2015 Korea Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2015|Korea Open| | date=21–27 September | edition=12th | category =[[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | draw =32S / 16D | prize_money =[[US$|$]]500,000 | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location=[[Seoul]], South Korea | venue =[[Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center]] | champs={{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina-Camelia Begu]] | champd={{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Andreja Klepač]] | before_name = Korea Open }} The '''2015 Korea Open''' was a women's professional [[tennis]] tournament played on [[hardcourt|hard courts]]. It was the 12th edition of the [[Korea Open (tennis)|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/10008300/irina-camelia-begu-beats-aliaksandra-sasnovich-in-korea-final|title=Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in Korea final|work=[[Sky Sports]]|date=27 September 2015|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

== Finals ==

=== Singles === {{main|2015 Korea Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina-Camelia Begu]] defeated {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Aliaksandra Sasnovich]], 6–3, 6–1 * It was Begu's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her [[Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics|career]].

=== Doubles === {{main|2015 Korea Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Andreja Klepač]] defeated {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] / {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Johanna Larsson]], 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]

==Points and prize money==

===Point distribution=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q3 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#f8f8f8;"| Singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |14 |10 |1 |- ! style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Doubles |1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |}

===Prize money=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#f8f8f8;"|'''Singles''' |$111,389 |$55,435 |$29,270 |$8,502 |$4,770 |$2,774 |$1,448 |$1,052 |$764 |- | style="background:#f8f8f8;"|'''Doubles''' |$17,724 |$9,222 |$4,950 |$2,623 |$1,383 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |- |colspan=10|Doubles prize money per team |} 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

== Singles main-draw entrants == === Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Irina-Camelia Begu]] |30 |1 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Anna Karolína Schmiedlová]] |32 |2 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Sloane Stephens]] |33 |3 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Varvara Lepchenko]] |38 |4 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Mona Barthel]] |48 |5 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Alexandra Dulgheru]] |51 |6 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Julia Görges]] |54 |7 |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[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: * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Han Na-lae]] * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jang Su-jeong]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Paula Badosa Gibert]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Kozlova]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Melichar]] * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Aliaksandra Sasnovich]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lauren Davis]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Casey Dellacqua]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elizaveta Kulichkova]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Karin Knapp]] → replaced by {{flagicon|COL}} [[Mariana Duque Mariño]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] → replaced by {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberta Vinci]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irina Falconi]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Klára Koukalová]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]]

== Doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Lara Arruabarrena]] |{{flag|SLO}} |[[Andreja Klepač]] |69 |1 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|NED}} |[[Kiki Bertens]] |{{flag|SWE}} |[[Johanna Larsson]] |84 |2 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Irina-Camelia Begu]] |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Raluca Olaru]] |91 |3 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Kateřina Siniaková]] |174 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of September 14, 2015

=== Other entrants ===

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Choi Ji-hee]] / {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee So-ra (tennis)|Lee So-ra]] * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Han Sung-hee]] / {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hong Seung-yeon]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{official website|http://kiakoreaopen.com}} * [https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2015/1024/MDS.pdf Singles draw (WTA)] * [https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2015/1024/MDD.pdf Doubled draw (WTA)]

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