2018 Birmingham Classic
# 2018 Birmingham Classic

The 2018 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 37th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 18 June until 24 June 2018. Petra Kvitová won the singles title.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |

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## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 1 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 5 | 2 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 7 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 4 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 13 | 5 |
| RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 14 | 6 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 15 | 7 |
| USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 16 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Katie Boulter
* Elina Svitolina
* Heather Watson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Océane Dodin
* Jennifer Brady
* Dalila Jakupović
* Kristýna Plíšková

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Madison Keys → replaced by Donna Vekić

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 12 | 1 |
| CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 12 | 2 |
| TPE | Latisha Chan | CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | 15 | 3 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 17 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

### Other entrants

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

* Eugenie Bouchard / Dominika Cibulková
* Katie Boulter / Heather Watson

## Finals

### Singles

* Petra Kvitová defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

### Doubles

* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic defeatd Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
