Kimberly Birrell defeated Maya Joint in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2026 Korea Open. It was her first WTA Tour title. This was the first WTA Tour singles final contested by two Australians since the 2017 Internationaux de Strasbourg final between Samantha Stosur and Daria Saville.
Wildcards Back Da-yeon, Ku Yeon-woo and Park So-hyun became the first trio of South Koreans to reach the second round of the same WTA tournament for the first time since 1984.
Iga Świątek was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying Seeds
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
References
External links Main draw Qualifying draw