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

R16 · 8

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

QF · 4

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

SF · 2

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

F · 1

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

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 43–16 on hard this season, the best record among them.

The draw, by ranking

World No. 63 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 L W L W L 11–13
Kimberly Birrell Champion W W W W L 23–15
Gabriela Ruse W L W L L 14–14
Lanlana Tararudee W L L W L 43–16
Anna Bondar W L L W L 15–15
Katie Volynets L W L W W 22–13
Maya Joint W W L L L 14–17
Kamilla Rakhimova W W L W L 20–19

43–16 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. 32 Jelena Ostapenko Lost v Preston · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 41 Kimberly Birrell Won v Joint · Korea Open Champion
  • No. 62 Gabriela Ruse Lost v Bondar · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 63 Lanlana Tararudee Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 64 Anna Bondar Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · SF
  • No. 74 Katie Volynets Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 75 Maya Joint Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Runner-up
  • No. 76 Kamilla Rakhimova Lost v Volynets · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 80 Magda Linette Lost v Astakhova · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 90 Mananchaya Sawangkaew Lost v Korneeva · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 91 Taylah Preston Lost v Korneeva · Korea Open Out · QF
  • No. 94 Renata Zarazua Lost v Bondar · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 102 Eva Lys Lost v Ruse · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 104 Polina Kudermetova Lost v Rakhimova · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 107 Sofia Kenin Lost v Charaeva · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 110 Anastasia Zakharova Lost v Ostapenko · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 117 Elvina Kalieva Lost v Volynets · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 118 Alina Charaeva Lost v Bondar · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 120 Himeno Sakatsume Lost v Preston · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 134 Emerson Jones Lost v Ma · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 142 Tamara Zidansek Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 161 Yexin Ma Lost v Birrell · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 168 Alevtina Ibragimova Lost v Ku · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 171 Robin Montgomery Lost v Park · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 175 Yeonwoo Ku Lost v Ruse · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 187 Darya Astakhova Lost v Korneeva · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 261 Dayeon Back Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · R16
  • No. 271 Xinxin Yao Lost v Joint · Korea Open Out · R32
  • No. 304 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

What is happening around Korea Open - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.

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.

AI-generated summary of recent headlines. Generated 27 Sep 2026.

No headlines about this tournament from our sources yet - stories land here as soon as they are published.

Tournament Winner

Each player's chance to win the title, from Polymarket's winner market, at the time this page was built.

Polymarket runs no winner market for this tournament. It lists winner markets for the Grand Slams and the season finals only.