Tags: Tournament, Women's Tennis Association Tournament.
The Linz Open currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe is a tennis tournament held in Linz Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10000 tournament. Starting 1991 it has been organized in Linz as a WTA Tour event initially on the Tier V-level. In 1993 it got promoted to Tier III-level and since 1998 it was organized as a Tier II-tournament.