2022 Birmingham Classic

The 2022 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Rothesay Classic Birmingham for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 40th edition of the event, and a WTA 250 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 13–19 June 2022.^[1]

2022 Birmingham Classic
Date	13–19 June
Edition	40th
Category	WTA 250 tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Doubles
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2022 Birmingham Classic – Singles

• Beatriz Haddad Maia def. Zhang Shuai, 5–4, ret.

This is Haddad Maia's second title of the year and also her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2022 Birmingham Classic – Doubles

• Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko def. Elise Mertens / Zhang Shuai, by walkover

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	$29,800	$16,398	$10,100	$5,800	$3,675	$2,675	$1,950	$1,270
Doubles *	$10,300	$6,000	$3,800	$2,300	$1,750	—	—	—

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

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	16	1
ROU	Simona Halep	20	2
ITA	Camila Giorgi	26	3
BEL	Elise Mertens	29	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	31	5
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	34	6
USA	Alison Riske	40	7
CHN	Zhang Shuai	41	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 June 2022. ^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Katie Boulter
• Harriet Dart
• Petra Kvitová^[3]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jana Fett
• Rebecca Marino
• Caty McNally
• Lesia Tsurenko
• CoCo Vandeweghe
• Donna Vekić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Aleksandra Krunić

Withdrawal

Before the tournament

• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Kaja Juvan
• Emma Raducanu → replaced by Dayana Yastremska
• Mayar Sherif → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
• Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Petra Martić
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Caroline Garcia
• Clara Tauson → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
• Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BEL	Elise Mertens	CHN	Zhang Shuai	5	1
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	41	2
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	IND	Sania Mirza	41	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	TPE	Chan Hao-ching	63	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 June 2022.

Other entrants

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

• Harriet Dart / Sarah Beth Grey

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Danilina / Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls
• Katarzyna Piter / Kimberley Zimmermann → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa / Katarzyna Piter