The Korea Open is a WTA 250 tennis tournament that is played on outdoor hard courts at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea.
The inaugural singles tournament in Seoul in 2004 was won by Maria Sharapova while the doubles were won by Jeon Mi-ra and Cho Yoon-jeong.
2025 WTA Korea Open
| Tour Level: | WTA 500 |
| Court Surface: | Outdoor Hard Courts |
| Draw Size: | Singles: 32, Doubles: 16 |
| Prize Money: | $1,064,510 |
Dates
The 2025 WTA Korea Open tennis tournament will be held from the 15th to the 21st of September 2025, with the 2025 tournament being played in the same week as the tournaments in Chengdu (China), Hangzhou (China), and San Francisco (USA).
Players
The official entry list for the 2025 WTA Seoul tennis tournament has not yet been released but below is a selection of top players that featured in the singles draw in 2024, with Daria Kasatkina being the top seed.
- Ajla Tomljanović
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Daria Kasatkina
- Diana Shnaider
- Emma Raducanu
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Heather Watson
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Marta Kostyuk
- Sloane Stephens
- Yuan Yue
- Yulia Putintseva
Schedule
Below is the schedule for the 2025 singles and doubles tournaments in Seoul, with the doubles and singles finals being played on Sunday, the 21st of September 2025.
| Day | Date | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday – Day 1 | 15th of September 2025 | 1st Round |
| Tuesday – Day 2 | 16th of September 2025 | 1st Round |
| Wednesday – Day 3 | 17th of September 2025 | 2nd Round |
| Thursday – Day 4 | 18th of September 2025 | 2nd Round |
| Friday – Day 5 | 19th of September 2025 | Quarterfinals |
| Saturday – Day 6 | 20th of September 2025 | Semifinals |
| Sunday – Day 7 | 21st of September 2025 | Finals |
Draw
The draws for the 2025 WTA Korea tennis tournament will be available to view on the WTA Tour website, with the draw size for the singles tournament being 28 and 16 for the doubles tournament.
Singles Qualifying: TBC
Singles: TBC
Doubles: TBC
Prize Money and Points
The total financial commitment (including prize money) for the 2025 WTA 500 tournament in Seoul will be $1,064,510, with the prize money and points being split as follows.
Women’s Singles
The winner of the Women’s Singles Event in 2025 will receive $164,000 and 500 points, with the runner-up receiving $101,000 and 325 points.
| Performance | Prize Money | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $164,000 | 500 |
| Finalist | $101,000 | 325 |
| Semifinalist | $51,085 | 195 |
| Quarterfinalist | $25,550 | 108 |
| Round 3 | $12,900 | 60 |
| Round 2 | $7,975 | 32 |
| Round 1 | $6,400 | 1 |
Past Winners
Women’s Singles
Beatriz Haddad Maia was the 2024 singles champion in Seoul after she defeated Daria Kasatkina 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the 2024 singles final (see highlights from the final below).
Other past winners in Seoul include Jessica Pegula (2023), Jeļena Ostapenko (2017), and Karolína Pliskova (2014).
- 2024 – Beatriz Haddad Maia
- 2023 – Jessica Pegula
- 2022 – Ekaterina Alexandrova
- 2021 – Zhu Lin
- 2020 – N/A
- 2019 – Karolina Muchová
- 2018 – Kiki Bertens
- 2017 – Jeļena Ostapenko
- 2016 – Lara Arruabarrena
- 2015 – Irina-Camelia Begu
- 2014 – Karolína Pliskova
- 2013 – Agnieszka Radwanska
- 2012 – Caroline Wozniacki
- 2011 – María José Martínez Sanchez
- 2010 – Alisa Kleybanova
- 2009 – Kimiko Date-Krumm
- 2008 – Maria Kirilenko
- 2007 – Venus Williams
- 2006 – Eleni Daniilidou
- 2005 – Nicole Vaidišová
- 2004 – Maria Sharapova
Women’s Doubles
Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova are the current champions in the doubles event after beating Miyu Kato and Zhang Shuai in the 2025 doubles final 6–1, 6–0.
Lara Arruabarrena and Chuang Chia-jung jointly hold the record for most doubles titles with three Seoul Doubles titles each.
- 2024 – Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova
- 2023 – Marie Bouzková and Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- 2022 – Kristina Mladenovic and Yanina Wickmayer
- 2021 – Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae
- 2020 – N/A
- 2019 – Lara Arruabarrena and Tatjana Maria
- 2018 – Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae
- 2017 – Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson
- 2016 – Johanna Larsson and Kirsten Flipkens
- 2015 – Lara Arruabarrena and Andreja Klepač
- 2014 – Lara Arruabarrena and Irina-Camelia Begu
- 2013 – Chan Chin-wei and Xu Yifan
- 2012 – Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears
- 2011 – Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová
- 2010 – Julia Görges and Polona Hercog
- 2009 – Chan Yung-jan and Abigail Spears
- 2008 – Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei
- 2007 – Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei
- 2006 – Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez
- 2005 – Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung
- 2004 – Jeon Mi-ra and Cho Yoon-jeong