Welcome to Seoul, South Korea! Along with Guangzhou, this tournament makes up the second week of the fall Asian outdoor hard court tournament swing. With Tashkent last week and two more international events this week, players need to prepare themselves for a huge step up for the premier events in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China during the upcoming two weeks. The Seoul draw, which benefitted from some last-minute big-name wildcard entries, sees some very big names in this draw both seeded and unseeded. Neither of last year's champions have elected to defend their title, however Natalie Grandin of South Africa with her partner Czech Vladimíra Uhlířová, the defending runners-up, return this year leading the charge ast he top seeds. More exciting teams include Taiwanese doubles stand-out Chia-Jung Chuang partnering Japanese veteran, and former singles champion in Seoul, Kimiko Date-Krumm, while Spaniard doubles stalwart María José Martínez Sánchez partners top ten singles player, and late entry, Italian Francesca Schiavone. With such teams and more in action eager to build good form for Tokyo next week, YOUR votes will make a difference, so you won't want to miss these matches! Vote now as the Hansol Korea Open gets underway!
Previous Finals:
New Event in 2011!
The Favorites:
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Top Half: Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
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Bottom Half: María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Quarterfinal:
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [1] vs Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3] vs Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA vs Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4]
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA vs Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
AYUMI-GOAT
Oct 6th, 2011, 09:54 PM
Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4]
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
*Jean*
Oct 7th, 2011, 04:25 AM
Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4]
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
nevetssllim
Oct 7th, 2011, 09:04 AM
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [1]
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
Emiel Goelen
Oct 7th, 2011, 09:33 PM
Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [1]
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
Srodgers
Oct 8th, 2011, 09:07 PM
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [1]
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
Tennisfan06
Oct 8th, 2011, 09:23 PM
Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4]
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
AYUMI-GOAT
Oct 8th, 2011, 11:30 PM
Vote Again!
Mervana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3]
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4]
Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2]
AYUMI-GOAT
Oct 8th, 2011, 11:32 PM
Quarterfinal:
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [1] vs Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN | 4-6 5-4 SP!
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3] vs Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN | 6-3 5-5
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA vs Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4] | 6-4 2-6 0-1
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA lost to Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2] | 3-6 4-6
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimíra Uhlířová CZE [1] vs Mirvana Jugić-Salkić BIH/Emma Laine FIN | 4-6 7-6 4-2
Iveta Benešová CZE/Klára Zakopalová CZE [3] vs Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN | 6-3 6-7 5-2 MP!
María José Martínez Sánchez ESP/Francesca Schiavone ITA lost to Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alicja Rosolska POL [4] | 6-4 2-6 4-6
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA lost to Vera Dushevina RUS/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ [2] | 3-6 4-6