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 | |
Singles | |
Beatriz Haddad Maia | |
Doubles | |
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko |
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]
This is Haddad Maia's second title of the year and also her career.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Women's doubles | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's singles | $29,800 | $16,398 | $10,100 | $5,800 | $3,675 | $2,675 | $1,950 | $1,270 |
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Women's doubles * | $10,300 | $6,000 | $3,800 | $2,300 | $1,750 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 16 | 1 |
ROU | Simona Halep | 20 | 2 |
ITA | Camila Giorgi | 26 | 3 |
BEL | Elise Mertens | 29 | 4 |
CZE | Petra Kvitová | 31 | 5 |
ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | 6 |
USA | Alison Riske | 40 | 7 |
CHN | Zhang Shuai | 41 | 8 |
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:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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BEL | Elise Mertens | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 5 | 1 |
UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 41 | 2 |
CZE | Lucie Hradecká | IND | Sania Mirza | 41 | 3 |
JPN | Shuko Aoyama | TPE | Chan Hao-ching | 63 | 4 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
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