WTA Seoul 2026 Recap: Winner, Retirements, MTOs
The WTA Seoul 2026 finished on 25 September. 30 players, 2 straight wins for the champion. Everything below is from our own records of the tournament, including the medical timeouts, which are not published anywhere else.
Who won the WTA Seoul 2026?
In the final, Anna Bondar beat Gabriela Ruse Elena 6-4 1-6 6-2 to take the title.
What was the biggest upset of the WTA Seoul 2026?
The biggest upset was Sohyun Park beating Robin Montgomery 7-6 6-3 on 21 September as a 7.86 outsider — a 12% chance on the pre-match price with the bookmaker's margin taken out.
| Date | Result | Score | Winner's price | Market gave them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September | S. Park beat R. Montgomery | 7-6 6-3 | 7.86 | 12% |
| 21 September | D. Back beat Y. Yuan | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 4.38 | 22% |
| 25 September | A. Bondar beat G. Ruse | 6-4 1-6 6-2 | 2.50 | 39% |
| 21 September | T. Preston beat H. Sakatsume | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | 2.09 | 46% |
| 21 September | A. Charaeva beat S. Kenin | 3-6 7-6 6-4 | 1.97 | 49% |
Which players took medical timeouts at the WTA Seoul 2026?
2 medical timeouts were taken during the WTA Seoul 2026, and the last column is what happened to the match afterwards.
| Date | Player | Opponent | Treated | Score at the time | Result for that player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September | Katie Volynets | Elvina Kalieva | — | 6-3, 3-0 | Won |
| 23 September | Darya Astakhova | Alina Korneeva | — | 4-1 | Lost |
Logged live from the court as they happened. A medical timeout is not an injury report — players take them to break a run of games as well as to be treated, and both are in this table.