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.

2012 Korea Open
Date17–23 September
Edition9th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$500,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationSeoul, South Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears
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Finals

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Singles

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  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

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  Raquel Kops-Jones /   Abigail Spears defeated   Akgul Amanmuradova /   Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 11 1
  RUS Maria Kirilenko 14 2
  EST Kaia Kanepi 16 3
  RUS Nadia Petrova 18 4
  GER Julia Görges 21 5
  USA Varvara Lepchenko 22 6
  CZE Klára Zakopalová 28 7
  RUS Ekaterina Makarova 29 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Raquel Kops-Jones   USA Abigail Spears 41 1
  IND Sania Mirza   ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 44 2
  RSA Natalie Grandin   CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 61 3
  RUS Vera Dushevina   POL Alicja Rosolska 95 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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