2016 Korea Open – Singles

2016 Korea Open ESP Lara Arruabarrena ROU Monica Niculescu 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 32 8 singles doubles 2016 Korea Open Irina-Camelia Begu was the defending champion,https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/13751752/irina-camelia-begu-defeats-aliaksandra-sasnovich-clinch-korea-open-title Irina-Camelia Begu beats Aliaksandra Sasnovich for Korea Open title ESPN 16 May 2026 but lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová.https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/cepelova-upsets-top-seed-begu-korea-open/ Cepelova upsets top seed Begu at Korea Open Sportsnet 16 May 2026 Lara Arruabarrena won the title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 2–6, 6–0.https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/17639060/lara-arruabarrena-beats-monica-niculescu-3-sets-win-korea-open Lara Arruabarrena beats Monica Niculescu in 3 sets to win Korea Open ESPN 11 August 2025 Seeds 30em ROU Irina-Camelia Begu (second round) SWE Johanna Larsson (quarterfinals) CHN Zhang Shuai (semifinals) FRA Kristina Mladenovic (second round) ROU Monica Niculescu (final) BEL Kirsten Flipkens (second round) USA Nicole Gibbs (first round) USA Louisa Chirico (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 5 ROU Monica Niculescu 6 6 3 CHN Zhang Shuai 0 4   ROU Patricia Maria Țig 1 2 ESP Lara Arruabarrena 6 6 5 ROU Monica Niculescu 0 6 0 ESP Lara Arruabarrena 6 2 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 ROU I-C Begu 6 6 WC KOR S-j Jang 2 1 SVK J Čepelová 6 6 WC KOR S-r Lee 3 4 Q POL K Piter 3 2 SVK AK Schmiedlová 6 6 Q JPN E Hozumi 3 0 5 ROU M Niculescu 6 6 3 CHN S Zhang 6 3 6 GRE M Sakkari 3 6 4 SUI S Vögele 2 6 3 USA B Mattek-Sands 6 3 6 ITA C Giorgi 6 6 WC KOR N-l Han 3 2 GER M Barthel 5 6 6 7 USA N Gibbs 7 4 2 1 ROU I-C Begu 3 6 3 SVK J Čepelová 6 4 6 SVK AK Schmiedlová 2 2 5 ROU M Niculescu 6 6 3 CHN S Zhang 6 7 USA B Mattek-Sands 3 5 ITA C Giorgi 2 6 6 GER M Barthel 6 1 4 SVK J Čepelová 4 2 5 ROU M Niculescu 6 6 3 CHN S Zhang 6 6 ITA C Giorgi 2 4 5 ROU M Niculescu 6 6 3 CHN S Zhang 0 4 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 BEL K Flipkens 5 6 6 CZE Kr Plíšková 7 2 2 NZL M Erakovic 6 5 4 ROU PM Țig 2 7 6 ESP S Sorribes Tormo 6 6 AUT T Paszek 1 3 Q THA L Kumkhum 2 5 4 FRA K Mladenovic 6 7 8 USA L Chirico 7 6 CHN Y Duan 5 3 ESP L Arruabarrena 6 6 Q NED A Rus 2 2 SE CZE T Martincová 2 3 UKR K Kozlova 6 6 USA G Min 6 2 2 2 SWE J Larsson 0 6 6 6 BEL K Flipkens 4 4 ROU PM Țig 6 6 ESP S Sorribes Tormo 1 6 6 4 FRA K Mladenovic 6 2 4 8 USA L Chirico 6 64 62 ESP L Arruabarrena 4 77 77 UKR K Kozlova 3 6 2 2 SWE J Larsson 6 1 6 ROU PM Țig 77 3 6 ESP S Sorribes Tormo 62 6 3 ESP L Arruabarrena 6 6 2 SWE J Larsson 4 0 ROU PM Țig 1 2 ESP L Arruabarrena 6 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em USA Grace Min (moved to main draw) THA Luksika Kumkhum (qualified) JPN Eri Hozumi (qualified) RUS Ksenia Lykina (second round) TPE Chang Kai-chen (qualifying competition) POL Urszula Radwańska (first round, retired) JPN Riko Sawayanagi (second round) NED Arantxa Rus (qualified) BUL Aleksandrina Naydenova (first round) Qualifiers 30em POL Katarzyna Piter THA Luksika Kumkhum JPN Eri Hozumi NED Arantxa Rus Draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 BUL Aleksandrina Naydenova 2 7 66 WC GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 6 5 78   JPN Ayaka Okuno 6 3 0   KOR Hong Seung-yeon 4 6 6   POL Katarzyna Piter 6 6 WC KOR Park So-yeon 2 0   KOR Han Sung-hee 4 4 7 JPN Riko Sawayanagi 6 6 WC GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 6 6   KOR Hong Seung-yeon 1 3   POL Katarzyna Piter 6 64 6 7 JPN Riko Sawayanagi 3 77 2 WC GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 3 5   POL Katarzyna Piter 6 7 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 THA Luksika Kumkhum 6 6   JPN Kyōka Okamura 1 0 WC KOR Park Sang-hee 4 6 6 WC KOR Ahn Yu-jin 6 4 4 WC KOR Kwon Mi-jeong 2 5   THA Nicha Lertpitaksinchai 6 7   CZE Renata Voráčová 6 0 6 POL Urszula Radwańska 4 0r 2 THA Luksika Kumkhum 6 6 WC KOR Park Sang-hee 2 0   THA Nicha Lertpitaksinchai 3 0   CZE Renata Voráčová 6 6 2 THA Luksika Kumkhum 3 6 6   CZE Renata Voráčová 6 4 4 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 JPN Eri Hozumi 6 6   POL Magdalena Fręch 0 4   KOR Kim Da-bin 4 3 WC KOR Lee Jin-ju 6 6 WC INA Hanna Levina 1 1   THA Peangtarn Plipuech 6 6   USA Tori Kinard 6 2 1 5 TPE Chang Kai-chen 1 6 6 3 JPN Eri Hozumi 6 6 WC KOR Lee Jin-ju 0 0   THA Peangtarn Plipuech 1 5 5 TPE Chang Kai-chen 6 7 3 JPN Eri Hozumi 6 6 5 TPE Chang Kai-chen 3 4 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 RUS Ksenia Lykina 6 6 WC KOR Jang Eun-se 0 0 USA Jacqueline Cako 6 6 WC KOR Jeong Yeong-won 1 2 WC KOR Lim Eun-ji 1 0   JPN Akiko Omae 6 6   OMA Fatma Al-Nabhani 4 1 8 NED Arantxa Rus 6 6 4 RUS Ksenia Lykina 65 6 4   USA Jacqueline Cako 77 4 6   JPN Akiko Omae 6 3 5 8 NED Arantxa Rus 4 6 7   USA Jacqueline Cako 4 4 8 NED Arantxa Rus 6 6 References External links Main draw Qualifying draw 2016 Singles Korea Open Singles Korea Open Singles