Tennis tournament
Korea Open |
---|
Tournament information |
---|
Founded | 2004; 20 years ago (2004) |
---|
Location | Seoul South Korea |
---|
Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
---|
Category | WTA 125 (2021) WTA 250 (2022-2023) WTA 500 (2024-present) |
---|
Surface | Hard |
---|
Draw | 32M/16D |
---|
Prize money | $259,303 (2023) |
---|
Website | vacancy |
---|
Current champions (2023) |
---|
Women's singles | Jessica Pegula |
---|
Women's doubles | Marie Bouzková Bethanie Mattek-Sands |
---|
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.
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 would continue and in 2024 would be upgraded to a WTA 500 event.
Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
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 ↓ |
Men's doubles
Women's 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] |
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 ↓ |
See also
References
- ^ "Top-seeded Wozniacki cruises into second round at Korea Open tennis". Yonhap. Seoul. September 18, 2012.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (September 20, 2022). "Top seed Ostapenko reaches round of 16 at WTA event in Seoul". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (September 30, 2022). "ATP executive hails S. Koreans' 'fantastic' support for tennis". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul.
Previous women's tournament categories |
---|
|
---|
2009–2020 | |
---|
2011–2020 | |
---|
2013–2020 | |
---|
2014–2020 | |
---|
2015–2020 | |
---|
2016–2020 | |
---|
2019–2020 | |
---|
2020 | |
---|
Defunct | |
---|
|
| This WTA Tour tennis tournament article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |