2016 Korea Open

2016 Korea Open
2016 Korea Open
Date	19–25 September
Edition	13th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
	Lara Arruabarrena
Doubles
	Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson

The 2016 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 19 and 25 September 2016.

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 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—

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Singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	23	1
SWE	Johanna Larsson	46	2
CHN	Zhang Shuai	49	3
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	51	4
ROU	Monica Niculescu	55	5
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	58	6
USA	Nicole Gibbs	72	7
USA	Louisa Chirico	75	8

¹ Rankings are as of September 12, 2016

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

Tereza Martincová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals edit

Kristína Kučová → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
Shelby Rogers → replaced by Jana Čepelová
Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Marina Erakovic

Doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
JPN	Eri Hozumi	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	96	1
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	159	2
NED	Demi Schuurs	CZE	Renata Voráčová	167	3
CZE	Lenka Kunčíková	CZE	Karolína Stuchlá	194	4