WTA - Linz 1R continued

First round continued in Linz.

2023 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, a WTA 250 tournament, on Hard Indoor, in Linz, Austria, 6-12 February 2023.

Originally planned for October 2022, but scheduling issues had it postponed until 2023.

2021 (November) champion (not defending): 

Alison Riske (8) who defeated lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian 2-6 6-2 7-5

Patricia Maria Tig withdrew after the main draw was published due to a back injury, and was replaced by lucky loser Varvara Gracheva

Danka Kovinic withdrew after the main draw was published due to a leg injury, and was replaced by lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova.

First round results:

- Maria Sakkari (1) defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-1 7-6(6)

- Lucky loser Varvara Gracheva defeated Anna Blinkova 7-5 7-5

- Donna Vekic (5) defeated Tamara Korpatsch 7-6(4) 6-1

- Camila Giorgi defeated Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-2

- Alison Van Uytvanck defeated Linda Noskova 7-6(3) 6-2

- Petra Martic (6) defeated qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera 6-1 7-5

- Anastasia Potapova (8) defeated Lucia Bronzetti 2-6 6-3 6-4

- Qualifier Dalma Galfi defeated Bernarda Pera 6-2 7-6(5)

- Wildcard Eva Lys defeated lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 7-6(5)

- Marketa Vondrousova defeated Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-3

- Qualifier Rebeka Masarova defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) 4-6 6-1 7-6(6)