2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz
# 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

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

* 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

* 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | 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 | — | — | — |

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## Singles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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 | Sorana Cîrstea | 38 | 6 |
| 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:

* Julia Grabher
* Simona Halep
* Sinja Kraus
* Emma Raducanu

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

* Mona Barthel

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kateryna Kozlova
* Harmony Tan
* Lesia Tsurenko
* Wang Xinyu

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Jaqueline Cristian

### 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of November 1, 2021

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

* Julia Grabher / Sinja Kraus

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

* Mona Barthel / Hsieh Yu-chieh
* Irina Khromacheva / Lidziya Marozava
