# 2008 Hansol Korea Open – Singles

Venus Williams was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Maria Kirilenko won in the final 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, against Samantha Stosur.

## Seeds

* Maria Kirilenko (champion)
* Shahar Pe'er (quarterfinals)
* Kaia Kanepi (semifinals)
* Carla Suárez Navarro (first round)
* Pauline Parmentier (quarterfinals)
* Marta Domachowska (first round)
* Marina Erakovic (first round)
* Chan Yung-jan (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 | Final |
| 1 | Maria Kirilenko | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Kaia Kanepi | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Kaia Kanepi | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Maria Kirilenko | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| | Jill Craybas | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wienerová | 2 | 0 | | 1 | M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Šafářová | 6 | 3 | | | L Šafářová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M South | 1 | 0 | r | | | | | 1 | M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | S Dubois | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | 5 | P Parmentier | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Pin | 4 | 6 | 5 | Q | S Dubois | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S-h Han | 1 | 1 | | 5 | P Parmentier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | P Parmentier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Kirilenko | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | K Kanepi | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Kanepi | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Q | R Fujiwara | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Pivovarova | 6$^5$ | 6 | 5 | Q | A Pivovarova | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y-r Lee | 7 | 3 | 3$^r$ | | | | | 3 | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Rybáriková | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | Y Wickmayer | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 7 | | | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Santangelo | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Y-j Chan | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Y-j Chan | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 7 | M Erakovic | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | S Stosur | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina | 1 | 0 | | | S Lisicki | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | S Lisicki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | T Paszek | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | E Makarova | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Zakopalová | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | K Zakopalová | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C Suárez Navarro | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | S Stosur | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | M Domachowska | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | J Craybas | 0 | 1 |
| | A Amanmuradova | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | A Amanmuradova | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Yuan | 0 | 0 | | | J Craybas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Craybas | 6 | 7 | | | |
| Q | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Pe'er | 2 | 5 | | | |
| WC | A Rus | 4 | 1 | | Q | A Morita | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cetkovská | 3 | 4 | | 2 | S Pe'er | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |