WTA 250Hard21 – 27 SeptCompleted

Seoul 2026

Kimberly Birrell2026 champion · 4-6 2-6

31Results

Results

Final

Finished

Maya Joint42

Kimberly Birrell66

Semi-final

Finished

Anna Bondar561

Kimberly Birrell726

FinishedNAlina Korneeva20

Maya Joint61

Quarter-final

Finished

Katie Volynets625

Kimberly Birrell267

Finished

Anna Bondar616

G Ruse462

Finished

Lanlana Tararudee43

Maya Joint66

Finished

Taylah Preston14NAlina Korneeva66

Round of 16

Finished

Finished

Finished

FinishedNAlina Korneeva636NDarya Astakhova261

Finished

Yexin Ma53

Kimberly Birrell76

Finished

Anna Bondar667

Alina Charaeva476

Finished

Yeon-woo Ku661

G Ruse276

Finished

Jeļena Ostapenko41

Taylah Preston66

Round of 32

Finished

Xinxin Yao663

Maya Joint276

Finished

Finished

FinishedNAlina Korneeva66

Mananchaya Sawangkaew42

Finished

Kamilla Rakhimova747

Polina Kudermetova665

Finished

Yue Yuan361

Da-yeon Back646

FinishedNDarya Astakhova367

Magda Linette616

Finished

Eva Lys12

G Ruse66

Finished

Finished

Finished

Anna Bondar266

Renata Zarazua631

Finished

Emerson Jones602

Yexin Ma366

FinishedNAlevtina Ibragimova32

Yeon-woo Ku66

Finished

Tamara Zidansek64

Kimberly Birrell76

Finished

Jeļena Ostapenko66NAnastasia Zakharova41

Finished

Alina Charaeva376

Sofia Kenin664

Qualifying

Finished

Haruka Kaji272NDarya Astakhova666

FinishedNAlexandra Shubladze66

Ga-eul Jang01

Finished

Mai Hontama073

Eun-hye Lee656

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Xinxin Yao677

Priscilla Hon765

FinishedNAlevtina Ibragimova66

Rina Saigo32

Finished

En-shuo Liang61

Sara Saito76

FinishedNAlexandra Shubladze44NDarya Astakhova66

Finished

Finished

FinishedNAlevtina Ibragimova76

Sara Saito52

Draw

From Round of 16

About Seoul 2026

Seoul is a WTA 250 tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The 2026 edition took place from 21 to 27 September. Kimberly Birrell won the final against Maya Joint 6–4 6–2. Defending champion Iga Świątek, who won in 2025, did not retain her title. Previous champions in recent editions include Beatriz Haddad Maia (2024), Jessica Pegula (2023), and Karolína Muchová (2019).

Summarised from Tennis Post data as of 5 Oct.

Tournament facts

TourWTA

CategoryWTA 250

SurfaceHard · Outdoor

Dates21 – 27 Sept

LocationSeoul, South Korea

Defending championIga Świątek

Past champions

2026Kimberly Birrell
2025Iga Świątek
2024Beatriz Haddad Maia
2023Jessica Pegula
2022Ekaterina Alexandrova
2021Zhu Lin
2019Karolína Muchová
2018Kiki Bertens
2017Jeļena Ostapenko
2016Lara Arruabarrena
2015Irina-Camelia Begu
2014Karolína Plíšková

Tournament news

Photo: Hameltion / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

27 Sept

Birrell Claims Maiden WTA Title in All-Australian Seoul Final

Kimberly Birrell won her first WTA Tour-level singles title at the Korea Open, beating compatriot Maya Joint 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Australian final at age 28.

Photo: Hameltion derivative work: Kacir / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

26 Sept

Seoul Final Set: Birrell Through as Australian Weekend Gets Even Bigger

Kimberly Birrell reaches her first WTA final in Seoul after defeating Maya Joint in the semi-finals, with Anna Bondar ending Taylah Preston's run. Two Australians now in WTA finals on the same Sunday.

Photo: Наталия Вечера / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

22 Sept

Singapore WTA 500 Debut: Kasatkina Falls on Opening Day

Southeast Asia's only WTA 500 opens at the OCBC Arena in Singapore as Aliaksandra Sasnovich upsets Daria Kasatkina 7-5 6-0 in the round of 32 on day one.

Photo: si.robi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

22 Sept

Quevedo Claims First WTA Title With Sao Paulo Comeback

American-born Spaniard Kaitlin Quevedo rallied from a set down to beat Nadia Podoroska 4-6 6-4 6-2, claiming her first WTA crown in just her eighth main-draw appearance.