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WTA • Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026

Korea Open

$1,064,510 prize money • WTA 250

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How the tournament finished, and what people expected beforehand.

Overview

Korea Open is a WTA 250 tournament played on hard courts at Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea. The 2026 edition runs from Sep 21 to Sep 27, 2026. Predictionist follows every match with a page of its own: what people predict, recent form, head-to-head records and the day-by-day schedule.

Tournament Snapshot

Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center WTA · Seoul Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026
Surface
Hard
City
South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Prize money
$1.1M
Category
WTA 250
Draw
32 players

Draw

The full draw as an archive: who won, and the win chance Polymarket traders gave the winner before play. Two rounds at a time; the arrows move through.

32-player draw

R32 · 16

  1. 1 Jelena Ostapenko , won 66 Anastasia Zakharova 41 Played
  2. Taylah Preston , won 636 Himeno Sakatsume 262 Played
  3. A. Korneeva , won 66 Mananchaya Sawangkaew 42 Played
  4. Q Darya Astakhova , won 367 7 Magda Linette 616 Played
  5. 3 Lanlana Tararudee , won 666 M. Uchijima 472 Played
  6. WC Sohyun Park , won 76 Robin Montgomery 63 Played
  7. Y. Yuan 361 WC Dayeon Back , won 646 Played
  8. Q Xinxin Yao 663 5 Maya Joint , won 276 Played
  9. 6 Anna Bondar , won 266 Renata Zarazua 631 Played
  10. Alina Charaeva , won 376 Sofia Kenin 664 Played
  11. Q Alevtina Ibragimova 32 WC Yeonwoo Ku , won 66 Played
  12. Eva Lys 12 4 Gabriela Ruse , won 66 Played
  13. 8 Kamilla Rakhimova , won 747 Polina Kudermetova 665 Played
  14. Katie Volynets , won 66 Elvina Kalieva 30 Played
  15. Emerson Jones 602 Q Yexin Ma , won 366 Played
  16. Tamara Zidansek 64 2 Kimberly Birrell , won 76 Played

R16 · 8

  1. 1 Jelena Ostapenko 41 Taylah Preston , won 66 Played
  2. A. Korneeva , won 636 Darya Astakhova 261 Played
  3. 3 Lanlana Tararudee , won 76 Sohyun Park 60 Played
  4. Dayeon Back 21 5 Maya Joint , won 66 Played
  5. 6 Anna Bondar , won 667 Alina Charaeva 476 Played
  6. Yeonwoo Ku 661 4 Gabriela Ruse , won 276 Played
  7. 8 Kamilla Rakhimova 30 Katie Volynets , won 66 Played
  8. Yexin Ma 53 2 Kimberly Birrell , won 76 Played

QF · 4

  1. Taylah Preston 14 A. Korneeva , won 66 Played
  2. 3 Lanlana Tararudee 43 5 Maya Joint , won 66 Played
  3. 6 Anna Bondar , won 616 4 Gabriela Ruse 462 Played
  4. Katie Volynets 625 2 Kimberly Birrell , won 267 Played

SF · 2

  1. A. Korneeva 20 5 Maya Joint , won 61 Played
  2. 6 Anna Bondar 561 2 Kimberly Birrell , won 726 Played

F · 1

  1. 5 Maya Joint 42 2 Kimberly Birrell , won 66 Played

The results feed gives no stage for these matches, so they are listed here in the order played. Times are UTC.

Stage not given · 1

  1. Tamara Zidansek Boyoung Jeong Cancelled

Qualifying — the road to the main draw

Matches by day. Times are UTC.

Sep 19 · 8

  1. Haruka Kaji 272 Darya Astakhova , won 666
  2. Alexandra Shubladze , won 66 Gaeul Jang 01
  3. Mai Hontama 073 Eunhye Lee , won 656
  4. Carol Zhao 30 Yexin Ma , won 66
  5. Miho Kuramochi , won 637 Boyoung Jeong 466
  6. Xinxin Yao , won 677 Priscilla Hon 765
  7. Alevtina Ibragimova , won 66 Rina Saigo 32
  8. En-Shuo Liang 61 Sara Saito , won 76

Sep 20 · 4

  1. Alexandra Shubladze 44 Darya Astakhova , won 66
  2. Eunhye Lee 31 Yexin Ma , won 66
  3. Miho Kuramochi 14 Xinxin Yao , won 66
  4. Alevtina Ibragimova , won 76 Sara Saito 52

Form guide · the draw

How the field is playing.

Lanlana Tararudee is 44–17 on hard this season, the best record among them.

The draw, by ranking

World No. 60 Lanlana Tararudee · best record in the field

The highest-ranked players in the draw. Each row shows their last five results, oldest on the left, and their hard record this season.

Player Last five Hard, 2026
Jelena Ostapenko W L W W W 14–13
Kimberly Birrell Champion W W W L L 23–16
Gabriela Ruse W L W L L 14–14
Lanlana Tararudee L W L W L 44–17
Anna Bondar L L W L L 15–16
Kamilla Rakhimova W W L W L 20–19
Magda Linette L L L L L 13–16
Mananchaya Sawangkaew L L W W L 34–17

44–17 Lanlana Tararudee on hard courts this season The best record among the 8 above

Who played

The Korea Open field.

Everyone in this draw, by ranking, with their latest result and how far they got here.

  • No. 34 Jelena Ostapenko Lost v Preston · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 40 Kimberly Birrell Won v Joint · Korea Open Champion
  • No. 57 Gabriela Ruse Lost v Bondar · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 60 Lanlana Tararudee Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 66 Anna Bondar Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · SF
  • No. 69 Kamilla Rakhimova Lost v Volynets · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 77 Magda Linette Lost v Astakhova · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 83 Mananchaya Sawangkaew Lost v Korneeva · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 85 Renata Zarazua Lost v Bondar · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 86 Taylah Preston Lost v Korneeva · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 88 Katie Volynets Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 92 Maya Joint Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Runner-up
  • No. 98 Alina Charaeva Lost v Bondar · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 102 Polina Kudermetova Lost v Rakhimova · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 111 Anastasia Zakharova Lost v Ostapenko · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 112 Elvina Kalieva Lost v Volynets · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 115 Himeno Sakatsume Lost v Preston · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 122 Emerson Jones Lost v Ma · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 125 Sofia Kenin Lost v Charaeva · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 136 Eva Lys Lost v Ruse · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 153 Robin Montgomery Lost v Park · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 161 Tamara Zidansek Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 169 Alevtina Ibragimova Lost v Ku · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 174 Darya Astakhova Lost v Korneeva · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 177 Yeonwoo Ku Lost v Ruse · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 184 Yexin Ma Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 253 Dayeon Back Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 270 Xinxin Yao Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 299 Sohyun Park Lost v Tararudee · Korea Open Out · R16
  • A. Korneeva Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · SF
  • M. Uchijima Lost v Tararudee · Korea Open Out · R32
  • Y. Yuan Lost v Back · Korea Open Out · R32

News & Insights

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Right now

Kimberly Birrell and Maya have contested the Korea Open final. The tournament has concluded with a singles champion determined, with ranking points and prize money distributed to the finalists.

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