2017 Korea Open | |
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Date | 18–24 September |
Edition | 14th |
Category | WTA International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Seoul, South Korea |
Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Jeļena Ostapenko | |
Doubles | |
Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson |
The 2017 Korea Open (also known as the 2017 KEB Hana Bank-Incheon Airport Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament], and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 18 and 24 September 2017. [1] [2]
Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson defeated Luksika Kumkhum / Peangtarn Plipuech, 6–4, 6–1
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 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 10 | 1 |
NED | Kiki Bertens | 29 | 2 |
CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 44 | 3 |
ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 51 | 4 |
ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 54 | 5 |
GER | Tatjana Maria | 58 | 6 |
ESP | Lara Arruabarrena | 61 | 7 |
USA | Christina McHale | 62 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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NED | Kiki Bertens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 52 | 1 |
ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 120 | 2 |
JPN | Nao Hibino | GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | 125 | 3 |
TPE | Chuang Chia-jung | NED | Arantxa Rus | 223 | 4 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 86 in the WTA doubles rankings.
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