2012 Korea Open
| 2012 Korea Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17–23 September |
| Edition | 9th |
| Category | WTA International |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $500,000 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Seoul, South Korea |
| Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Caroline Wozniacki | |
| Doubles | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Raquel Kops-Jones / Error creating thumbnail: Abigail Spears | |
The 2012 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International category of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea between 17 September and 23 September 2012. First-seeded Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.
Finals
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source] Caroline Wozniacki defeated 
Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 6–0
- It was Wozniacki's first singles title of the year, ending a 13-month drought. It was also her 19th career title.
Doubles
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: Raquel Kops-Jones / Error creating thumbnail: Abigail Spears defeated Error creating thumbnail: Akgul Amanmuradova / Error creating thumbnail: Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN
|
Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 14 | 2 |
| EST
|
Kaia Kanepi | 16 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Nadia Petrova | 18 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | Julia Görges | 21 | 5 |
| Error creating thumbnail: USA | Varvara Lepchenko | 22 | 6 |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 28 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 29 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Greece Eleni Daniilidou
- France Caroline Garcia
- Error creating thumbnail: Jamie Hampton
- Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]Retirements
[edit | edit source]- Russia Maria Kirilenko (back injury)
- Russia Nadia Petrova (back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | Error creating thumbnail: USA | Abigail Spears | 41 | 1 |
| File:Flag of India.svg IND | Sania Mirza | File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 44 | 2 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA | Natalie Grandin | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 61 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Vera Dushevina | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Alicja Rosolska | 95 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: