Taking place between 9-15 October, the Hana Bank
Korea Open continues the road towards the WTA Finals in one of the final tournaments of the season.
Jessica Pegula who will be part of that line-up in Cancun continues to get match practice in and will be the top seed and standout name in Seoul.
Pegula too has a pretty simple run to the final, she starts against Viktoria Hruncakova with Arantxa Rus the nearest seed in her quarter.
Jelena Ostapenko is second seed, with
Ekaterina Alexandrova who is in Pegula's half also involved.
Top first round ties include Katie Boulter - Kaja Juvan and Alycia Parks facing the sister of Veronika Kudermetova in Polina Kudermetova. It is a WTA 250 which Pegula will be the favourite to win.