The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tournament.

Starting 1991, it has been organized in Linz as a WTA Tour event, initially on the Tier V-level.

In 2023, the scheduling change in the WTA calendar saw the tournament being held in February instead of October as in the past editions.

[1] Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic.

More recent champions include Petra Kvitová, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber, Karolína Plíšková and Dominika Cibulková.