2016 Korea Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2016|Korea Open|

| date=19–25 September

| edition=13th

| category =WTA International

| draw =32S / 16D

| prize_money =$250,000

| surface=Hard

| location=Seoul, South Korea

| venue =Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center

| champs={{flagicon|ESP}} Lara Arruabarrena

| champd={{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens / {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson

}}

The 2016 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 19 September and 25 September 2016. Unseeded Lara Arruabarrena won the singles title.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/17639060/lara-arruabarrena-beats-monica-niculescu-3-sets-win-korea-open|title=Lara Arruabarrena beats Monica Niculescu in 3 sets to win Korea Open|work=ESPN|date=25 September 2016|access-date=13 February 2024}}

Finals

= Singles =

{{flagicon|ESP}} Lara Arruabarrena defeated {{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 2–6, 6–0

= Doubles =

{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens / {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson defeated {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Omae / {{flagicon|THA}} Peangtarn Plipuech, 6–2, 6–3

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"\|Event \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q3 \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#f8f8f8;"\| Singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|14 \|10 \|1
style="background:#f8f8f8;"\|Doubles \|1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q3

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#f8f8f8;"| Singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|14

|10

style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Doubles

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85|Q

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Singles

|$43,000

|$21,400

|$11,300

|$5,900

|$3,310

|$1,925

|$1,005

|$730

|$530

style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Doubles

|$12,300

|$6,400

|$3,435

|$1,820

|$960

|{{n/a}}

colspan=10|Doubles prize money per team

Singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Irina-Camelia Begu \|23 \|1
{{flag\|SWE}} \|Johanna Larsson \|46 \|2
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zhang Shuai \|49 \|3
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|51 \|4
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Monica Niculescu \|55 \|5
{{flag\|BEL}} \|Kirsten Flipkens \|58 \|6
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Nicole Gibbs \|72 \|7
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Louisa Chirico \|75 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|23

|46

|49

|51

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|ROU}}

|55

|58

|72

|75

¹ Rankings are as of September 12, 2016

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|KOR}} Han Na-lae
{{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Su-jeong
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee So-ra

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

{{flagicon|CZE}} Tereza Martincová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Eri Hozumi
{{flagicon|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum
{{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Piter
{{flagicon|NED}} Arantxa Rus

= Withdrawals =

{{flagicon|SVK}} Kristína Kučová → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} Sara Sorribes Tormo
{{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Rogers → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by {{flagicon|NZL}} Marina Erakovic

Doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Eri Hozumi \|{{flag\|GEO}} \|Oksana Kalashnikova \|96 \|1
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|BEL}} \|Kirsten Flipkens \|{{flag\|SWE}} \|Johanna Larsson \|159 \|2
{{flag\|NED}} \|Demi Schuurs \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Renata Voráčová \|167 \|3
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Lenka Kunčíková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Stuchlá \|194 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Eri Hozumi

|{{flag|GEO}}

|Oksana Kalashnikova

|96

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