2018 Korea Open (tennis)
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The 2018 Korea Open (also known as the 2018 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's professional
tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
tournament played on
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. It was the 15th edition of the
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, and part of the
2018 WTA Tour The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the Inte ...
. It took place in
Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
, South Korea between 17 September and 23 September 2018. Second-seeded
Kiki Bertens Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female playe ...
won the singles title.


Finals


Singles

Kiki Bertens Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female playe ...
defeated
Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. She has won four s ...
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2 * It was Bertens' 3rd and last singles title of the year and the 7th of her
career A career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work (human activity), work and other aspects of personal life, life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways. Definitions The ...
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Doubles

Choi Ji-hee Choi Ji-hee (; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player. Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and 22 doubles titles at tournament ...
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Han Na-lae Han Na-lae (; born 6 July 1992) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Han has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 149, achieved June 2019, and a doubles ranking of No. 95, set on 7 November 2022. Han won one doubles title o ...
defeated
Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Yu-chieh (, born 23 July 1993), formerly known as Hsieh Shu-ying (), is a Taiwanese professional tennis and pickleball player. She is the younger sister of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-peng. On 20 February 2012, she achi ...
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Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Su-wei (; ; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in Doubles tennis, doubles with nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, she is rega ...
6–3, 6–2


Points and prize money


Point distribution


Prize money


Singles main-draw entrants


Seeds

* 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2018


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *
Choi Ji-hee Choi Ji-hee (; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player. Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and 22 doubles titles at tournament ...
*
Jang Su-jeong Jang Su-jeong (; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings. Jang has won on ...
*
Park So-hyun Park So-hyun (; born February 11, 1971) is a South Korean actress. She has a syndicated talk radio show ''Love Game'', aired via the SBS Power FM since 1999. She also participated in variety show We Got Married. On September 20, 2016, Park So- ...
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: *
Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, ; born 1 September 1994) is a Russian inactive tennis player. Betov ...
*
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...
*
Mandy Minella Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a Luxembourgish politician and former professional tennis player. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Mona Barthel Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three double ...
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Varvara Flink Varvara Alexandrovna Flink (; born 13 December 1996) is an inactive Russian tennis player. Flink achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019, and a doubles ranking of 372 on 31 October 2022. She owns one doubles title on ...
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Han Na-lae Han Na-lae (; born 6 July 1992) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Han has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 149, achieved June 2019, and a doubles ranking of No. 95, set on 7 November 2022. Han won one doubles title o ...
*
Priscilla Hon Priscilla Hon (Chinese: 韓天遇; born 10 May 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings in singles of No. 118 in October 2019, and No. 91 in doubles in April 2018. Personal life Hon was born in Brisbane in 19 ...
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Dejana Radanović Dejana Radanović ( sr-cyr, Дејана Радановић; born 14 May 1996) is a Serbian tennis player. Radanović has won 12 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 2 July 2018, she reached her best WTA singl ...
*
Jil Teichmann Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles ...


Withdrawals

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Sorana Cîrstea Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
→ replaced by
Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum (; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 86 in the WTA doubles ran ...
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Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She is a four-time Gra ...
→ replaced by
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...
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Tatjana Maria Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In January 2024 she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 42, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. She has won four ...
→ replaced by
Dalila Jakupović Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent. Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with five WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won eight singles and sixteen dou ...


Doubles main-draw entrants


Seeds

*1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2018


Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *
Choi Ji-hee Choi Ji-hee (; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player. Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and 22 doubles titles at tournament ...
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Han Na-lae Han Na-lae (; born 6 July 1992) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Han has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 149, achieved June 2019, and a doubles ranking of No. 95, set on 7 November 2022. Han won one doubles title o ...
*
Jang Su-jeong Jang Su-jeong (; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings. Jang has won on ...
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Kim Na-ri Kim Na-ri (born 4 April 1990) is a South Korean tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 285 in singles, achieved on 7 June 2010, and 221 in doubles, set on 20 August 2018. Kim has won five singles and 18 doubles titles on tourname ...


References


External links

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WTA singles draw

WTA doubles draw
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