2018 Birmingham Classic

2018 Birmingham Classic
Date 18 – 24 June
Edition 37th
Category WTA Premier
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $846,000
Surface Grass
Location Birmingham, England
Venue Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic

The 2018 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Nature Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 37th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It will take place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, on 18–24 June 2018.[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 / 18 13 1
Women's doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles $146,200 $77,850 $41,555 $22,310 $11,930 $5,735 $3,400 $1,815 $1,005
Women's doubles $45,620 $24,340 $13,310 $6,780 $3,675 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 3 1
 UKR Elina Svitolina 5 2
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 7 3
 CZE Petra Kvitová 8 4
 GER Julia Görges 13 5
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 14 6
 BEL Elise Mertens 15 7
 USA CoCo Vandeweghe 16 8
  • 1 Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 HUN Tímea Babos  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 12 1
 CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková  CZE Barbora Strýcová 12 2
 TPE Latisha Chan  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski 15 3
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 17 4
  • 1 Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

References

  1. ↑ "Nature Valley Open Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.

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