2019 Korea Open (tennis)

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]

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

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

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

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
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

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

• 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

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
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

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anastasia Potapova (right ankle injury)

During the tournament

• Karolína Plíšková (right thigh injury)

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2019 Korea Open – Singles

• Karolína Muchová defeated Magda Linette, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Korea Open – Doubles

• Lara Arruabarrena / Tatjana Maria defeated Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]