Korea Open (tennis)

The Korea Open is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Seoul, South Korea. Held since 2004, this WTA Tour event is an International tournament and is played at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center on outdoor hardcourts. In 2012 and 2013 it was sponsored by KDB (formerly sponsored by Hansol). In 2014, Kia Motors was the sponsor.

Korea Open
Tournament information
Founded2004 (2004)
LocationSeoul
South Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
CategoryWTA 125
SurfaceHard (Indoor)
Draw28M/8D
Prize money$115,000 (2021)
Websitevacancy
Current champions (2021)
Women's singles Zhu Lin
Women's doubles Choi Ji-hee
Han Na-lae

In 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, it was originally scheduled as a WTA 250 event in September, but was later postponed and rescheduled to December as a WTA 125 tournament.

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2004  Maria Sharapova Marta Domachowska6–1, 6–1
2005 Nicole Vaidišová Jelena Janković7–5, 6–3 
2006  Eleni Daniilidou Ai Sugiyama6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
2007 Venus Williams   Maria Kirilenko  6–3, 1–6, 6–4
2008 Maria Kirilenko Samantha Stosur2–6, 6–1, 6–4
2009 Kimiko Date-Krumm Anabel Medina Garrigues6–3, 6–3
2010 Alisa Kleybanova Klára Zakopalová6–1, 6–3
2011 María José Martínez Sánchez Galina Voskoboeva7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)
2012 Caroline Wozniacki Kaia Kanepi6–1, 6–0
2013 Agnieszka Radwańska Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
2014 Karolína Plíšková Varvara Lepchenko6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2015 Irina-Camelia Begu Aliaksandra Sasnovich6–3, 6–1
2016 Lara Arruabarrena Monica Niculescu6–0, 2–6, 6–0
2017 Jeļena Ostapenko Beatriz Haddad Maia6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
2018 Kiki Bertens Ajla Tomljanović7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2
2019 Karolína Muchová Magda Linette6–1, 6–1
2020cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125 tournament ↓
2021 Zhu Lin Kristina Mladenovic6–0, 6–4

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2004 Jeon Mi-ra
Cho Yoon-jeong		 Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei		6–3, 1–6, 7–5
2005 Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung		 Jill Craybas
Natalie Grandin		6–2, 6–4
2006 Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez		 Chuang Chia-jung
Mariana Díaz Oliva		6–2, 6–3
2007 Chuang Chia-jung (2)
Hsieh Su-wei		 Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr		6–2, 6–2
2008 Chuang Chia-jung (3)
Hsieh Su-wei (2) 		Vera Dushevina
Maria Kirilenko		6–3, 6–0
2009 Chan Yung-jan (2)
Abigail Spears		 Carly Gullickson
Nicole Kriz		6–3, 6–4
2010 Julia Görges
Polona Hercog		 Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová		6–3, 6–4
2011 Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová		 Vera Dushevina
Galina Voskoboeva		7–6(7–5), 6–4
2012 Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears (2) 		Akgul Amanmuradova
Vania King		2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2013 Chan Chin-wei
Xu Yifan		 Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears		7–5, 6–3
2014 Lara Arruabarrena
Irina-Camelia Begu		 Mona Barthel
Mandy Minella		6–3, 6–3
2015 Lara Arruabarrena (2)
Andreja Klepač		 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		2–6, 6–3, [10-6]
2016 Johanna Larsson
Kirsten Flipkens		 Akiko Omae
Peangtarn Plipuech		6–2, 6–3
2017 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson (2)		 Luksika Kumkhum
Peangtarn Plipuech		6–4, 6–1
2018 Choi Ji-hee
Han Na-lae		 Hsieh Shu-ying
Hsieh Su-wei		6–3, 6–2
2019 Lara Arruabarrena (3)
Tatjana Maria		 Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani		7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]
2020cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125 tournament ↓
2021 Choi Ji-hee (2)
Han Na-lae (2)		 Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Réka Luca Jani		6–4, 6–4

See also


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