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] 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] WTA 250 tournament and the sole edition of the men's ATP World Tour 250 event also took place.[ 3] WTA 500 event.
Past finals Men's singles Women's singles
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2004 Russia Maria Sharapova Poland Marta Domachowska 6–1, 6–1
2005 Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković 7–5, 6–3
2006 Greece Eleni Daniilidou Japan Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
2007 United States Venus Williams Russia Maria Kirilenko 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
2008 Russia Maria Kirilenko Australia Samantha Stosur 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
2009 Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3
2010 Russia Alisa Kleybanova Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová 6–1, 6–3
2011 Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–0) , 7–6(7–2)
2012 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Estonia Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 6–0
2013 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–7(6–8) , 6–3, 6–4
2014 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková United States Varvara Lepchenko 6–3, 6–7(5–7) , 6–2
2015 Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–3, 6–1
2016 Spain Lara Arruabarrena Romania Monica Niculescu 6–0, 2–6, 6–0
2017 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–7(5–7) , 6–1, 6–4
2018 Netherlands Kiki Bertens Australia Ajla Tomljanović 7–6(7–2) , 4–6, 6–2
2019 Czech Republic Karolína Muchová Poland Magda Linette 6–1, 6–1
2020
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125 tournament ↓
2021 China Zhu Lin France Kristina Mladenovic 6–0, 6–4
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2022 File:Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 7–6(7–4) , 6–0
2023 United States Jessica Pegula China Yuan Yue 6–2, 6–3
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2024 Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia File:Flag placeholder.svg Daria Kasatkina 1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Men's doubles Women's doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
2004 South Korea Jeon Mi-ra South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
2005 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung United States Jill Craybas South Africa Natalie Grandin 6–2, 6–4
2006 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Argentina Paola Suárez Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–2, 6–3
2007 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung (2) Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Greece Eleni Daniilidou Germany Jasmin Wöhr 6–2, 6–2
2008 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung (3) Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei (2) Russia Vera Dushevina Russia Maria Kirilenko 6–3, 6–0
2009 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan (2) United States Abigail Spears United States Carly Gullickson Australia Nicole Kriz 6–3, 6–4
2010 Germany Julia Görges Slovenia Polona Hercog South Africa Natalie Grandin Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–3, 6–4
2011 South Africa Natalie Grandin Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Russia Vera Dushevina Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
2012 United States Raquel Kops-Jones United States Abigail Spears (2) Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova United States Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2013 Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei China Xu Yifan United States Raquel Kops-Jones United States Abigail Spears 7–5, 6–3
2014 Spain Lara Arruabarrena Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Germany Mona Barthel Luxembourg Mandy Minella 6–3, 6–3
2015 Spain Lara Arruabarrena (2) Slovenia Andreja Klepač Netherlands Kiki Bertens Sweden Johanna Larsson 2–6, 6–3, [10-6]
2016 Sweden Johanna Larsson Belgium Kirsten Flipkens Japan Akiko Omae Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 6–2, 6–3
2017 Netherlands Kiki Bertens Sweden Johanna Larsson (2) Thailand Luksika Kumkhum Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 6–4, 6–1
2018 South Korea Choi Ji-hee South Korea Han Na-lae Chinese Taipei Hsieh Shu-ying Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 6–2
2019 Spain Lara Arruabarrena (3) Germany Tatjana Maria United States Hayley Carter Brazil Luisa Stefani 7–6(9–7) , 3–6, [10–7]
2020
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125 tournament ↓
2021 South Korea Choi Ji-hee (2) South Korea Han Na-lae (2) Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Hungary Réka Luca Jani 6–4, 6–4
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2022 France Kristina Mladenovic Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United States Asia Muhammad United States Sabrina Santamaria 6–3, 6–2
2023 Czech Republic Marie Bouzková United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Thailand Luksika Kumkhum Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 6–2, 6–1
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2024 United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez File:Flag placeholder.svg Liudmila Samsonova Japan Miyu Kato China Zhang Shuai 6–1, 6–0
See also References
Present
Buenos Aires Marseille Delray Beach New Haven / Winston-Salem 2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel
2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier
2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne
2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago
2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane
2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest
Stuttgart Båstad Gstaad Umag Stockholm Metz 2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston
Casablanca / Marrakech 's-Hertogenbosch 2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland
2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva
2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu
2016–present: Antwerp
2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2021, 2024-present: Belgrade
2024-present: Hong Kong
Hangzhou Past
Previous women's tournament categories
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct
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