The Korea Open (Korean: 코리아오픈테니스대회) is a professional tennis tennis tournament held in Seoul, South Korea. The women's edition started in 2004 as a WTA International tournament and was played at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center on outdoor hardcourts. In 2012 and 2013, it was sponsored by Korea Development Bank (formerly sponsored by Hansol).[1] In 2014, Kia Motors was the sponsor.

Korea Open
Current event 2024 Korea Open (tennis)
Tournament information
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
LocationSeoul
South Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
CategoryWTA 125 (2021)
WTA 250 (2022-2023)
WTA 500 (2024-present)
SurfaceHard
Draw28M/16D
Prize money$922,573 (2024)
Current champions (2024)
Women's singlesBrazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Women's doublesUnited States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Liudmila Samsonova

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 and indoor event.[2]

In 2022, the women's edition returned as a WTA 250 tournament and the sole edition of the men's ATP World Tour 250 event also took place.[3] The women's event continued and in 2024 was upgraded to a WTA 500 event.

Past finals

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Men's singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2022   Yoshihito Nishioka   Denis Shapovalov 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Women's singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2004    Maria Sharapova   Marta Domachowska 6–1, 6–1
2005   Nicole Vaidišová   Jelena Janković 7–5, 6–3 
2006    Eleni Daniilidou   Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
2007   Venus Williams     Maria Kirilenko   6–3, 1–6, 6–4
2008   Maria Kirilenko   Samantha Stosur 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
2009   Kimiko Date-Krumm   Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3
2010   Alisa Kleybanova   Klára Zakopalová 6–1, 6–3
2011   María José Martínez Sánchez   Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)
2012   Caroline Wozniacki   Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 6–0
2013   Agnieszka Radwańska   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
2014   Karolína Plíšková   Varvara Lepchenko 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2015   Irina-Camelia Begu   Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–3, 6–1
2016   Lara Arruabarrena   Monica Niculescu 6–0, 2–6, 6–0
2017   Jeļena Ostapenko   Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
2018   Kiki Bertens   Ajla Tomljanović 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2
2019   Karolína Muchová   Magda Linette 6–1, 6–1
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125 tournament ↓
2021   Zhu Lin   Kristina Mladenovic 6–0, 6–4
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2022   Ekaterina Alexandrova   Jeļena Ostapenko 7–6(7–4), 6–0
2023   Jessica Pegula   Yuan Yue 6–2, 6–3
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2024   Beatriz Haddad Maia   Daria Kasatkina 1–6, 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2022   Raven Klaasen
  Nathaniel Lammons
  Nicolás Barrientos
  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–1, 7–5

Women's doubles

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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]
2020 cancelled 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
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2022   Kristina Mladenovic
  Yanina Wickmayer
  Asia Muhammad
  Sabrina Santamaria
6–3, 6–2
2023   Marie Bouzková
  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Luksika Kumkhum
  Peangtarn Plipuech
6–2, 6–1
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2024   Nicole Melichar-Martinez
  Liudmila Samsonova
  Miyu Kato
  Zhang Shuai
6–1, 6–0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Top-seeded Wozniacki cruises into second round at Korea Open tennis". Yonhap. Seoul. September 18, 2012.
  2. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (September 20, 2022). "Top seed Ostapenko reaches round of 16 at WTA event in Seoul". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul.
  3. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (September 30, 2022). "ATP executive hails S. Koreans' 'fantastic' support for tennis". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul.