2018 Birmingham Classic

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox tennis event|2018|Birmingham Classic| | date = 18–24 June | edition = 37th | category = [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier]] | draw = 32S / 16D | surface = [[Grass court|Grass]] | prize_money = $846,000 | location = [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom | venue = [[Edgbaston Priory Club]] | champs = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]] | champd = {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] | before_name = Aegon Classic Birmingham | main_name = Birmingham Classic (tennis) {{!}} 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 court]]s. It was the 37th edition of the [[Birmingham Classic (tennis)|event]], and a [[2018 WTA Premier tournaments|Premier]] tournament on the [[2018 WTA Tour]]. It was contested at the [[Edgbaston Priory Club]] in [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom, 18 - 24 June 2018. [[Petra Kvitová]] successfully defended its [[2017 Birmingham Classic|2017 singles title]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nature Valley Open Overview|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2018-nottingham-great-britain-1080 |website=www.wtatennis.com|publisher=WTA Tour}}</ref>

== Points and prize money == === Point distribution === {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- |style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:80px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"|SF |style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |style="width:80px;"|Q |style="width:80px;"|Q3 |style="width:80px;"|Q2 |style="width:80px;"|Q1 |- !style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles |rowspan="2"|470 |rowspan="2"|305 |rowspan="2"|185 |rowspan="2"|100 |55 |1 |25 |18 |13 |1 |- !style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles |1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:80px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"|SF |style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:80px;"|Q3 |style="width:80px;"|Q2 |style="width:80px;"|Q1 |- !style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles |$163,085 |$86,840 |$46,345 |$24,880 |$13,311 |$6,398 |$3,791 |$2,021 |$1,122 |- !style="background:#f3f3f3;"|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 === {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Garbiñe Muguruza]] |3 |1 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Elina Svitolina]] |5 |2 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Karolína Plíšková]] |7 |3 |-bgcolor=#cfc |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Petra Kvitová]] |8 |4 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Julia Görges]] |13 |5 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Daria Kasatkina]] |14 |6 |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[Elise Mertens]] |15 |7 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[CoCo Vandeweghe]] |16 |8 |} *1 Rankings as of June 11, 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcards]] into the main draw: * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Katie Boulter]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elina Svitolina]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Océane Dodin]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jennifer Brady (tennis)|Jennifer Brady]] * {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Dalila Jakupović]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kristýna Plíšková]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Madison Keys]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Donna Vekić]]

== Doubles main draw entrants == === Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-bgcolor=#cfc |{{flag|HUN}} |[[Tímea Babos]] |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Kristina Mladenovic]] |12 |1 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Strýcová]] |12 |2 |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Latisha Chan]] |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Gabriela Dabrowski]] |15 |3 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Krejčíková]] |{{flag|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: * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eugenie Bouchard]] / {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Katie Boulter]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]]

== Finals == ===Singles=== {{main|2018 Birmingham Classic – Singles}} * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]] defeated {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Magdaléna Rybáriková]], 4–6, 6–1, 6–2

===Doubles=== {{main|2018 Birmingham Classic – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] defeated {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Elise Mertens]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Demi Schuurs]], 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/nature-valley-classic/}}

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