World-renowned stars such as Wimbledon champion Sibiontech will appear in Korea...WTA 500 Korea Open opens on the 13th of next month

Aug 29, 2025

World-renowned stars such as Wimbledon champion Sibiontech will appear in Korea...WTA 500 Korea Open opens on the 13th of next month



World-renowned stars such as Wimbledon champion Sibiontech will appear in Korea...WTA 500 Korea Open opens on the 13th of next month
The only tennis tour tournament in Korea, the WTA 500 Korea Open, will be held at the Olympic Park Tennis Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul from September 13 to 21. Wimbledon champion Iga Cibiontech of Poland and runner-up Amanda Anisimova of the United States applied for the 2025 Korea Open, which marks its 21st anniversary this year (not held in 2020) since the first competition in 2004. Following the Davis Cup World Group 1 (September 12-13) match between Korea and Kazakhstan, the Korea Open is being held, raising interest among domestic tennis fans in the 「September Tennis Festival」.

If you look at the entry that closed on the 25th, Ciontech will receive the top seed. After a sluggish first half of the year, Ciontech succeeded in rebounding by winning its first championship of the season at Wimbledon. He recently won his second win of the season by receiving the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open and returned to the second place in the world. It was Civiontech's first visit to Korea, which was also controversial last year 'No Show', and Civiontech posted a video on his SNS in July that he would participate in this year's Korea Open.

In particular, Tomasz, the father of Sibiontech, is said to have visited Korea as a Polish rowing player at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.




World-renowned stars such as Wimbledon champion Sibiontech will appear in Korea...WTA 500 Korea Open opens on the 13th of next month
No. 2 seed Anisimova. Anisimova, who reached the grand slam final for the first time in her career at Wimbledon this year, will visit Korea for the second consecutive year following last year. Anisimova was not seeded last year, but this year she is seeded second, showing off her greatness that has changed over the past year.

Last year's champion Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil), Daria Kasatkina, who changed her nationality from Russia to Australia, and 2022 champion Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) will also visit South Korea this year.

The names of new players to pay attention to are also noticeable. Clara Torson (Denmark, born 2002), who is called the second Caroline Wozniacki, Maya Joint (Australia, born 2006), who has already won two tours this year alone, and Louis Boisson (France, born 2003), who made it to the semifinals of this year's French Open by making a wild card splash, are also on the list.




The total prize money for this year's Korea Open is 1,129,610 dollars (about 1.57 billion won). After the preliminary match from the 13th to the 14th, the finals will begin from the 15th. Unlike last year, this year's finals will be held only in two courts, the center court and the grandstand, and the plan is to increase the number of night sessions to attract more spectators. Online tickets for the Korea Open will be available at 5 p.m. on September 1 through the Fever application, website, and website of the Korea Open.

Lee Jin-soo, tournament director, said, `We are pleased to be able to host the Korea Open despite the difficult environment. It is regrettable that the venue environment is insufficient to meet the WTA 500 grade. Through this competition, I hope that Korean players will be given the motivation to challenge the professional stage and take the opportunity. We also hope that many tennis fans will come to the scene and watch the great games of world-class players."






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.