2021 Birmingham Classic

2021 Birmingham Classic
Date	14 – 20 June
Edition	39th
Category	WTA 250 tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Ons Jabeur
Doubles
Marie Bouzková / Lucie Hradecká
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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]

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Ons Jabeur def. Daria Kasatkina, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles[]

• Marie Bouzková / Lucie Hradecká def. Ons Jabeur / Ellen Perez 6–4, 2–6, [10–8]

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

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
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	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$29,800	$16,398	$10,100	$5,800	$3,675	$2,675	$1,950	$1,270
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}

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BEL	Elise Mertens	15	1
TUN	Ons Jabeur	26	2
CRO	Donna Vekić	36	3
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	37	4
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	44	5
CHN	Zhang Shuai	46	6
FRA	Fiona Ferro	51	7
CZE	Marie Bouzková	52	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 31 May 2021. ^[2]

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Harriet Dart
• Francesca Jones
• Samantha Stosur

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Vitalia Diatchenko
• Giulia Gatto-Monticone
• Tereza Martincová
• Caty McNally
• CoCo Vandeweghe
• Wang Yafan

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Paula Badosa → replaced by Nina Stojanović
• Coco Gauff → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Leylah Annie Fernandez
• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Heather Watson
• Magda Linette → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Marta Kostyuk
• Jil Teichmann → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Elena Vesnina → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Polona Hercog
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Anastasia Potapova

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	BEL	Elise Mertens	5	1
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	42	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Zhang Shuai	54	3
USA	Caroline Dolehide	USA	Caty McNally	80	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 31 May 2021.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Naiktha Bains / Tereza Martincová
• Sarah Beth Grey / Emily Webley-Smith

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Dalila Jakupović / Sabrina Santamaria → replaced by Harriet Dart / Heather Watson
• Magda Linette / Alicja Rosolska → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko / Alicja Rosolska
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza → replaced by Tara Moore / Eden Silva

References[]

External links[]

• Official website