2016 Korea Open

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2016 Korea Open
Date19–25 September
Edition13th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard
LocationSeoul, South Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Doubles
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens / Sweden Johanna Larsson
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The 2016 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 19 and 25 September 2016.

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
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money[]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,300 $5,900 $3,310 $1,925 $1,005 $730 $530
Doubles * $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 N/A N/A N/A N/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 23 1
 SWE Johanna Larsson 46 2
 CHN Zhang Shuai 49 3
 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 51 4
 ROU Monica Niculescu 55 5
 BEL Kirsten Flipkens 58 6
 USA Nicole Gibbs 72 7
 USA Louisa Chirico 75 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 12, 2016

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals[]

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 JPN Eri Hozumi  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 96 1
 BEL Kirsten Flipkens  SWE Johanna Larsson 159 2
 NED Demi Schuurs  CZE Renata Voráčová 167 3
 CZE Lenka Kunčíková  CZE Karolína Stuchlá 194 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 12, 2016

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Finals[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

  • Belgium Kirsten Flipkens / Sweden Johanna Larsson defeated Japan Akiko Omae / Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech, 6–2, 6–3

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