2018 Korea Open (tennis)

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2018 Korea Open
Date17–23 September
Edition15th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize moneyUS$250,000
Surface Hard
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
Doubles
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ji-hee / Flag of South Korea.svg Han Na-lae
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The 2018 Korea Open (also known as the 2018 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 17 and 23 September 2018.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Doubles *$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960N/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 122
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 313
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 344
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 385
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 396
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 537
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kirsten Flipkens 568

Other entrants

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:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Raluca Olaru 771
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Dalila Jakupović Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Darija Jurak 1042
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Arina Rodionova 1963
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 2024

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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