2014 Korea Open
# 2014 Korea Open

The 2014 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 13 and 21 September 2014.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $111,139 | $55,335 | $29,270 | $8,502 | $4,770 | $3,774 | $1,448 | $1,052 | $764 |
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 | — | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 36 | 2 |
| CZE | Klára Koukalová | 38 | 3 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 41 | 4 |
| USA | Varvara Lepchenko | 43 | 5 |
| EST | Kaia Kanepi | 45 | 6 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 46 | 7 |
| GBR | Heather Watson | 47 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Jang Su-jeong
* Han Na-lae
* Maria Kirilenko

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 → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena

### Retirements

* Magdaléna Rybáriková (left hip injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 52 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 110 | 2 |
| CRO | Darija Jurak | USA | Megan Moulton-Levy | 115 | 3 |
| GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 143 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014

### Retirements

* Maria Kirilenko (left abdominal strain)

## Finals

### Singles

* Karolína Plíšková defeated Varvara Lepchenko, 6–3, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–2

### Doubles

* Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Mona Barthel / Mandy Minella, 6–3, 6–3
