2019 Korea Open (tennis)

2019 Korea Open
2019 Korea Open
Date	16–22 September
Edition	16th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
	Karolína Muchová
Doubles
	Lara Arruabarrena / Tatjana Maria

Last updated September 29, 2025

The 2019 Korea Open (also known as the 2019 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 16 and 22 September 2019.^[1]

Finals

Singles

Karolína Muchová defeated Magda Linette, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

Lara Arruabarrena / Tatjana Maria defeated Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
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	$960	—	—	—

_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
~~GRE~~	~~Maria Sakkari~~	28	1
RUS	Ekaterina Alexandrova	39	2
CZE	Karolína Muchová	43	3
POL	Magda Linette	45	4
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	46	5
SLO	Polona Hercog	53	6
RUS	Margarita Gasparyan	54	7
CHN	Wang Yafan	55	8

¹ Rankings are as of September 9, 2019

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:

Denisa Allertová

The following player received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:

Mihaela Buzărnescu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser:

Danka Kovinić

Withdrawals

Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
Ivana Jorović → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
Viktória Kužmová → replaced by Denisa Allertová
Maria Sakkari → replaced by Danka Kovinić