2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham

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2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham
Date	19–25 June
Edition	36th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$846,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Ashleigh Barty / 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, on 19–25 June 2017.

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25 / 18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$146,200	$77,850	$41,555	$22,310	$11,930	$5,735	$3,400	$1,815	$1,005
Women's doubles	$45,620	$24,340	$13,310	$6,780	$3,675	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	1	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	6	3
GBR	Johanna Konta	8	4
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	13	5
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	15	6
CZE	Petra Kvitová	17	7
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	20	8
AUS	Daria Gavrilova	24	9

• ¹ Rankings as of June 12, 2017.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Naomi Broady
• Petra Kvitová
• Heather Watson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Camila Giorgi
• Hsieh Su-wei
• Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Markéta Vondroušová

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Tereza Smitková

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Simona Halep →replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva
• Daria Kasatkina →replaced by Christina McHale
• Angelique Kerber →replaced by Tereza Smitková
• Madison Keys →replaced by Alizé Cornet
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni →replaced by Donna Vekić
• Jeļena Ostapenko →replaced by Magda Linette
• Karolína Plíšková →replaced by Naomi Osaka
• Monica Puig →replaced by Duan Yingying
• Agnieszka Radwańska →replaced by Nao Hibino
• Elena Vesnina →replaced by Ashleigh Barty^[a]

Retirements[]

• Camila Giorgi (right thigh injury)
• Lucie Šafářová (right thigh injury)
• Coco Vandeweghe (left foot injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	12	1
USA	Abigail Spears	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	38	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	42	3
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	AUS	Casey Dellacqua	51	4

• ¹ Rankings as of June 12, 2017.

Other entrants[]

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

• Naomi Broady / Heather Watson

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Lucie Šafářová (right thigh injury)
• Abigail Spears (left leg injury)
• Coco Vandeweghe (left foot injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Petra Kvitová def. Ashleigh Barty, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles[]

• Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua def. Chan Hao-ching / Zhang Shuai, 6–1, 2–6, [10–8]

Notes[]

References[]

• http://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham/aegon-classic-news/

External links[]

• Official website