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The 2022 Korea Open (also known for sponsorship purposes as the 2022 Eugene Korea Open Tennis Championships for the men's tournament and the 2022 Hana Bank Korea Open for the women's tournament) was a combined
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tournament took place at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in
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on outdoor
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s from 19 to 25 September 2022 for the women and from 26 September to 2 October 2022 for the men. It was the 18th edition of the women's tournament, and the first edition of the men's tournament since
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. The tournament was a
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(after being a
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level tournament in 2021), and a
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after several tournaments in China were cancelled because of the ongoing
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Champions


Men's singles

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Yoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24 on 19 June 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Japanese player. Personal life Marriage Nishioka marr ...
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Denis Shapovalov Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov (born ) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, which he first achieved on September 21, 2020. Sh ...
6–4, 7–6(7–5) This is Nishioka's first title of the season and the second of his career.


Women's singles

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Ekaterina Alexandrova Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɐlʲɪksɐnˈdrovə; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won five WTA To ...
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Jeļena Ostapenko Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles tit ...
7–6(7–4), 6–0 This is Alexandrova's second title of the season and third of her career.


Men's doubles

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Raven Klaasen Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
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Nathaniel Lammons Nathaniel Lammons (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 17 in doubles, achieved on 27 January 2025. He has won 10 ATP doubles titles. A former ...
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Nicolás Barrientos Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 47 on 23 April 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 237 on 21 September 2015. Ba ...
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Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Martínez (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. In singles his best ranking is N ...
6–1, 7–5


Women's doubles

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Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam ...
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Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open – Women's singles, 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieve ...
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Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WT ...
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Sabrina Santamaria Sabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria (born February 24, 1993) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 384, achieved in June 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 53, set on 12 August 2019. College career ...
6–3, 6–2


ATP singles main draw entrants


Seeds

* Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *
Hong Seong-chan Hong Seong-chan (born 30 June 1997) is a South Korean tennis player. Hong has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 141 achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 359 achieved on 16 January 2023. He is the current Kor ...
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Nam Ji-sung Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993) is a South Korean tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. In ...
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Kaichi Uchida is a Japanese professional tennis player. Uchida has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 147 achieved on 8 May 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 159 achieved on 28 November 202 ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Chung Yun-seong Chung Yun-seong (; born 27 March 1998) is a South Korean 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 ...
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Nicolás Jarry Nicolás Jarry Fillol (; born 10 October 1995) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He achieved his highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world 16 in May 2024 and is the current No. 3 player from Chile. His hi ...
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Yosuke Watanuki is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 72 achieved on 30 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019. He is currently the No. 6 Japanese player. Career 2016: Junior ...
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Wu Tung-lin Wu Tung-lin ( zh, t=, p=Wú Dong-lín, c=吳東霖; born 12 May 1998), also known as Tony Wu, is a Taiwanese tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (ten ...
The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Aleksandar Kovacevic *
Shintaro Mochizuki Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of ...
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Hiroki Moriya is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of ...
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Ryan Peniston Ryan Harold Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British tennis player from Essex. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 123, achieved in July 2022, and a doubles ranking of world No. 384 achieved in June 2022. Personal life Ryan Ha ...


Withdrawals

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Borna Ćorić Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. In 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 h ...
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Hiroki Moriya is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of ...
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Taylor Fritz Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on November 18, 2024, and a doubles ranking of ...
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Shintaro Mochizuki Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of ...
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Cristian Garín Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone (; born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP in singles, achieved on 13 September 2021. He ...
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Marcos Giron Marcos Andres Giron ( ; born July 24, 1993; ) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 achieved on August 5, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 194 achieved on August 1, 2022. Giron won the s ...
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Ryan Peniston Ryan Harold Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British tennis player from Essex. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 123, achieved in July 2022, and a doubles ranking of world No. 384 achieved in June 2022. Personal life Ryan Ha ...
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Brandon Nakashima Brandon Nakashima (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 29 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved on 5 May 2025. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 240 on 10 Jun ...
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Frances Tiafoe Frances Tiafoe Jr. ( ; born January 20, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on June 19, 2023, becoming the first Sierra Leonean American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the ...
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Tseng Chun-hsin Tseng Chun-hsin ( zh, t=曾俊欣, p=Zēng Jùnxīn; born 8 August 2001), also known as Jason Tseng, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 83 by the Association of Tennis Profes ...
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Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015. Youth career Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, co ...
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Taro Daniel is an American-Japanese professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58 on 15 January 2024. He has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, as well as nine ATP Challenger Tour singles ti ...
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Alexander Zverev Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, ma ...
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Radu Albot Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on 5 August 2019, making him the highest ranked player from Moldova. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP Tour t ...


ATP doubles main draw entrants


Seeds

* Rankings are as of 19 September 2022


Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *
Chung Hyeon Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open. J ...
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Kwon Soon-woo Kwon Soon-woo (; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the ATP, achieved in November 2021 and a doubles ranking of world No. 224, attained in December 2022. ...
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Nam Ji-sung Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993) is a South Korean tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. In ...
/ Song Min-kyu The following pair received entry as alternates: *
Radu Albot Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on 5 August 2019, making him the highest ranked player from Moldova. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP Tour t ...
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Tseng Chun-hsin Tseng Chun-hsin ( zh, t=曾俊欣, p=Zēng Jùnxīn; born 8 August 2001), also known as Jason Tseng, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 83 by the Association of Tennis Profes ...


Withdrawals

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Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ch ...
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John Peers John William Peers (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 3 April 2017, and a singles ranking of No. 456 in June 2012. He has ...
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Miomir Kecmanović Miomir Kecmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Миомир Кецмановић, ; born 31 August 1999) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 27 on 16 January 2023 and he peaked at world No. 127 on 24 ...
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John Peers John William Peers (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 3 April 2017, and a singles ranking of No. 456 in June 2012. He has ...
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Marcos Giron Marcos Andres Giron ( ; born July 24, 1993; ) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 achieved on August 5, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 194 achieved on August 1, 2022. Giron won the s ...
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Mackenzie McDonald Michael Mackenzie Lowe McDonald (born April 16, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 37, achieved on October 16, 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 49, achieved on Octobe ...
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Radu Albot Radu Albot (born 11 November 1989) is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of No. 39 on 5 August 2019, making him the highest ranked player from Moldova. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP Tour t ...
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Tseng Chun-hsin Tseng Chun-hsin ( zh, t=曾俊欣, p=Zēng Jùnxīn; born 8 August 2001), also known as Jason Tseng, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 83 by the Association of Tennis Profes ...


WTA singles main draw entrants


Seeds

* Rankings are as of 12 September 2022.


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *
Jeong Bo-young Jeong Bo-young (, born 21 May 2003) is a South Korean professional tennis player. Jeong has a career-high singles ranking of 613 by the WTA, achieved on 12 December 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 444 achieved on 17 Feb ...
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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 ...
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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 players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: *
Kimberly Birrell Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. Birrell reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 68 on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 162 on 9 September 2024. Birrell is the current No. 1 Australi ...
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Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player repr ...
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Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open – Women's singles, 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieve ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Back Da-yeon Back Da-yeon (born 24 January 2002) is a Korean tennis player. Back has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 319 by the WTA, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 365, reached on 9 June 2025. Career Back made her WTA T ...
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Lizette Cabrera Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of 119 by the WTA, achieved on 3 February 2020. Early life Cabrera was born and araised in Townsville by ...
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Jana Fett Jana Fett (; born 2 November 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. On 30 October 2017, Fett reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97, and on 21 May 2018, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 348. Fett has won nine singles and five dou ...
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Ankita Raina Ankita Raina (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian tennis player. Since 2018, she has regularly been India's number one female player in singles and doubles. Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 tournament ...
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Astra Sharma Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. In addition, she ...
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Lulu Sun Lulu Sun ( zh, s=孙璐璐, p=Sūn Lùlù; born 14 April 2001) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 41 by the WTA, achieved on 26 August 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 190, rea ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran professional tennis player. At the age of 14, she won the 2020 Australian Open – Girls' singles, 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title. On 14 November 2022, she reached her b ...


Withdrawals

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Katie Boulter Katie Charlotte Boulter (born 1 August 1996) is an English professional tennis player. On 4 November 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 6 January 2025, she peaked at No. 277 in the WTA doubles rankings. Boulter has ...
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Anna Blinkova Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best single ...
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Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is a Grand Slam doubles finalist at the 2025 French Open, partnering Anna Danilina. In June 2018, she reached her b ...
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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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Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (, born 4 February 1989) is an inactive Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 67. Rodina has won 13 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit alo ...
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Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open – Women's singles, 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieve ...
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Katie Swan Katie Swan (born 24 March 1999) is a British tennis player. She has won 13 International Tennis Federation, ITF singles titles and one in doubles. Her peak world ranking in singles is 118 and her highest in doubles is 293. When she made her deb ...
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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran professional tennis player. At the age of 14, she won the 2020 Australian Open – Girls' singles, 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title. On 14 November 2022, she reached her b ...


WTA doubles main draw entrants


Seeds

* 1 Rankings as of 12 September 2022.


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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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- ...
* Kim Da-bin /
Ku Yeon-woo Ku Yeon-woo (born 15 March 2003) is a South Korean tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 411 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 20 March 2023, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 394, reached on 14 August 2023. ...


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