2021 Birmingham Classic

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2021 Birmingham Classic
Date14 – 20 June
Edition39th
Category WTA 250 tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Surface Grass
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Bouzková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
  2019  · Birmingham Classic ·  2022  

The 2021 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Viking Classic Birmingham for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 39th edition of the event, and a WTA 250 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 14–20 June 2021. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$29,800$16,398$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270
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

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belgium.svg  BEL Elise Mertens 151
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 262
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 363
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 374
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 445
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 466
Flag of France.svg  FRA Fiona Ferro 517
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Marie Bouzková 528

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 Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of Belgium.svg  BEL Elise Mertens 51
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan 422
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 543
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caroline Dolehide Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caty McNally 804

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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