2018 Birmingham Classic

{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Birmingham Classic|

| date = 18–24 June

| edition = 37th

| category = WTA Premier

| draw = 32S / 16D

| surface = Grass

| prize_money = $846,000

| location = Birmingham, United Kingdom

| venue = Edgbaston Priory Club

| champs = {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová

| champd = {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic

| before_name = Aegon Classic Birmingham

| main_name = Birmingham Classic (tennis) {{!}} 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.{{cite web|title=Nature Valley Open Overview|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2018-nottingham-great-britain-1080 |website=www.wtatennis.com|publisher=WTA Tour}}

Points and prize money

= Point distribution =

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \|style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"\|F \|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"\|SF \|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32¹ \|style="width:80px;"\|Q \|style="width:80px;"\|Q3 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q2 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Singles \|rowspan="2"\|470 \|rowspan="2"\|305 \|rowspan="2"\|185 \|rowspan="2"\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|18 \|13 \|1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"|F

|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"|SF

|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|style="width:80px;"|Q

|style="width:80px;"|Q3

|style="width:80px;"|Q2

|style="width:80px;"|Q1

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles

|rowspan="2"|470

|rowspan="2"|305

|rowspan="2"|185

|rowspan="2"|100

|55

|25

|18

|13

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

= Prize money =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" \|style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \|style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"\|F \|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"\|SF \|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q3 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q2 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Singles \|$163,085 \|$86,840 \|$46,345 \|$24,880 \|$13,311 \|$6,398 \|$3,791 \|$2,021 \|$1,122
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Doubles * \|$50,876 \|$27,155 \|$14,845 \|$7,562 \|$4,098 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

|style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"|F

|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"|SF

|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|style="width:80px;"|Q3

|style="width:80px;"|Q2

|style="width:80px;"|Q1

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles

|$163,085

|$86,840

|$46,345

|$24,880

|$13,311

|$6,398

|$3,791

|$2,021

|$1,122

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles *

|$50,876

|$27,155

|$14,845

|$7,562

|$4,098

|{{n/a}}

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

_{*per team}

Singles main draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="wikitable" border="1"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Garbiñe Muguruza \|3 \|1
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Elina Svitolina \|5 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|7 \|3
bgcolor=#cfc \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|8 \|4
{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|13 \|5
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Daria Kasatkina \|14 \|6
{{flag\|BEL}} \|Elise Mertens \|15 \|7
{{flag\|USA}} \|CoCo Vandeweghe \|16 \|8

class="wikitable" border="1"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Garbiñe Muguruza

|Elina Svitolina

|Karolína Plíšková

bgcolor=#cfc

|{{flag|CZE}}

|13

|14

|15

|16

¹ Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

{{flagicon|GBR}} Katie Boulter
{{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina
{{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|FRA}} Océane Dodin
{{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Brady
{{flagicon|SLO}} Dalila Jakupović
{{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys → replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} Donna Vekić

Doubles main draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
bgcolor=#cfc \|{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|12 \|1
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|12 \|2
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Latisha Chan \|{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|15 \|3
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Krejčíková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Kateřina Siniaková \|17 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

bgcolor=#cfc

|{{flag|HUN}}

|Tímea Babos

|{{flag|FRA}}

|Kristina Mladenovic

|12

|Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková

|{{flag|CZE}}

|12

|{{flag|CAN}}

|15

|{{flag|CZE}}

|17

¹ Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

= Other entrants =

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

{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard / {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková
{{flagicon|GBR}} Katie Boulter / {{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson

Finals

=Singles=

{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová defeated {{flagicon|SVK}} Magdaléna Rybáriková, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic defeated {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/nature-valley-classic/}}

Category:2018 WTA Tour

2018

Category:2018 in English tennis

Birmingham Classic