# 2015 Korea Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2015_Korea_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2015_Korea_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Korea_Open > Source revision: 1248275048 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2015 Korea Open Date 21–27 September Edition 12th Category WTA International Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $500,000 Surface Hard Location Seoul, South Korea Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Champions Singles Irina-Camelia Begu Doubles Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač ← 2014 · Korea Open · 2016 → The **2015 Korea Open** was a women's professional [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [hard courts](/source/Hardcourt). It was the 12th edition of the [tournament](/source/Korea_Open_(tennis)), and was part of the [2015 WTA Tour](/source/2015_WTA_Tour). It took place in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), South Korea between 21 September and 27 September 2015. First-seeded [Irina-Camelia Begu](/source/Irina-Camelia_Begu) won the singles title.[1] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2015 Korea Open – Singles](/source/2015_Korea_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Irina-Camelia Begu](/source/Irina-Camelia_Begu) defeated [Aliaksandra Sasnovich](/source/Aliaksandra_Sasnovich), 6–3, 6–1 - It was Begu's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her [career](/source/Irina-Camelia_Begu_career_statistics). ### Doubles Main article: [2015 Korea Open – Doubles](/source/2015_Korea_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Lara Arruabarrena](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) / [Andreja Klepač](/source/Andreja_Klepa%C4%8D) defeated [Kiki Bertens](/source/Kiki_Bertens) / [Johanna Larsson](/source/Johanna_Larsson), 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] ## 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 321 Q3 Q2 Q1 Singles $111,389 $55,435 $29,270 $8,502 $4,770 $2,774 $1,448 $1,052 $764 Doubles $17,724 $9,222 $4,950 $2,623 $1,383 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a Doubles prize money per team 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money ## Singles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 30 1 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 32 2 USA Sloane Stephens 33 3 USA Varvara Lepchenko 38 4 GER Mona Barthel 48 5 ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 51 6 GER Julia Görges 54 7 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: - [Kimiko Date-Krumm](/source/Kimiko_Date-Krumm) - [Han Na-lae](/source/Han_Na-lae) - [Jang Su-jeong](/source/Jang_Su-jeong) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Paula Badosa Gibert](/source/Paula_Badosa_Gibert) - [Kateryna Kozlova](/source/Kateryna_Kozlova) - [Nicole Melichar](/source/Nicole_Melichar) - [Aliaksandra Sasnovich](/source/Aliaksandra_Sasnovich) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Alizé Cornet](/source/Aliz%C3%A9_Cornet) → replaced by [Lauren Davis](/source/Lauren_Davis) - [Casey Dellacqua](/source/Casey_Dellacqua) → replaced by [Elizaveta Kulichkova](/source/Elizaveta_Kulichkova) - [Karin Knapp](/source/Karin_Knapp) → replaced by [Mariana Duque Mariño](/source/Mariana_Duque_Mari%C3%B1o) - [Bethanie Mattek-Sands](/source/Bethanie_Mattek-Sands) → replaced by [Yaroslava Shvedova](/source/Yaroslava_Shvedova) - [Roberta Vinci](/source/Roberta_Vinci) → replaced by [Irina Falconi](/source/Irina_Falconi) ### Retirements - [Klára Koukalová](/source/Kl%C3%A1ra_Koukalov%C3%A1) - [Yaroslava Shvedova](/source/Yaroslava_Shvedova) ## Doubles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed ESP Lara Arruabarrena SLO Andreja Klepač 69 1 NED Kiki Bertens SWE Johanna Larsson 84 2 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu ROU Raluca Olaru 91 3 JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm 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: - [Choi Ji-hee](/source/Choi_Ji-hee) / [Lee So-ra](/source/Lee_So-ra_(tennis)) - [Han Sung-hee](/source/Han_Sung-hee) / [Hong Seung-yeon](/source/Hong_Seung-yeon) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in Korea final"](https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/10008300/irina-camelia-begu-beats-aliaksandra-sasnovich-in-korea-final). *[Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports)*. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2024. ## External links - [Official website](http://kiakoreaopen.com) - [Singles draw (WTA)](https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2015/1024/MDS.pdf) - [Doubled draw (WTA)](https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2015/1024/MDD.pdf) v t e Seoul tournaments 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 NH 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 v t e 2015 WTA Tour « 2014 2016 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D) WTA Premier 5 tournaments Dubai (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D) WTA Premier tournaments Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Doha (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA International tournaments Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Rio de Janeiro (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Katowice (S, D) Bogotà (S, D) Marrakech (S, D) Prague (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Istanbul (S, D) Baku (S, D) Florianópolis (S, D) Washington D.C. 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