2019 Korea Open (tennis)

Tennis tournament

2019 Korea Open

Date| 16–22 September
Edition| 16th
Category| WTA International
Draw| 32S / 16D
Prize money| $250,000
Surface| Hard
Location| Seoul, South Korea
Venue| Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Karolína Muchová
Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena /  Tatjana Maria
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The 2019 Korea Open (also known as the 2019 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 16 and 22 September 2019.[1]

## Points and prize money

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### Point distribution

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Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 32  | Q  | Q2  | Q1

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Singles  | 280  | 180  | 110  | 60  | 30  | 1  | 18  | 12  | 1
Doubles  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —

### Prize money

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Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 32  | Q2  | Q1

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Singles | $43,000  | $21,400  | $11,500  | $6,175  | $3,400  | $2,100  | $1,020  | $600
Doubles * | $12,300  | $6,400  | $3,435  | $1,820  | $960  | —  | —  | —

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## Singles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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~~GRE~~ | ~~Maria Sakkari~~ | ~~28~~ | ~~1~~
RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 39  | 2
CZE | Karolína Muchová | 43  | 3
POL | Magda Linette | 45  | 4
AUS | Ajla Tomljanović | 46  | 5
SLO | Polona Hercog | 53  | 6
RUS | Margarita Gasparyan | 54  | 7
CHN | Wang Yafan | 55  | 8

* 1 Rankings are as of September 9, 2019

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Kristie Ahn
* Choi Ji-hee
* Han Na-lae

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

* Denisa Allertová

The following player received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:

* Mihaela Buzărnescu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Tímea Babos
* Ana Bogdan
* Priscilla Hon
* Danielle Lao
* Greet Minnen
* Patricia Maria Țig

The following player received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser:

* Danka Kovinić

### Withdrawals

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* Daria Gavrilova → replaced by  Kirsten Flipkens
* Ivana Jorović → replaced by  Stefanie Vögele
* Viktória Kužmová → replaced by  Denisa Allertová
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by  Danka Kovinić

## Doubles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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BEL | Kirsten Flipkens |  LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 51  | 1
SWE | Cornelia Lister |  CZE | Renata Voráčová | 131  | 2
ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu |  RUS | Margarita Gasparyan | 149  | 3
GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova |  MNE | Danka Kovinić | 180  | 4

* 1 Rankings are as of September 9, 2019

### Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Jang Su-jeong /  Kim Na-ri
* Kim Da-bin /  Park So-hyun

### Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

* Anastasia Potapova (right ankle injury)

During the tournament

* Karolína Plíšková (right thigh injury)

## Champions

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### Singles

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Main article: 2019 Korea Open – Singles

* Karolína Muchová def.  Magda Linette, 6–1, 6–1

### Doubles

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Main article: 2019 Korea Open – Doubles

* Lara Arruabarrena /  Tatjana Maria def.  Hayley Carter /  Luisa Stefani, 7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]

## References

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1. ^ "Korea Open Overview". wtatennis.com.

## External links

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* Official website

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