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2015 Korea Open

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2015 Korea Open
Date21–27 September
Edition12th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$500,000
SurfaceHard
LocationSeoul, South Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Doubles
Spain Lara Arruabarrena / Slovenia Andreja Klepač
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The 2015 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament, and was part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 21 September and 27 September 2015. First-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu won the singles title.[1]

Finals

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Singles

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Romania Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6–3, 6–1

  • It was Begu's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

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Spain Lara Arruabarrena / Slovenia Andreja Klepač defeated Netherlands Kiki Bertens / Sweden Johanna Larsson, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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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

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $111,389 $55,435 $29,270 $8,502 $4,770 $2,774 $1,448 $1,052 $764
Doubles $17,724 $9,222 $4,950 $2,623 $1,383
Doubles prize money per team

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 30 1
 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 32 2
 USA Sloane Stephens 33 3
 USA Varvara Lepchenko 38 4
 GER Mona Barthel 48 5
 ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 51 6
 GER Julia Görges 54 7
 BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 55 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 14, 2015

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Lara Arruabarrena  SLO Andreja Klepač 69 1
 NED Kiki Bertens  SWE Johanna Larsson 84 2
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu  ROU Raluca Olaru 91 3
 JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 174 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 14, 2015

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

References

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  1. ^ "Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in Korea final". Sky Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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