WTA Seoul

This week five tournaments are contested across the ATP and WTA Tours. Some of the top ten players have elected to participate.

KEB Hana Bank Korea Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Hard Deco Turf, in Seoul, Korea, 16-22 September 2019.

Defending champion:

Kiki Bertens (2) who defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Daria Gavrilova replaced by Kirsten Flipkens 

- Ivana Jorovic replaced by Stefanie Voegele 

- Viktoria Kuzmova replaced by Denisa Allertová 

Maria Sakkari, world number 27, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 58

There are no byes.

First round results

- Ysaline Bonaventure defeated Jessica Pegula 5-7 6-2 6-4

- Wang Yafan (8) defeated qualifier Danielle Lao 6-4 7-6(2)

- Margarita Gasparyan (7) defeated Tatjana Maria 7-5 6-4

- Magda Linette (4) defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1 6-4

- Wildcard Kristie Ahn defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6-0 6-0

- Kristyna Pliskova defeated wildcard Ji-Hee Choi 6-1 6-4

- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) defeated qualifier Greet Minnen 6-4 6-3