The 2022 Korea Open (also known for sponsorship purposes as the 2022 Eugene Korea Open Tennis Championships for the men's tournament and the 2022 Hana Bank Korea Open for the women's tournament) was a combined ATP Tour and WTA Tour tennis tournament took place at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea on outdoor hard courts from 19 to 25 September 2022 for the women and from 26 September to 2 October 2022 for the men.[1][2] It was the 18th edition of the women's tournament, and the first edition of the men's tournament since 1996. The tournament was a WTA 250 event on the 2022 WTA Tour (after being a WTA 125 level tournament in 2021), and a ATP Tour 250 event on the 2022 ATP Tour after several tournaments in China were cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 Korea Open | |
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Date | 19–25 September (women) 26 September – 2 October (men) |
Edition | 1st (men) 18th (women) |
Category | ATP Tour 250 (men) WTA 250 (women) |
Draw | 28S / 16D (men) 32S / 16D (women) |
Prize money | $1,237,570 (men) $251,750 (women) |
Surface | Hard, outdoor |
Location | Seoul, South Korea |
Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Yoshihito Nishioka | |
Women's singles | |
Ekaterina Alexandrova | |
Men's doubles | |
Raven Klaasen / Nathaniel Lammons | |
Women's doubles | |
Kristina Mladenovic / Yanina Wickmayer |
Champions
editMen's singles
edit- Yoshihito Nishioka def. Denis Shapovalov 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
This is Nishioka's first title of the season and the second of his career.
Women's singles
edit- Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Jeļena Ostapenko 7–6(7–4), 6–0
This is Alexandrova's second title of the season and third of her career.
Men's doubles
edit- Raven Klaasen / Nathaniel Lammons def. Nicolás Barrientos / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 6–1, 7–5
Women's doubles
edit- Kristina Mladenovic / Yanina Wickmayer def. Asia Muhammad / Sabrina Santamaria 6–3, 6–2
ATP singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank | Seeds |
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NOR | Casper Ruud | 2 | 1 |
GBR | Cameron Norrie | 8 | 2 |
CAN | Denis Shapovalov | 24 | 4 |
GBR | Dan Evans | 25 | 5 |
SRB | Miomir Kecmanović | 33 | 7 |
USA | Jenson Brooksby | 50 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Borna Ćorić → replaced by Hiroki Moriya
- Taylor Fritz → replaced by Shintaro Mochizuki
- Cristian Garín → replaced by Emilio Gómez
- Marcos Giron → replaced by Ryan Peniston
- Brandon Nakashima → replaced by Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Frances Tiafoe → replaced by Tseng Chun-hsin
- Jiří Veselý → replaced by Taro Daniel
- Alexander Zverev → replaced by Radu Albot
ATP doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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RSA | Raven Klaasen | USA | Nathaniel Lammons | 139 | 1 |
COL | Nicolás Barrientos | MEX | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 144 | 2 |
ECU | Diego Hidalgo | COL | Cristian Rodríguez | 149 | 3 |
SWE | André Göransson | JPN | Ben McLachlan | 151 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of 19 September 2022
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
edit- Matthew Ebden / John Peers → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović / John Peers
- Marcos Giron / Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by Radu Albot / Tseng Chun-hsin
WTA singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank | Seeds |
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LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 15 | 1 |
Ekaterina Alexandrova | 24 | 2 | |
POL | Magda Linette | 67 | 3 |
CHN | Zhu Lin | 69 | 4 |
Varvara Gracheva | 80 | 5 | |
GBR | Emma Raducanu | 83 | 6 |
GER | Tatjana Maria | 84 | 7 |
CAN | Rebecca Marino | 90 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 12 September 2022.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Katie Boulter → replaced by Anna Blinkova
- Aleksandra Krunić → replaced by Priscilla Hon
- Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
- Katie Swan → replaced by Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
WTA doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Asia Muhammad | USA | Sabrina Santamaria | 114 | 1 |
USA | Kaitlyn Christian | Lidziya Marozava | 119 | 2 | |
Ekaterina Alexandrova | Yana Sizikova | 137 | 3 | ||
GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | UKR | Nadiia Kichenok | 174 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of 12 September 2022.
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
References
edit- ^ "Korea Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Korea Open Overview". atptour.com.