2022 Birmingham Classic | |
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Date | 13–19 June |
Edition | 40th |
Category | WTA 250 tournaments |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club |
Champions | |
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Doubles | |
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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]
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]Beatriz Haddad Maia def.
Zhang Shuai, 5–4, ret.
This is Haddad Maia's second title of the year and also her career.
Doubles
[edit]Lyudmyla Kichenok /
Jeļena Ostapenko def.
Elise Mertens /
Zhang Shuai, by walkover
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Jeļena Ostapenko | 16 | 1 |
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Simona Halep | 20 | 2 |
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Camila Giorgi | 26 | 3 |
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Elise Mertens | 29 | 4 |
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Petra Kvitová | 31 | 5 |
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Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | 6 |
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Alison Riske | 40 | 7 |
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Zhang Shuai | 41 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 6 June 2022. [2]
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawal
[edit]- 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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Elise Mertens | ![]() |
Zhang Shuai | 5 | 1 |
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Lyudmyla Kichenok | ![]() |
Jeļena Ostapenko | 41 | 2 |
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Lucie Hradecká | ![]() |
Sania Mirza | 41 | 3 |
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Shuko Aoyama | ![]() |
Chan Hao-ching | 63 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 6 June 2022.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Anna Danilina /
Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by
Alicia Barnett /
Olivia Nicholls
Katarzyna Piter /
Kimberley Zimmermann → replaced by
Katarzyna Kawa /
Katarzyna Piter
References
[edit]- ^ "Rothesay Classic Birmingham Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.
- ^ "Emma Raducanu joined by Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens, Jelena Ostapenko at Birmingham event". tennis365.com. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Rothesay Classic Birmingham 2022: Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Kvitova added to star-studded field". LTA. 31 May 2022.