2015 Korea Open

2015 Korea Open
2015 Korea Open
Date	21–27 September
Edition	12th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
	Irina-Camelia Begu
Doubles
	Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač

The 2015 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 21 and 27 September 2015.

Points and prize money edit

Point distribution edit

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money edit

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,389	$55,435	$29,270	$8,502	$4,770	$2,774	$1,448	$1,052	$764
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,950	$2,623	$1,383	—	—	—	—

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	30	1
SVK	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	32	2
USA	Sloane Stephens	33	3
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	38	4
GER	Mona Barthel	48	5
ROU	Alexandra Dulgheru	51	6
GER	Julia Görges	54	7
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	55	8

¹ Rankings are as of September 14, 2015

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

Alizé Cornet → replaced by Lauren Davis
Casey Dellacqua → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
Karin Knapp → replaced by Mariana Duque Mariño
Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
Roberta Vinci → replaced by Irina Falconi

Retirements edit

Doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ESP	Lara Arruabarrena	SLO	Andreja Klepač	69	1
NED	Kiki Bertens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	84	2
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	Raluca Olaru	91	3
JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	174	4