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Find sources: "2016 Korea Open" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Tennis tournament 2016 Korea Open Date 19–25 September Edition 13th Category WTA International Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $250,000 Surface Hard Location Seoul, South Korea Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Champions Singles Lara Arruabarrena Doubles Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson ← 2015 · Korea Open · 2017 → The **2016 Korea Open** was a women's professional [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [hard courts](/source/Hardcourt). It was the 13th edition of the [tournament](/source/Korea_Open_(tennis)), and part of the [2016 WTA Tour](/source/2016_WTA_Tour). It took place in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), South Korea between 19 September and 25 September 2016. Unseeded [Lara Arruabarrena](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) won the singles title.[1] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2016 Korea Open – Singles](/source/2016_Korea_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) - [Lara Arruabarrena](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) defeated [Monica Niculescu](/source/Monica_Niculescu), 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 ### Doubles Main article: [2016 Korea Open – Doubles](/source/2016_Korea_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) - [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens) / [Johanna Larsson](/source/Johanna_Larsson) defeated [Akiko Omae](/source/Akiko_Omae) / [Peangtarn Plipuech](/source/Peangtarn_Plipuech), 6–2, 6–3 ## 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 32 Q Q2 Q1 Singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,300 $5,900 $3,310 $1,925 $1,005 $730 $530 Doubles $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a Doubles prize money per team ## Singles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 23 1 SWE Johanna Larsson 46 2 CHN Zhang Shuai 49 3 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 51 4 ROU Monica Niculescu 55 5 BEL Kirsten Flipkens 58 6 USA Nicole Gibbs 72 7 USA Louisa Chirico 75 8 - 1 Rankings are as of September 12, 2016 ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Han Na-lae](/source/Han_Na-lae) - [Jang Su-jeong](/source/Jang_Su-jeong) - [Lee So-ra](/source/Lee_So-ra_(tennis)) The following player received entry as a special exempt: - [Tereza Martincová](/source/Tereza_Martincov%C3%A1) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Eri Hozumi](/source/Eri_Hozumi) - [Luksika Kumkhum](/source/Luksika_Kumkhum) - [Katarzyna Piter](/source/Katarzyna_Piter) - [Arantxa Rus](/source/Arantxa_Rus) ### Withdrawals - [Kristína Kučová](/source/Krist%C3%ADna_Ku%C4%8Dov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Sara Sorribes Tormo](/source/Sara_Sorribes_Tormo) - [Shelby Rogers](/source/Shelby_Rogers) → replaced by [Jana Čepelová](/source/Jana_%C4%8Cepelov%C3%A1) - [Yaroslava Shvedova](/source/Yaroslava_Shvedova) → replaced by [Marina Erakovic](/source/Marina_Erakovic) ## Doubles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed JPN Eri Hozumi GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 96 1 BEL Kirsten Flipkens SWE Johanna Larsson 159 2 NED Demi Schuurs CZE Renata Voráčová 167 3 CZE Lenka Kunčíková CZE Karolína Stuchlá 194 4 - 1 Rankings are as of September 12, 2016 ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Han Sung-hee](/source/Han_Sung-hee) / [Kim Da-bin](/source/Kim_Da-bin_(tennis)) - [Hong Seung-yeon](/source/Hong_Seung-yeon) / [Kang Seo-kyung](/source/Kang_Seo-kyung) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Lara Arruabarrena beats Monica Niculescu in 3 sets to win Korea Open"](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/17639060/lara-arruabarrena-beats-monica-niculescu-3-sets-win-korea-open). *[ESPN](/source/ESPN)*. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2024. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.koreaopentennis.com/) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2016/1024.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 2016 WTA Tour « 2015 2017 » 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 Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D) WTA Premier tournaments Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (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) Kaohsiung (S, D) Rio de Janeiro (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Katowice (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Istanbul (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Prague (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Mallorca (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Florianópolis (S, D) Nanchang (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Linz (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Tianjin (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Team events Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro (S, D, X) WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2016 Korea Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Korea_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Korea_Open?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.