The 2014 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on

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. It was the 11th edition of the tournament, which was part of the

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. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 13 and 21 September 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Jang Su-jeong Jang Su-jeong ( ko, 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean tennis player. Jang has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she ...

Han Na-lae Han Na-lae ( ko, 한나래; born 6 July 1992) is a South Korean tennis player. Han has a career-high singles ranking of 149, achieved June 2019. She reached the top 100 in doubles for the first time with a ranking of 96, on 31 October 2022. H ...

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 ...

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 Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

→ replaced by Lara Arruabarrena

Retirements

* Magdaléna Rybáriková (left hip injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

Retirements

(left abdominal strain)

Finals

Singles

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...

defeated Varvara Lepchenko, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2

Doubles

* Lara Arruabarrena /

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu ...

defeated Mona Barthel / Mandy Minella, 6–3, 6–3

References

Singles, Doubles, and Qualifying Singles Draws

External links

* {{2014 WTA Tour Korea Open Korea Open (tennis) Korea Open September 2014 sports events in South Korea