2018 Korea Open (tennis)

The 2018 Korea Open (also known as the 2018 KEB Hana Bank Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 17 and 23 September 2018.

Prize money

 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Ji-hee
 * 🇰🇷 Jang Su-jeong
 * 🇰🇷 Park So-hyun

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Margarita Gasparyan
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇱🇺 Mandy Minella

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 🇷🇺 Varvara Flink
 * 🇰🇷 Han Na-lae
 * 🇦🇺 Priscilla Hon
 * 🇷🇸 Dejana Radanović
 * Jil Teichmann

Withdrawals

 * 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by 🇹🇭 Luksika Kumkhum
 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria → replaced by Dalila Jakupović

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Ji-hee / 🇰🇷 Han Na-lae
 * 🇰🇷 Jang Su-jeong / 🇰🇷 Kim Na-ri

Singles

 * Kiki Bertens def. 🇦🇺 Ajla Tomljanović 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

 * 🇰🇷 Choi Ji-hee / 🇰🇷 Han Na-lae def. Hsieh Shu-ying /  Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 6–2