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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.
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 ↓
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 ↓
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
2019, 2023–present: Zhuhai
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2022, 2024-present: Gijón
2024-present: Hong Kong
Past
Previous women's tournament categories
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct