2014 Korea Open Explained

Date:	13–21 September
Edition:	11th
Category:	WTA International tournaments
Surface:	Hard / outdoor
Location:	Seoul, South Korea
Venue:	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champs:	Karolína Plíšková
Champd:	Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu
Before Name:	Korea Open

The 2014 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 13 and 21 September 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$111,139	$55,335	$29,270	$8,502	$4,770	$3,774	$1,448	$1,052	$764
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,951	$2,623	$1,383

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	1
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	36	2
Czech Republic	Klára Koukalová	38	3
Slovakia	Magdaléna Rybáriková	41	4
	Varvara Lepchenko	43	5
Estonia	Kaia Kanepi	45	6
France	Caroline Garcia	46	7
United Kingdom	Heather Watson	47	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jang Su-jeong
• Han Na-lae
• Maria Kirilenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Nicole Gibbs Danka Kovinić
• Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Mandy Minella

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Julia Glushko
• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
• Elena Vesnina → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena

Retirements

• Magdaléna Rybáriková (left hip injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	52	1
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	Czech Republic	Kristýna Plíšková	110	2
	Darija Jurak		Megan Moulton-Levy	115	3
Georgia	Oksana Kalashnikova	Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová	143	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

Retirements

• Maria Kirilenko (left abdominal strain)

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2014 Korea Open – Singles.

• Karolína Plíšková defeated Varvara Lepchenko, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2^[1]

Doubles

See main article: 2014 Korea Open – Doubles.

• Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Mona Barthel / Mandy Minella, 6–3, 6–3

External links

• • Singles, Doubles, and Qualifying Singles Draws

Notes and References

1. News: Karolina Pliskova wins Korea Open. ESPN. 21 September 2014. 15 February 2024.