KDB Korea Open 2012
| KDB Korea Open 2012 | |
| date | September 17, 2012 - September 23, 2012 |
| Edition | 9 |
| navigation | 2011 ◄ 2012 ► 2013 |
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| venue | Seoul South Korea
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| Tournament number | 1024 |
| category | WTA International |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | Hard court |
| draw | 32E / 32Q / 16D |
| Prize money | US $ 500,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
 María José Martínez Sánchez
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| Last year's winner (double) |
 Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
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| Winner (singles) |
 Caroline Wozniacki
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| Winner (doubles) |
 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
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| Tournament supervisor | Melanie Tabb |
| Last direct assumption |
 Kimiko Date-Krumm (97)
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| Player representatives |
 Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
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| Status: May 6, 2013 | |
The KDB Korea Open 2012 was a women's tennis tournament that took place in Seoul from September 17th to 23rd . The hard court tournament in the International category was part of the WTA Tour 2012 and was endowed with 500,000 US dollars in prize money for the first time. At the same time, the GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open 2012 took place in Guangzhou , also a tournament in the International category.
The defending champions were in singles the Spanish María José Martínez Sánchez , who was eliminated in the quarterfinals, and in doubles the pairing Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová , who was eliminated in the semifinals against the eventual winners. The top seeded Caroline Wozniacki defeated Kaia Kanepi, seeded third, 6-1 and 6-0 in the individual final . The top seeded pairing Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears won the doubles final against Oqgul Omonmurodova and Vania King with 2: 6, 6: 2 and [10: 8].
qualification
Four places were played out for the main draw in singles.
singles
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
Double
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
Web links
- Official homepage of the tournament
- KDB Korea Open 2012 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage