2012 Korea Open

2012 Korea Open
2012 Korea Open
Date	17–23 September
Edition	9th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
	Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
	Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears

The 2012 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International category of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea between 17 September and 23 September 2012. First-seeded Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.

Finals

It was Wozniacki's first singles title of the year, ending a 13-month drought. It was also her 19th career title.

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	11	1
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	14	2
EST	Kaia Kanepi	16	3
RUS	Nadia Petrova	18	4
GER	Julia Görges	21	5
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	22	6
CZE	Klára Zakopalová	28	7
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	29	8

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	41	1
IND	Sania Mirza	ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	44	2
RSA	Natalie Grandin	CZE	Vladimíra Uhlířová	61	3
RUS	Vera Dushevina	POL	Alicja Rosolska	95	4