2019 Birmingham Classic | |
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Date | 17–23 June |
Edition | 38th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $1,006,263 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2019 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 38th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 17–23 June 2019.[1]
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]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
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Naomi Osaka | 1 | 1 |
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Ashleigh Barty | 2 | 2 |
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Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 3 |
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Elina Svitolina | 7 | 4 |
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Aryna Sabalenka | 10 | 5 |
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Wang Qiang | 15 | 6 |
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Johanna Konta | 18 | 7 |
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Julia Görges | 19 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 10, 2019.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by
Yulia Putintseva
Danielle Collins → replaced by
Jennifer Brady
Camila Giorgi → replaced by
Evgeniya Rodina
Madison Keys → replaced by
Barbora Strýcová
Petra Kvitová → replaced by
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by
Johanna Konta
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by
Margarita Gasparyan
Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by
Kristina Mladenovic
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Gabriela Dabrowski | ![]() |
Xu Yifan | 20 | 1 |
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Hsieh Su-wei | ![]() |
Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 2 |
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Nicole Melichar | ![]() |
Květa Peschke | 27 | 3 |
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Anna-Lena Grönefeld | ![]() |
Demi Schuurs | 34 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 10, 2019.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- During the tournament
Ashleigh Barty (right arm injury)
Retirements
[edit]Lyudmyla Kichenok (right shoulder injury)
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Ashleigh Barty defrated
Julia Görges, 6–3, 7–5
Doubles
[edit] Hsieh Su-wei /
Barbora Strýcová defeated
Anna-Lena Grönefeld /
Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–
8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nature Valley Open Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.