The Korea Open is a professional 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 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.
In 2022, the women’s edition returned as a WTA Tour 250 event and the sole edition of the men’s ATP Tour 250 event also took place. The women’s event continued and in 2024 Korea Open was upgraded to a WTA 500 event.
Korea Open – Women’s Singles Winners In History
| Year | Champion | Country | Runner-Up | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Maria Sharapova | Russia | Marta Domachowska | Poland | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2005 | Nicole Vaidišová | Czech Republic | Jelena Janković | Serbia and Montenegro | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2006 | Eleni Daniilidou | Greece | Ai Sugiyama | Japan | 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2007 | Venus Williams | United States | Maria Kirilenko | Russia | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 2008 | Maria Kirilenko | Russia | Samantha Stosur | Australia | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2009 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | Japan | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2010 | Alisa Kleybanova | Russia | Klára Zakopalová | Czech Republic | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2011 | María José Martínez Sánchez | Spain | Galina Voskoboeva | Kazakhstan | 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2) |
| 2012 | Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | Kaia Kanepi | Estonia | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2013 | Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Russia | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2014 | Karolína Plíšková | Czech Republic | Varvara Lepchenko | United States | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 |
| 2015 | Irina-Camelia Begu | Romania | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | Belarus | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2016 | Lara Arruabarrena | Spain | Monica Niculescu | Romania | 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 |
| 2017 | Jeļena Ostapenko | Latvia | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Brazil | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2018 | Kiki Bertens | Netherlands | Ajla Tomljanović | Australia | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2 |
| 2019 | Karolína Muchová | Czech Republic | Magda Linette | Poland | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2021* | Zhu Lin | China | Kristina Mladenovic | France | 6–0, 6–4 |
| 2022 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | Russia | Jeļena Ostapenko | Latvia | 7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
| 2023 | Jessica Pegula | United States | Yuan Yue | China | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2024 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Brazil | Daria Kasatkina | Russia | 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
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Korea Open – Women’s Doubles Winners In History
| Year | Champions | Country | Runners-up | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Jeon Mi-ra / Cho Yoon-jeong | South Korea | Chuang Chia-jung / Hsieh Su-wei | Chinese Taipei | 6–3, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 2005 | Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung | Chinese Taipei | Jill Craybas / Natalie Grandin | USA / South Africa | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez | Spain / Argentina | Chuang Chia-jung / Mariana Díaz Oliva | TPE / Argentina | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2007 | Chuang Chia-jung / Hsieh Su-wei | Chinese Taipei | Eleni Daniilidou / Jasmin Wöhr | Greece / Germany | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2008 | Chuang Chia-jung / Hsieh Su-wei | Chinese Taipei | Vera Dushevina / Maria Kirilenko | Russia | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2009 | Chan Yung-jan / Abigail Spears | TPE / USA | Carly Gullickson / Nicole Kriz | USA / Australia | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2010 | Julia Görges / Polona Hercog | Germany / Slovenia | Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová | South Africa / Czech Rep. | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2011 | Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová | South Africa / Czech Rep. | Vera Dushevina / Galina Voskoboeva | Russia / Kazakhstan | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| 2012 | Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears | USA | Akgul Amanmuradova / Vania King | Uzbekistan / USA | 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| 2013 | Chan Chin-wei / Xu Yifan | Chinese Taipei / China | Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears | USA | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2014 | Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu | Spain / Romania | Mona Barthel / Mandy Minella | Germany / Luxembourg | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2015 | Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač | Spain / Slovenia | Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson | Netherlands / Sweden | 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| 2016 | Johanna Larsson / Kirsten Flipkens | Sweden / Belgium | Akiko Omae / Peangtarn Plipuech | Japan / Thailand | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2017 | Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson | Netherlands / Sweden | Luksika Kumkhum / Peangtarn Plipuech | Thailand | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2018 | Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae | South Korea | Hsieh Shu-ying / Hsieh Su-wei | Chinese Taipei | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2019 | Lara Arruabarrena / Tatjana Maria | Spain / Germany | Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani | USA / Brazil | 7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7] |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021* | Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae | South Korea | Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Réka Luca Jani | Greece / Hungary | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2022 | Kristina Mladenovic / Yanina Wickmayer | France / Belgium | Asia Muhammad / Sabrina Santamaria | USA | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2023 | Marie Bouzková / Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Czech Republic / USA | Luksika Kumkhum / Peangtarn Plipuech | Thailand | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2024 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Liudmila Samsonova | USA / Russia | Miyu Kato / Zhang Shuai | Japan / China | 6–1, 6–0 |
