2019 Birmingham Classic

2019 Birmingham Classic
Date	17 – 23 June
Edition	38th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$1,006,263
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / 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]

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q	Q3	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	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
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	$4,098	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Naomi Osaka	1	1
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	2	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	7	4
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	10	5
CHN	Wang Qiang	15	6
GBR	Johanna Konta	18	7
GER	Julia Görges	19	8

• ¹ Rankings as of June 10, 2019.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Harriet Dart
• Karolína Plíšková
• Heather Watson
• Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lauren Davis
• Kristýna Plíšková
• Iga Świątek
• Viktoriya Tomova

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Yulia Putintseva
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Camila Giorgi → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
• Madison Keys → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Johanna Konta
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
• Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	20	1
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	2
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	27	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	NED	Demi Schuurs	34	4

• ¹ Rankings as of June 10, 2019.

Other entrants[]

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

• Harriet Dart / Venus Williams
• Sarah Beth Grey / Eden Silva

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Ashleigh Barty (right arm injury)

Retirements[]

• Lyudmyla Kichenok (right shoulder injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Ashleigh Barty def. Julia Görges, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles[]

Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [10– 8]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website