The 2015 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament, and was part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 21 September and 27 September 2015. First-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu won the singles title.[1]
Finals
Singles
Irina-Camelia Begu defeated
Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6–3, 6–1
- It was Begu's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena /
Andreja Klepač defeated
Kiki Bertens /
Johanna Larsson, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
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 |
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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 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Irina-Camelia Begu | 30 | 1 |
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Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 32 | 2 |
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Sloane Stephens | 33 | 3 |
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Varvara Lepchenko | 38 | 4 |
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Mona Barthel | 48 | 5 |
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Alexandra Dulgheru | 51 | 6 |
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Julia Görges | 54 | 7 |
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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:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Lara Arruabarrena | ![]() |
Andreja Klepač | 69 | 1 |
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Kiki Bertens | ![]() |
Johanna Larsson | 84 | 2 |
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Irina-Camelia Begu | ![]() |
Raluca Olaru | 91 | 3 |
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Kimiko Date-Krumm | ![]() |
Kateřina Siniaková | 174 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 14, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
References
- ^ "Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in Korea final". Sky Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2024.