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The 2015 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 21 and 27 September 2015.
2015 Korea Open | |
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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 | |
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Doubles | |
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Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
editEvent | 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 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
editEvent | 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 | — | — | — | — |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Alizé Cornet → replaced by Lauren Davis
- Casey Dellacqua → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
- Karin Knapp → replaced by Mariana Duque Mariño
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
- Roberta Vinci → replaced by Irina Falconi
Retirements
editDoubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Finals
editSingles
edit- Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6–3, 6–1[1]
Doubles
edit- Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač defeated Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
References
edit- ^ "Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in Korea final". Sky Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2024.