2018 Birmingham Classic

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2018 Birmingham Classic
Date18–24 June
Edition37th
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 Hungary.svg Tímea Babos / Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
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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 took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 18–24 June 2018. [1]

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ3Q2Q1
Women's singles4703051851005512518131
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Women's singles$163,085$86,840$46,345$24,880$13,311$6,398$3,791$2,021$1,122
Women's doubles *$50,876$27,155$14,845$7,562$4,098N/AN/AN/AN/A

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 31
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 52
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 73
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 84
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 135
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 146
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 157
Flag of the United States.svg  USA CoCo Vandeweghe 168

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 121
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 122
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski 153
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 174

Other entrants

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

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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