2021 Korea Open Explained

Date:	20–26 December
Edition:	17th
Category:	WTA 125
Draw:	28S / 8D
Prize Money:	$115,000
Surface:	Hard (Indoor)
Location:	Seoul, South Korea
Venue:	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champs:	Zhu Lin
Champd:	Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae
Before Name:	Korea Open (tennis)
Before Year:	2019
After Name:	Korea Open (tennis)

The 2021 Korea Open (also known as the 2021 Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. After the cancellation of the 2020 edition, the 2021 edition was also delayed and later downgraded to WTA 125 level from WTA 250 level as a result of Covid-19 Pandemic. It was the 17thedition of the tournament, and part of the 2021 WTA 125K series. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 20 and 26 December 2021.^[1]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
France	Kristina Mladenovic	99	1
China	Zhu Lin	142	2
Hungary	Réka Luca Jani	170	3
	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	184	4
	Arianne Hartono	196	5
Korea, Republic of	Jang Su-jeong	215	6
	Isabella Shinikova	226	7
Japan	Yuki Naito	262	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of December 13, 2021^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Back Da-yeon
• Brenda Fruhvirtová
• Jeong Bo-young
• Park Eun-yeong

The following player received entry as an alternate:

• Moon Jeong

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jodie Burrage → replaced by Carol Zhao
• Hanna Chang → replaced by Anastasia Kulikova
• Federica Di Sarra → replaced by Peangtarn Plipuech
• Nao Hibino → replaced by Moon Jeong
• Mai Hontama → replaced by Riya Bhatia
• Dasha Ivanova → replaced by Kim Da-bin
• Anna Sisková → replaced by Linda Fruhvirtová
• Zhang Shuai → replaced by Choi Ji-hee

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Arianne Hartono	Australia	Olivia Tjandramulia	310	1
	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Hungary	Réka Luca Jani	381	2

• ¹ Rankings are as of December 13, 2021

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jeong Bo-young / Jeong Yeong-won

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2021 Korea Open – Singles.

• Zhu Lin def. Kristina Mladenovic 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

See main article: 2021 Korea Open – Doubles.

• Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae def. Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Réka Luca Jani 6–4, 6–4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hana Bank Korea Open Overview. wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: Hana Bank Korea Open Player List. wtatennis.com.