2014 Korea Open | |
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Date | 13–21 September |
Edition | 11th |
Category | WTA International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $500,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Seoul, South Korea |
Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Karolína Plíšková | |
Doubles | |
Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu |
The 2014 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 13 September and 21 September 2014. Second-seeded Karolína Plíšková won the singles title. [1]
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 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $111,139 | $55,335 | $29,270 | $8,502 | $4,770 | $3,774 | $1,448 | $1,052 | $764 |
Doubles | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 1 |
CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 36 | 2 |
CZE | Klára Koukalová | 38 | 3 |
SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 41 | 4 |
USA | Varvara Lepchenko | 43 | 5 |
EST | Kaia Kanepi | 45 | 6 |
FRA | Caroline Garcia | 46 | 7 |
GBR | Heather Watson | 47 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 52 | 1 |
CZE | Karolína Plíšková | CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 110 | 2 |
CRO | Darija Jurak | USA | Megan Moulton-Levy | 115 | 3 |
GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 143 | 4 |
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