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2022 Birmingham Classic

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2022 Birmingham Classic
Date13–19 June
Edition40th
CategoryWTA 250 tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
SurfaceGrass
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Doubles
Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
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The 2022 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Rothesay Classic Birmingham for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 40th edition of the event, and a WTA 250 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 13–19 June 2022.[1]

Champions

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Singles

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This is Haddad Maia's second title of the year and also her career.

Doubles

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Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Singles $29,800 $16,398 $10,100 $5,800 $3,675 $2,675 $1,950 $1,270
Doubles * $10,300 $6,000 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750

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

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 16 1
 ROU Simona Halep 20 2
 ITA Camila Giorgi 26 3
 BEL Elise Mertens 29 4
 CZE Petra Kvitová 31 5
 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 34 6
 USA Alison Riske 40 7
 CHN Zhang Shuai 41 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 6 June 2022. [2]

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawal

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Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BEL Elise Mertens  CHN Zhang Shuai 5 1
 UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 41 2
 CZE Lucie Hradecká  IND Sania Mirza 41 3
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  TPE Chan Hao-ching 63 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 6 June 2022.

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Rothesay Classic Birmingham Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.
  2. ^ "Emma Raducanu joined by Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens, Jelena Ostapenko at Birmingham event". tennis365.com. 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Rothesay Classic Birmingham 2022: Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Kvitova added to star-studded field". LTA. 31 May 2022.
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