2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham

2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham
Date	19 – 25 June
Edition	36th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$846,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, England
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Madison Keys
Doubles
Karolína Plíšková / Barbora Strýcová

The 2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham will be a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 36th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. It will take place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, 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	—	—	—	—

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	—	—	—	—

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 players 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

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

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham – Singles

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Doubles

Main article: 2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham – Doubles

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References

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

External links

• Official website