Kimiko Date is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and retired from professional tennis in November 1996.
Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek were the defending champions, but Koryttseva chose not to participate that year.
Poutchek partnered with Olga Govortsova, and they won in the final 3–6, 6–2, [10–8], against Kimiko Date-Krumm and Sun Tiantian.
Maria Kirilenko was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals against Kimiko Date-Krumm.
Kimiko Date-Krumm won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3 in the final.
Chuang Chia-jung and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but they decided to not compete this year.
Other Taiwanese-American pair won this tournament. Chang Kai-chen and Lilia Osterloh defeated Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara 6–0, 6–3 in the final.
Kimiko Date-Krumm was the defending champion, but chose to not compete this year.
Misaki Doi defeated Junri Namigata in the final 7–5, 6–2.
Alisa Kleybanova was the defending champion, but she lost to Michaëlla Krajicek in the second round.
Li Na was the defending champion, but chose not to compete after winning the French Open singles title the previous week.
The 2011 OEC Taipei Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the fourth edition of the OEC Taipei Ladies Open, and part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place between 31 October and 6 November 2011 at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan.
Misaki Doi is the defending champion but lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn 5–7, 5–7 in the quarterfinals.
Sorana Cîrstea was the defending champion but decided to play at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open instead.
Magdaléna Rybáriková was the defending champion, but she withdrew from the competition.
Ayumi Morita was the defending champion, but withdrew in the quarterfinals because of a right knee injury.
Kristina Mladenovic won the title, defeating Chang Kai-chen 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
Li Na was the defending women's singles tournament champion, but lost to Serena Williams in the semifinals.
This was a new event of the WTA 125K series.
Kristina Mladenovic was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Dominika Cibulková.
The Seoul Open Women's Challenger was a new addition to the ITF Women's Circuit.
Ayumi Morita, the 2008 champion, tried to defend her title, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic. Kimiko Date won the tournament after beating Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic 7–5, 6–2 in the final match.
Ayumi Morita 
