2014 Korea Open

2014 Korea Open
Date	13–21 September
Edition	11th
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
Karolína Plíšková
Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu

The 2014 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 13 September and 21 September 2014. Second-seeded Karolína Plíšková won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2014 Korea Open – Singles

• Karolína Plíšková defeated Varvara Lepchenko, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
• It was Plíšková's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2014 Korea Open – Doubles

• Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Mona Barthel / Mandy Minella, 6–3, 6–3

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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					1	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,139	$55,335	$29,270	$8,502	$4,770	$3,774	$1,448	$1,052	$764
Doubles	$17,724	$9,222	$4,951	$2,623	$1,383	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Doubles prize money per team

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	36	2
CZE	Klára Koukalová	38	3
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	41	4
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	43	5
EST	Kaia Kanepi	45	6
FRA	Caroline Garcia	46	7
GBR	Heather Watson	47	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jang Su-jeong
• Han Na-lae
• Maria Kirilenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nicole Gibbs
• Danka Kovinić
• Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Mandy Minella

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Julia Glushko
• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
• Elena Vesnina → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena

Retirements

• Magdaléna Rybáriková (left hip injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	52	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	CZE	Kristýna Plíšková	110	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	USA	Megan Moulton-Levy	115	3
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	CZE	Renata Voráčová	143	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

Retirements

• Maria Kirilenko (left abdominal strain)

External links

• Official website
• WTA singles draw
• WTA doubles draw