Tennis tournament
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 continued and in 2024 was upgraded to a WTA 500 event.
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
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
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 2 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