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
Singles
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
Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated Akgul Amanmuradova / Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedCaroline Wozniacki111Maria Kirilenko142Kaia Kanepi163Nadia Petrova184Julia Görges215Varvara Lepchenko226Klára Zakopalová287Ekaterina Makarova298 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Hong Hyun-hui Lee So-ra Han Sung-hee
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Eleni Daniilidou Caroline Garcia Jamie Hampton Sesil Karatantcheva
Withdrawals Ksenia Pervak Sloane Stephens
Retirements Maria Kirilenko (back injury) Nadia Petrova (back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedRaquel Kops-JonesAbigail Spears411 Sania Mirza Anabel Medina Garrigues442Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová613Vera Dushevina Alicja Rosolska954 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Choi Ji-hee / Jun Nam-yeon Han Sung-hee / Lee So-ra
External links Official website WTA tournament draws