2012 Korea Open

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2012 Korea Open
Date17–23 September
Edition9th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$500,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
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The 2012 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International category of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea between 17 September and 23 September 2012. First-seeded Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki defeated Flag of Estonia.svg Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 6–0

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears defeated Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova / Flag of the United States.svg Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 111
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 142
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Kaia Kanepi 163
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 184
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 215
Flag of the United States.svg USA Varvara Lepchenko 226
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Zakopalová 287
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova 298

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 411
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 442
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 613
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Dushevina Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska 954

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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