overcame Ekaterina Alexandrova in the title-decider in straight sets to grab her eighth title on the WTA circuit. She won 6–2, 6–3.
In winning the title, she was forced to save a match-point against Clara Tauson in what turned out to be a ripper of a second round match. Ostapenko won the deciding set in a tie-breaker which went to 9-7.
Anastasia Potapova, who had won the title in 2023, made it as far as the last eight stage but fell to fellow Russian player Alexandrova.
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