2024 Korea Open (tennis)

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2024 Korea Open
Date16–22 September 2024
Edition20th
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$922,573
Surface Hard, outdoor
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Brazil.svg Beatriz Haddad Maia
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Flag placeholder.svg Liudmila Samsonova
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The 2024 Korea Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 event on the 2024 WTA Tour (upgraded from WTA 250 status in previous years). [1] The tournament took place at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea from 16 to 22 September 2024. [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeeds
Daria Kasatkina 131
Liudmila Samsonova 152
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 163
Diana Shnaider 174
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Marta Kostyuk 185
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 296
Ekaterina Alexandrova 317
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yuan Yue 388

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova 451
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Giuliana Olmos Alexandra Panova 672
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 743
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Heather Watson 794

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Notes

  1. Originally replaced by Magdalena Fręch but she withdrew after winning the title at Guadalajara.

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