2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham

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2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham
Date19–25 June
Edition36th
Category WTA Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$846,000
Surface Grass
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua
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The 2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 36th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 19 June until 25 June 2017. Petra Kvitová won the singles title.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles47030518510055125 / 18131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles$146,200$77,850$41,555$22,310$11,930$5,735$3,400$1,815$1,005
Doubles$45,620$24,340$13,310$6,780$3,675

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 11
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 52
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 63
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 84
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 135
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 156
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 177
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 208
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daria Gavrilova 249

Other entrants

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:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 121
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Spears Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 382
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 423
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Casey Dellacqua 514

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Notes

  1. Vesnina withdrew in Birmingham due to injury and was initially replaced by Latvian Jeļena Ostapenko. However, when Ostapenko chose to withdraw due to her victory at the French Open, she was now replaced by Australian Ashleigh Barty. [1]

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