2019 Birmingham Classic

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2019 Birmingham Classic
Date17 – 23 June
Edition38th
Category WTA Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$1,006,263
Surface Grass
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
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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]

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles$163,085$86,840$46,345$24,880$13,311$6,398$3,791$2,021$1,122
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

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naomi Osaka 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty 22
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 33
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 74
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 105
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 156
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 187
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 198

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 Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 201
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 222
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 273
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 344

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Retirements

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová defeated Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10– 8]

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References

  1. "Nature Valley Open Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.