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2021 Korea Open
Date	20–26 December
Edition	17th
Category	WTA 125
Draw	28S / 8D
Prize money	$115,000
Surface	Hard (Indoor)
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Zhu Lin
Doubles
Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae
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The 2021 Korea Open (also known as the 2021 Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. After the cancellation of the 2020 edition, the 2021 edition was also delayed and later downgraded to WTA 125 level from WTA 250 level as a result of Covid-19 Pandemic. It was the 17th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2021 WTA 125K series. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 20 and 26 December 2021.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	99	1
CHN	Zhu Lin	142	2
HUN	Réka Luca Jani	170	3
GRE	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	184	4
NED	Arianne Hartono	196	5
KOR	Jang Su-jeong	215	6
BUL	Isabella Shinikova	226	7
JPN	Yuki Naito	262	8

• Rankings are as of December 13, 2021

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Back Da-yeon
• Brenda Fruhvirtová
• Jeong Bo-young
• Park Eun-yeong

The following player received entry as an alternate:

• Moon Jeong

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jodie Burrage → replaced by Carol Zhao
• Hanna Chang → replaced by Anastasia Kulikova
• Federica Di Sarra → replaced by Peangtarn Plipuech
• Nao Hibino → replaced by Moon Jeong
• Mai Hontama → replaced by Riya Bhatia
• Dasha Ivanova → replaced by Kim Da-bin
• Anna Sisková → replaced by Linda Fruhvirtová
• Zhang Shuai → replaced by Choi Ji-hee

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
NED	Arianne Hartono	AUS	Olivia Tjandramulia	310	1
GRE	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	HUN	Réka Luca Jani	381	2

• Rankings are as of December 13, 2021

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jeong Bo-young / Jeong Yeong-won

Champions

Singles

• Zhu Lin def. Kristina Mladenovic 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

• Choi Ji-hee / Han Na-lae def. Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Réka Luca Jani 6–4, 6–4

References

1. "Hana Bank Korea Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
2. "Hana Bank Korea Open Player List". wtatennis.com.

External links

• Official website
• WTA tournament profile

• 2021 WTA 125 tournaments
• 2021 in South Korean women's sport
• 2020s in Seoul
• Korea Open (tennis)
• December 2021 sports events in Asia