2018 Korea Open (tennis)
# 2018 Korea Open (tennis)

The 2018 Korea Open (also known as the 2018 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 17 and 23 September 2018.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 10 | 1 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 12 | 2 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 31 | 3 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 34 | 4 |
| BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 38 | 5 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 39 | 6 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 53 | 7 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 56 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Choi Ji-hee
* Jang Su-jeong
* Park So-hyun

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

* Margarita Gasparyan
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Mandy Minella

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Mona Barthel
* Varvara Flink
* Han Na-lae
* Priscilla Hon
* Dejana Radanović
* Jil Teichmann

### Withdrawals

* Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Luksika Kumkhum
* Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Tatjana Maria → replaced by Dalila Jakupović

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 77 | 1 |
| SLO | Dalila Jakupović | CRO | Darija Jurak | 104 | 2 |
| AUS | Ellen Perez | AUS | Arina Rodionova | 196 | 3 |
| GER | Mona Barthel | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 202 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae
* Jang Su-jeong / Kim Na-ri

## Champions

### Singles

* Kiki Bertens def. Ajla Tomljanović $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 4–6, 6–2

### Doubles

* Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae def. Hsieh Shu-ying / Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 6–2
