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Korea Open 2026

Women's Singles

Level: WTA 250
Where: Seoul, South Korea
Surface: Hard
Dates: 19 – 27 Sep 2026

Champion

🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell 2nd seed

5 wins, 2 sets dropped. Birrell’s run, match by match

The title paid

250ranking points

$37,390 prize money

Runner-up

🇦🇺Maya Joint 5th seed

Lost 6-4 6-2 · 163 pts

2025 champion

The week in numbers

32-player draw · 31 matches played

4/7

top seeds reached the quarter-finals

15

matches went to a deciding set

of 31 played

36

games in the longest match

Bondar d. Charaeva, R16

11

sets decided by a tiebreak

3

home players in the draw

of 32

Final four

Semi-final7-5 2-6 6-1🇦🇺K. Birrell(2)🇭🇺A. Bondar(6)Semi-final6-2 1-0 RET🇦🇺M. Joint(5)🇷🇺A. Korneeva

Final6-4 6-2🇦🇺K. Birrell(2)🇦🇺M. Joint(5)

What each round was worth

and who took it

ResultPointsReached byPrize

Champion
250pts$37.4K
Kimberly Birrell(2)
Runner-up
163pts$22.1K
Maya Joint(5)
Semifinal
98pts$12.3K
A. Bondar(6), A. Korneeva
Quarterfinal
54pts$7K
L. Tararudee(3), T. Preston, E. Ruse, K. Volynets
Round of 16
30pts$4.3K
8 players — incl. seeds 1, 8
Round of 32
14pts$3.1K
16 players — incl. seed 7

Past champions

Full draw How the 7 seeds fared All 31 matches

All 31 matches, round by round

Final

Kimberly Birrell def. Maya Joint6-4 6-2

Semifinals

Kimberly Birrell def. Anna Bondar7-5 2-6 6-1
Maya Joint def. Alina Korneeva6-2 1-0 RET

Quarterfinals

Alina Korneeva def. Taylah Preston6-1 6-4
Anna Bondar def. Elena Gabriela Ruse6-4 1-6 6-2
Kimberly Birrell def. Katie Volynets2-6 6-2 7-5
Maya Joint def. Lanlana Tararudee6-4 6-3

Round of 16

Alina Korneeva def. Darya Astakhova6-2 3-6 6-1
Katie Volynets def. Kamilla Rakhimova6-3 6-0
Lanlana Tararudee def. Sohyun Park7-6(5) 6-0
Maya Joint def. Dayeon Back6-2 6-1
Anna Bondar def. Alina Charaeva6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(5)
Elena Gabriela Ruse def. Yeon Woo Ku2-6 7-6(1) 6-1
Kimberly Birrell def. Yexin Ma7-5 6-3
Taylah Preston def. Jelena Ostapenko6-4 6-1

Round of 32

Alina Korneeva def. Mananchaya Sawangkaew6-4 6-2
Darya Astakhova def. Magda Linette3-6 6-1 7-6(2)
Dayeon Back def. Yue Yuan6-3 4-6 6-1
Kamilla Rakhimova def. Polina Kudermetova7-6(4) 4-6 7-5
Katie Volynets def. Elvina Kalieva6-3 6-0
Lanlana Tararudee def. Moyuka Uchijima6-4 6-7(5) 6-2
Maya Joint def. Xinxin Yao2-6 7-6(7) 6-3
Alina Charaeva def. Sofia Kenin3-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Anna Bondar def. Renata Zarazua2-6 6-3 6-1
Elena Gabriela Ruse def. Eva Lys6-1 6-2
Jelena Ostapenko def. Anastasia Zakharova6-4 6-1
Kimberly Birrell def. Tamara Zidansek7-6(2) 6-4
Sohyun Park def. Robin Montgomery7-6(4) 6-3
Taylah Preston def. Himeno Sakatsume6-2 3-6 6-2
Yeon Woo Ku def. Alevtina Ibragimova6-3 6-2
Yexin Ma def. Emerson Jones3-6 6-0 6-2