# 2022 Korea Open – Women's singles

Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Korea Open.
Zhu Lin was the defending champion from when the event was a WTA 125 tournament, but lost to Tatjana Maria in the quarterfinals.

## Seeds

* Jeļena Ostapenko (final)
* Ekaterina Alexandrova (champion)
* Magda Linette (quarterfinals)
* Zhu Lin (quarterfinals)
* Varvara Gracheva (first round)
* Emma Raducanu (semifinals, retired)
* Tatjana Maria (semifinals)
* Rebecca Marino (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| 6 | Emma Raducanu | 6 | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| 6 | Emma Raducanu | 6 | 3 | 0$^r$ | 1 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 6$^4$ | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 7 | Tatjana Maria | 2 | 4 | | 2 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Ostapenko | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B-y Jeong | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | 1 | J Ostapenko | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gasanova | 7 | 7 | | | A Gasanova | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Sharma | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Paquet | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | LL | V Jiménez Kasintseva | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| LL | V Jiménez Kasintseva | 6 | 6 | | LL | V Jiménez Kasintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Fett | 1 | 2 | | 8 | R Marino | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | R Marino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Ostapenko | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | M Linette | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | E Raducanu | 6 | 3 | 0$^r$ |
| | A Hartono | 2 | 5 | | 3 | M Linette | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Mladenovic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | K Mladenovic | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S-h Park | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | M Linette | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | L Fruhvirtová | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | E Raducanu | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 6 | | PR | Y Wickmayer | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Uchijima | 2 | 4 | | 6 | E Raducanu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Raducanu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | T Maria | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | E Bouchard | 6$^5$ | 6$^5$ | | 7 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| PR | K Birrell | 6 | 4 | 6 | PR | K Birrell | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hon | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 7 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Inglis | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | 4 | L Zhu | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | A Raina | 4 | 7 | 6 | Q | A Raina | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S-j Jang | 3 | 4 | | 4 | L Zhu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Zhu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | T Maria | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | V Gracheva | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 |
| | A Blinkova | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | A Blinkova | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Cabrera | 6$^6$ | 2 | | Q | L Sun | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Sun | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | Q | L Sun | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| Q | D-y Back | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | E Alexandrova | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| WC | N-l Han | 6 | 6 | | WC | N-l Han | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Muhammad | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Natalija Stevanović (first round)
* Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Valentini Grammatikopoulou (qualifying competition)
* Astra Sharma (qualified)
* Lizette Cabrera (qualified)
* Lina Glushko (first round)
* Jana Fett (qualified)
* Hanna Chang (first round)
* Justina Mikulskytė (first round)
* Daniela Vismane (qualifying competition)
* Ekaterina Kazionova (qualifying competition)
* Ankita Raina (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Jana Fett
* Lulu Sun
* Ankita Raina
* Astra Sharma
* Lizette Cabrera
* Back Da-yeon

### Lucky loser

* Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Natalija Stevanović | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Ku Yeon-woo | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Ku Yeon-woo | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | Ku Yeon-woo | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 7 | Jana Fett | 6 | 6 |
| | Kim Da-bin | 6$^2$ | 6 | 0 | 7 | Jana Fett | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Jana Fett | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Lee Eun-hye | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Lee Eun-hye | 1 | 1 | 2 | Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | Lulu Sun | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | Lulu Sun | 6 | 6 | | Lulu Sun | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Justina Mikulskytė | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 7 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Nadiia Kichenok | 5 | 7$^7$ | 0 | | | | | |
| | Nadiia Kichenok | 5 | 7$^7$ | 0 | 3 | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 0 |
| | | | | | 12 | Ankita Raina | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | Riya Bhatia | 1 | 1 | | 12 | Ankita Raina | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| 12 | Ankita Raina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Astra Sharma | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Son Ha-yoon | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Son Ha-yoon | 0 | 1 | | 4 | Astra Sharma | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Ekaterina Kazionova | 1 | 0 |
| | Choi Ji-hee | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | Ekaterina Kazionova | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Ekaterina Kazionova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Lizette Cabrera | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Liang En-shuo | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Liang En-shuo | 5 | 1 | | 5 | Lizette Cabrera | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Olivia Tjandramulia | 1 | 2 |
| | Olivia Tjandramulia | 6 | 1 | 7 | | Olivia Tjandramulia | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Hanna Chang | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Lina Glushko | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Back Da-yeon | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Back Da-yeon | 7 | 1 | 6 | WC | Back Da-yeon | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 10 | Daniela Vismane | 2 | 3 |
| Alt | Han Xinyun | 4 | 5 | | 10 | Daniela Vismane | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Daniela Vismane | 6 | 7 | | | | | |