2015 Korea Open

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2015 Korea Open
Date21–27 September
Edition12th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $500,000
Surface Hard
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena / Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
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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 was part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 21 September and 27 September 2015. First-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu won the singles title. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena / Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens / Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Larsson, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
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
Doubles prize money per team

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 301
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 322
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sloane Stephens 333
Flag of the United States.svg USA Varvara Lepchenko 384
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel 485
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 516
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 547
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 558

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Lara Arruabarrena Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač 691
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 842
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Raluca Olaru 913
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 1744

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

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References

  1. "Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in Korea final". Sky Sports . 27 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2024.