2015 Korea Open

2015 Korea Open
Date	21 – 27 September
Edition	12th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Seoul, Korea
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
2014 Champions
Singles
Karolína Plíšková
Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu

The 2015 Korea Open will be a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It will be the 12th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It will take place in Seoul, Korea between 21 and 27 September 2015.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,389	$55,435	$29,270	$8,502	$4,770	$2,774	$1,448	$1,052	$764
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,950	$2,623	$1,383	—	—	—	—

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	30	1
SVK	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	32	2
USA	Sloane Stephens	33	3
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	38	4
GER	Mona Barthel	48	5
ROU	Alexandra Dulgheru	51	6
GER	Julia Görges	54	7
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	55	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 14, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kimiko Date-Krumm
• Han Na-lae
• Jang Su-jeong

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Paula Badosa Gibert
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Nicole Melichar
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet →replaced by Lauren Davis
• Casey Dellacqua →replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Karin Knapp →replaced by Mariana Duque Mariño
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands →replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
• Roberta Vinci →replaced by Irina Falconi

Retirements

• Klára Koukalová
• Yaroslava Shvedova

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Lara Arruabarrena	SLO	Andreja Klepač	69	1
NED	Kiki Bertens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	84	2
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	Raluca Olaru	91	3
JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	174	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 14, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Choi Ji-hee / Lee So-ra
• Han Sung-hee / Hong Seung-yeon

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2015 Korea Open – Singles

• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Doubles

Main article: 2015 Korea Open – Doubles

• [[]] / [[]] vs. Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson

External links

• Official website