2010 Generali Ladies Linz

2010 Generali Ladies Linz
Date	October 9 – October 17
Edition	24th
Category	WTA International tournaments
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Ana Ivanovic
Doubles
Renata Voráčová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

The 2010 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, from October 9 through October 17, 2010. World No. 1 Serena Williams was due to make her comeback from foot surgery at this tournament, but she withdrew after reaggregating the injury at training. Her original wildcard slot was therefore given to Ana Ivanovic. Agnieszka Radwańska also withdrew from the tournament due to a stress fracture in her foot. Ivanovic won the title, defeating Patty Schnyder in the championship match which lasted 47 minutes; it was the shortest championship match of the season. The victory also ended a two-year title drought, and raised her ranking up from World No. 36 to World No. 26.

WTA players

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	29	2
UKR	Alona Bondarenko	31	3
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	33	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	34	5
GER	Andrea Petkovic	35	6
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	36	7
CZE	Klára Zakopalová	38	8
ITA	Sara Errani	40	9

• Seeds are based on the rankings of October 4, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sybille Bammer
• Ana Ivanovic¹
• Yvonne Meusburger
• Serena Williams

¹ Ana Ivanovic received the wildcard originally allocated to Serena Williams after the latter withdrew from the tournament due to ongoing foot surgery. The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Eleni Daniilidou
• Polona Hercog
• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Renata Voráčová

The following player received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:

• Sorana Cîrstea

Withdrawals

• Serena Williams
• Agnieszka Radwańska

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2010 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Ana Ivanovic def. Patty Schnyder, 6–1, 6–2

• It was Ivanovic's first title of the year, her first in two years, and the ninth of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2010 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

Renata Voráčová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová def. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–5, 7–6(6)

External links

• Official website