2014 Korea Open

2014 Korea Open
2014 Korea Open
Date	13–21 September
Edition	11th
Category	WTA International tournaments
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 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 and 21 September 2014.

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	$111,139	$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	—	—	—	—

_{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
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 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

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

Retirements edit

Magdaléna Rybáriková (left hip injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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