Korea Open Tennis 2022


SchedulePrize MoneyPlayers ListDrawsPast Champions

2022 Korea Open Facts

Date 19–25 September (women)
26 September–2 October (men)
Edition 1st (men)
18th (women)
Category ATP Tour 250 (men)
WTA 250 (women)
Draw 28S / 16D (men)
32S / 16D (women)
Prize money $1,237,570 (men)
$251,750 (women)
Surface Hard, outdoor
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center

Champions

Women’s singles
Ekaterina Alexandrova

Women’s doubles
France Kristina Mladenovic / Belgium Yanina Wickmayer

Korea Open Facts

Founded 2004; 18 years ago
Location Seoul
South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard
Draw 32M/16D
Prize money $251,750 (2021)

Schedule

2022 Korea Open tennis tournament starts from 19–25 September (women), 26 September–2 October (men) at Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center

Prize Money

Total Prize Money: $1,237,570 (men) and $251,750 (women)

Players List

ATP Singles

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seeds
NOR Casper Ruud 2 1
GBR Cameron Norrie 8 2
USA Taylor Fritz 12 3
CAN Denis Shapovalov 24 4
GBR Dan Evans 25 5
CRO Borna Ćorić 26 6
SRB Miomir Kecmanović 33 7
USA Jenson Brooksby 50 8

Wildcards

South Korea Hong Seong-chan
South Korea Nam Ji-sung
Japan Kaichi Uchida

Qualifying Draw:

South Korea Chung Yun-seong
Chile Nicolás Jarry
Japan Yosuke Watanuki
Chinese Taipei Wu Tung-lin

Lucky Losers:

United States Aleksandar Kovacevic
Japan Hiroki Moriya
United Kingdom Ryan Peniston

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Croatia Borna Ćorić → replaced by Japan Hiroki Moriya
Chile Cristian Garín → replaced by Ecuador Emilio Gómez
United States Marcos Giron → replaced by United Kingdom Ryan Peniston
United States Brandon Nakashima → replaced by United States Aleksandar Kovacevic
United States Frances Tiafoe → replaced by Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin
Czech Republic Jiří Veselý → replaced by Japan Taro Daniel
Germany Alexander Zverev → replaced by Moldova Radu Albot

ATP Doubles

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
RSA Raven Klaasen USA Nathaniel Lammons 139 1
COL Nicolás Barrientos MEX Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 144 2
ECU Diego Hidalgo COL Cristian Rodríguez 149 3
SWE André Göransson JPN Ben McLachlan 151 4

Wildcards

South Korea Chung Hyeon / South Korea Kwon Soon-woo
South Korea Nam Ji-sung / South Korea Song Min-kyu

Alternates:

Moldova Radu Albot / Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin

Withdrawals

Australia Matthew Ebden / Australia John Peers → replaced by Serbia Miomir Kecmanović / Australia John Peers
United States Marcos Giron / United States Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by Moldova Radu Albot / Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin

WTA Singles

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seeds

LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 15 1
Ekaterina Alexandrova 24 2
POL Magda Linette 67 3
CHN Zhu Lin 69 4
Varvara Gracheva 80 5
GBR Emma Raducanu 83 6
GER Tatjana Maria 84 7
CAN Rebecca Marino 90 8

Wildcards

South Korea Jeong Bo-young
South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Park So-hyun

Protected ranking

Australia Kimberly Birrell
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer

Qualifying Draw:

South Korea Back Da-yeon
Australia Lizette Cabrera
Croatia Jana Fett
India Ankita Raina
Australia Astra Sharma
Switzerland Lulu Sun

Lucky loser:

Andorra Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

United Kingdom Katie Boulter → replaced by Anna Blinkova
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić → replaced by Australia Priscilla Hon
Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
United Kingdom Katie Swan → replaced by Andorra Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

WTA Doubles

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
USA Asia Muhammad USA Sabrina Santamaria 114 1
USA Kaitlyn Christian Lidziya Marozava 119 2
Ekaterina Alexandrova Yana Sizikova 137 3
GEO Oksana Kalashnikova UKR Nadiia Kichenok 174 4

Wildcards

South Korea Choi Ji-hee / South Korea Park So-hyun
South Korea Kim Da-bin / South Korea Ku Yeon-woo

Past Champions

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2010Alisa KleybanovaKlára Zakopalová6–1, 6–3
2011María José Martínez SánchezGalina Voskoboeva7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)
2012Caroline WozniackiKaia Kanepi6–1, 6–0
2013Agnieszka RadwańskaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
2014Karolína PlíškováVarvara Lepchenko6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2015Irina-Camelia BeguAliaksandra Sasnovich6–3, 6–1
2016Lara ArruabarrenaMonica Niculescu6–0, 2–6, 6–0
2017Jeļena OstapenkoBeatriz Haddad Maia6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
2018Kiki BertensAjla Tomljanović7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2
2019Karolína MuchováMagda Linette6–1, 6–1
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125K series tournament ↓
2021Zhu LinKristina Mladenovic6–0, 6–4
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2022 Ekaterina AlexandrovaJeļena Ostapenko7–6(7–4), 6–0

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2010Julia Görges
Polona Hercog
Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–3, 6–4
2011Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová
Vera Dushevina
Galina Voskoboeva
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2012Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears (2)
Akgul Amanmuradova
Vania King
2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
2013Chan Chin-wei
Xu Yifan
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
7–5, 6–3
2014Lara Arruabarrena
Irina-Camelia Begu
Mona Barthel
Mandy Minella
6–3, 6–3
2015Lara Arruabarrena (2)
Andreja Klepač
Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson
2–6, 6–3, [10-6]
2016Johanna Larsson
Kirsten Flipkens
Akiko Omae
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–2, 6–3
2017Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson (2)
Luksika Kumkhum
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–4, 6–1
2018Choi Ji-hee
Han Na-lae
Hsieh Shu-ying
Hsieh Su-wei
6–3, 6–2
2019Lara Arruabarrena (3)
Tatjana Maria
Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani
7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 125K series tournament ↓
2021Choi Ji-hee (2)
Han Na-lae (2)
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Réka Luca Jani
6–4, 6–4
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2022Kristina Mladenovic
Yanina Wickmayer
Asia Muhammad
Sabrina Santamaria
6–3, 6–2