2016 Korea Open – Singles

Irina-Camelia Begu was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová.

Singles
2016 Korea Open
Champion	Lara Arruabarrena
Runner-up	Monica Niculescu
Score	6–0, 2–6, 6–0
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Main article: 2016 Korea Open

Lara Arruabarrena won the title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 2–6, 6–0.

Seeds

1. Irina-Camelia Begu (second round)
2. Johanna Larsson (quarterfinals)
3. Zhang Shuai (semifinals)
4. Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
5. Monica Niculescu (final)
6. Kirsten Flipkens (second round)
7. Nicole Gibbs (first round)
8. Louisa Chirico (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Monica Niculescu	6	6
	3	Zhang Shuai	0	4
								5	Monica Niculescu	0	6	0
									Lara Arruabarrena	6	2	6
		Patricia Maria Țig	1	2
		Lara Arruabarrena	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	I-C Begu	6	6
	WC	S-j Jang	2	1				1	I-C Begu	3	6	3
		J Čepelová	6	6					J Čepelová	6	4	6
	WC	S-r Lee	3	4												J Čepelová	4	2
	Q	K Piter	3	2											5	M Niculescu	6	6
		AK Schmiedlová	6	6					AK Schmiedlová	2	2
	Q	E Hozumi	3	0				5	M Niculescu	6	6
	5	M Niculescu	6	6																		5	M Niculescu	6	6
	3	S Zhang	6	3	6																	3	S Zhang	0	4
		M Sakkari	3	6	4			3	S Zhang	6	7
		S Vögele	2	6	3				B Mattek-Sands	3	5
		B Mattek-Sands	6	3	6										3	S Zhang	6	6
		C Giorgi	6	6												C Giorgi	2	4
	WC	N-l Han	3	2					C Giorgi	2	6	6
		M Barthel	5	6	6				M Barthel	6	1	4
	7	N Gibbs	7	4	2

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	K Flipkens	5	6	6
		Kr Plíšková	7	2	2			6	K Flipkens	4	4
		M Erakovic	6	5	4				PM Țig	6	6
		PM Țig	2	7	6											PM Țig	77	3	6
		S Sorribes Tormo	6	6												S Sorribes Tormo	62	6	3
		T Paszek	1	3					S Sorribes Tormo	1	6	6
	Q	L Kumkhum	2	5				4	K Mladenovic	6	2	4
	4	K Mladenovic	6	7																			PM Țig	1	2
	8	L Chirico	7	6																			L Arruabarrena	6	6
		Y Duan	5	3				8	L Chirico	6	64	62
		L Arruabarrena	6	6					L Arruabarrena	4	77	77
	Q	A Rus	2	2												L Arruabarrena	6	6
	SE	T Martincová	2	3											2	J Larsson	4	0
		K Kozlova	6	6					K Kozlova	3	6	2
		G Min	6	2	2			2	J Larsson	6	1	6
	2	J Larsson	0	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Grace Min (moved to main draw)
2. Luksika Kumkhum (qualified)
3. Eri Hozumi (qualified)
4. Ksenia Lykina (second round)
5. Chang Kai-chen (qualifying competition)
6. Urszula Radwańska (first round, retired)
7. Riko Sawayanagi (second round)
8. Arantxa Rus (qualified)
9. Aleksandrina Naydenova (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Katarzyna Piter
2. Luksika Kumkhum
3. Eri Hozumi
4. Arantxa Rus

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Aleksandrina Naydenova	2	7	66
	WC	Oksana Kalashnikova	6	5	78
								WC	Oksana Kalashnikova	6	6
									Hong Seung-yeon	1	3
		Ayaka Okuno	6	3	0
		Hong Seung-yeon	4	6	6
															WC	Oksana Kalashnikova	3	5
																Katarzyna Piter	6	7
		Katarzyna Piter	6	6
	WC	Park So-yeon	2	0
									Katarzyna Piter	6	64	6
								7	Riko Sawayanagi	3	77	2
		Han Sung-hee	4	4
	7	Riko Sawayanagi	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	2	Luksika Kumkhum	6	6
		Kyōka Okamura	1	0
								2	Luksika Kumkhum	6	6
								WC	Park Sang-hee	2	0
	WC	Park Sang-hee	4	6	6
	WC	Ahn Yu-jin	6	4	4
															2	Luksika Kumkhum	3	6	6
																Renata Voráčová	6	4	4
	WC	Kwon Mi-jeong	2	5
		Nicha Lertpitaksinchai	6	7
									Nicha Lertpitaksinchai	3	0
									Renata Voráčová	6	6
		Renata Voráčová	6	0
	6	Urszula Radwańska	4	0r

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Eri Hozumi	6	6
		Magdalena Fręch	0	4
								3	Eri Hozumi	6	6
								WC	Lee Jin-ju	0	0
		Kim Da-bin	4	3
	WC	Lee Jin-ju	6	6
															3	Eri Hozumi	6	6
															5	Chang Kai-chen	3	4
	WC	Hanna Levina	1	1
		Peangtarn Plipuech	6	6
									Peangtarn Plipuech	1	5
								5	Chang Kai-chen	6	7
		Tori Kinard	6	2	1
	5	Chang Kai-chen	1	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Ksenia Lykina	6	6
	WC	Jang Eun-se	0	0
								4	Ksenia Lykina	65	6	4
									Jacqueline Cako	77	4	6
		Jacqueline Cako	6	6
	WC	Jeong Yeong-won	1	2
																Jacqueline Cako	4	4
															8	Arantxa Rus	6	6
	WC	Lim Eun-ji	1	0
		Akiko Omae	6	6
									Akiko Omae	6	3	5
								8	Arantxa Rus	4	6	7
		Fatma Al-Nabhani	4	1
	8	Arantxa Rus	6	6

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw