The 2012 Korea Open was a women's professional
tennis tournament played on
hard courts
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and ...
. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the
2012 WTA Tour
The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fede ...
. It took place in
Seoul,
South Korea between 17 and 23 September 2012.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Hong Hyun-hui
Hong Hyun-hui (born 27 December 1991) is a South Korean tennis player.
Hong has a WTA singles career high ranking of 440 achieved on 22 December 2014. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 424 achieved on 24 August 2015.
Hong re ...
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Lee So-ra
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Han Sung-hee
Han Sung-hee (; born 13 November 1990 in Seoul) is a South Korean former tennis player.
On 16 July 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 256. On 16 April 2012, she peaked at No. 268 in the doubles rankings. She participated in ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Eleni Daniilidou
*
Caroline Garcia
*
Jamie Hampton
Jamie Lee Hampton (born January 8, 1990) is a former American professional tennis player. In July 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 24.
Early life
Hampton was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, because her father, a career ...
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Sesil Karatantcheva
Withdrawals
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Ksenia Pervak
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Sloane Stephens
Retirements
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Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...
(back injury)
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Nadia Petrova (back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Choi Ji-hee
Choi Ji-hee ( ko, 최지희; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player.
Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as three singles and 19 doubles titles on to ...
/
Jun Nam-yeon
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Han Sung-hee
Han Sung-hee (; born 13 November 1990 in Seoul) is a South Korean former tennis player.
On 16 July 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 256. On 16 April 2012, she peaked at No. 268 in the doubles rankings. She participated in ...
/
Lee So-ra
Finals
Singles
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Caroline Wozniacki defeated
Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 6–0
This was Wozniacki's first title of the season which ended a 13-month drought. It was also her 19th career title.
Doubles
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Raquel Kops-Jones /
Abigail Spears defeated
Akgul Amanmuradova /
Vania King 2–6, 6–2,
0–8
External links
Official WebsiteSingles, Doubles, and Qualifying Singles draws
{{2012 WTA Tour
Korea Open
Korea Open (tennis)
September 2012 sports events in South Korea