2018 Birmingham Classic

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
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

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

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
Doubles *	$50,876	$27,155	$14,845	$7,562	$4,098	—	—	—	—

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

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:

• Katie Boulter
• Elina Svitolina
• Heather Watson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Océane Dodin
• Jennifer Brady
• Dalila Jakupović
• Kristýna Plíšková

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Madison Keys → replaced by Donna Vekić

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:

• Eugenie Bouchard / Dominika Cibulková
• Katie Boulter / Heather Watson

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2018 Birmingham Classic – Singles

• Petra Kvitová defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Birmingham Classic – Doubles

• Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic defeated Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]