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The 2018 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Nature Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It was contested at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, 18 - 24 June 2018. Petra Kvitová successfully defended its 2017 singles title.[1]
2018 Birmingham Classic | |
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Date | 18–24 June |
Edition | 37th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $846,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Petra Kvitová | |
Doubles | |
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $163,085 | $86,840 | $46,345 | $24,880 | $13,311 | $6,398 | $3,791 | $2,021 | $1,122 |
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Doubles * | $50,876 | $27,155 | $14,845 | $7,562 | $4,098 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
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