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 2024 Seoul Open Challenger | |||||||||
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| Event name | Seoul | ||||||||
| Location | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
| Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard | ||||||||
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The Seoul Open Challenger is a tournament for professional tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. The event is classified as a $100,000 ATP Challenger and a $50,000 ITF Women's Circuit event and has been held in Seoul, South Korea, since 2014.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Nikoloz Basilashvili |  Taro Daniel | 7–5, 6–4 | [1] |
| 2023 |  Bu Yunchaokete |  Aleksandar Vukic | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |
| 2022 | Li Tu | Wu Yibing | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | |
| 2020–2021 | not held | |||
| 2019 |  Kwon Soon-woo | Max Purcell | 7–5, 7–5 | |
| 2018 |  Mackenzie McDonald | Jordan Thompson | 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 | |
| 2017 |  Thomas Fabbiano | Kwon Soon-woo | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 2016 |  Sergiy Stakhovsky |  Lu Yen-hsun | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7) | |
| 2015 | Go Soeda | Chung Hyeon | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan | Vasil Kirkov  Bart Stevens | 6–4, 4–6, [10–3] |
| 2023 | Max Purcell Yasutaka Uchiyama | Chung Yun-seong Yuta Shimizu | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2022 | Kaichi Uchida Wu Tung-lin | Chung Yun-seong Aleksandar Kovacevic | 6–7(2–7), 7–5, [11–9] |
| 2020–2021 | not held | ||
| 2019 | Max Purcell Luke Saville |  Ruben Bemelmans Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
| 2018 | Toshihide Matsui  Frederik Nielsen | Chen Ti Yi Chu-huan | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2017 | Hsieh Cheng-peng Peng Hsien-yin | Thomas Fabbiano  Dudi Sela | 5–1 ret. |
| 2016 | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith | Gong Maoxin Yi Chu-huan | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2015 | Gong Maoxin Peng Hsien-yin | Lee Hyung-taik  Danai Udomchoke | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Riko Sawayanagi | Jang Su-jeong | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2014 | Misaki Doi | Misa Eguchi | 6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Chan Chin-wei Lee Ya-hsuan | Hong Seung-yeon Kang Seo-kyung | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2014 | Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung |  Irena Pavlovic  Kristýna Plíšková | 6–4, 6–3 |
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