2014 Korea Open – Singles
# 2014 Korea Open – Singles

Karolína Plíšková defeated Varvara Lepchenko in the final, 6–3, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Korea Open.

Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost to Lepchenko in the quarterfinals.

## Seeds

* Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)
* Karolína Plíšková (champion)
* Klára Koukalová (second round)
* Magdaléna Rybáriková (quarterfinals, retired due to a hip injury)
* Varvara Lepchenko (final)
* Kaia Kanepi (quarterfinals)
* Caroline Garcia (first round)
* Heather Watson (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Varvara Lepchenko | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | Christina McHale | 6 | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | | |
| | Christina McHale | 6 | 1 | $6^5$ | 5 | Varvara Lepchenko | 3 | $7^7$ | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 |
| WC | Maria Kirilenko | 6 | $6^5$ | 3 | 2 | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 |
| 2 | Karolína Plíšková | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hercog | 3 | 3 | | 1 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Scheepers | 6 | 3 | 7 | | C Scheepers | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | A Radwańska | $7^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | N-l Han | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | V Lepchenko | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S-j Jang | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 | WC | N-l Han | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Rogowska | 1 | 2 | | 5 | V Lepchenko | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Lepchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | V Lepchenko | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ |
| 4 | M Rybáriková | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | C McHale | 6 | 1 | $6^5$ |
| | F Schiavone | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | M Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Minella | 6 | 4 | 4 | | Y Wickmayer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Wickmayer | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Rybáriková | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | | |
| | C McHale | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C McHale | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena | 2 | 3 | | | C McHale | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barthel | $7^7$ | 6 | | | M Barthel | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Garcia | $6^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Kulichkova | 2 | 4 | | 6 | K Kanepi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kr Plíšková | 6 | $7^7$ | | | Kr Plíšková | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Vögele | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | 6 | K Kanepi | $7^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | M Kirilenko | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | M Kirilenko | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Vekić | 6 | 2 | 4 | WC | M Kirilenko | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | K Koukalová | $7^7$ | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Koukalová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | M Kirilenko | 6 | $6^5$ | 3 |
| 8 | H Watson | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ka Plíšková | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 |
| Q | N Gibbs | 7 | 6 | | Q | N Gibbs | 1 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Schmiedlová | $7^9$ | 4 | $6^3$ | Q | D Kovinić | 6 | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Kovinić | $6^7$ | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | Q | N Gibbs | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | A-L Friedsam | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Y Shvedova | $6^5$ | 5 | | | A-L Friedsam | 4 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Glushko | 1 | 2 | | 2 | Ka Plíšková | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Nicole Gibbs (qualified)
* Danka Kovinić (qualified)
* Mandy Minella (qualified)
* Grace Min (first round)
* Hiroko Kuwata (second round)
* Renata Voráčová (qualifying competition)
* Nastja Kolar (qualifying competition)
* Elizaveta Kulichkova (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Nicole Gibbs
* Danka Kovinić
* Mandy Minella
* Elizaveta Kulichkova

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | Nicole Gibbs | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Naoko Eto | 0 | 0 | WC | Lee So-ra | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Lee So-ra | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | Nicole Gibbs | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Kim Da-hye | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | Nastja Kolar | 2 | 3 |
| WC | Lee Se-jin | 3 | 1 | WC | Kim Da-hye | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Park Sang-hee | 1 | 0 | 7 | Nastja Kolar | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Nastja Kolar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Megan Moulton-Levy | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Megan Moulton-Levy | 1 | 1 | | 2 | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Erika Sema | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Choi Su-yeon | 1 | 1 | | | Erika Sema | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Erika Sema | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Erika Sema | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Danka Kovinić | 0 | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Renata Voráčová | 6 | $6^3$ | 4 |
| | Elena Bogdan | 6 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Renata Voráčová | 6 | $6^3$ | 4 |
| | Han Xinyun | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Han Xinyun | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Han Xinyun | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Renata Voráčová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Hsu Wen-hsin | 6 | 3 | $6^1$ | 6 | Renata Voráčová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Renata Voráčová | 2 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Mandy Minella | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Choi Ji-hee | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Choi Ji-hee | 2 | 2 | | 3 | Mandy Minella | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Hong Seung-yeon | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Darija Jurak | 6 | 3 | 5 | WC | Hong Seung-yeon | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Hong Seung-yeon | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Hong Seung-yeon | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | 3 | Mandy Minella | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | WC | Hsu Chieh-yu | 5 | 1 |
| | Chan Chin-wei | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | WC | Hsu Chieh-yu | 5 | 1 |
| WC | Hsu Chieh-yu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Hsu Chieh-yu | 6 | 6 | | WC | Hsu Chieh-yu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Hiroko Kuwata | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Kang Seo-kyung | 4 | 5 | | 5 | Hiroko Kuwata | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | Hiroko Kuwata | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Grace Min | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Oksana Kalashnikova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Oksana Kalashnikova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Oksana Kalashnikova | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ana Bogdan | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| WC | Jung So-hee | 1 | 2 | | | Ana Bogdan | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | Ana Bogdan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ana Bogdan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Ana Bogdan | 3 | $0^r$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 2 |
| | Yuuki Tanaka | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 8 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 2 |
| | Lee Ya-hsuan | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lee Ya-hsuan | 5 | 6 | 5 | | Yuuki Tanaka | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Ahn Yu-jin | 2 | 3 | | 8 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
