2022 Birmingham Classic
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Tennis tournament
| 2022 Birmingham Classic | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13–19 June |
| Edition | 40th |
| Category | WTA 250 tournaments |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Surface | Grass |
| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia | |
| Doubles | |
| Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko | |
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
[edit ]Singles
[edit ]Main article: 2022 Birmingham Classic – Singles
- Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia def. China Zhang Shuai, 5–4, ret.
This is Haddad Maia's second title of the year and also her career.
Doubles
[edit ]Main article: 2022 Birmingham Classic – Doubles
- Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko def. Belgium Elise Mertens / China Zhang Shuai, by walkover
Points and prize money
[edit ]Point distribution
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 29,800ドル | 16,398ドル | 10,100ドル | 5,800ドル | 3,675ドル | 2,675ドル | 1,950ドル | 1,270ドル |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles * | 10,300ドル | 6,000ドル | 3,800ドル | 2,300ドル | 1,750ドル | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Croatia Jana Fett
- Canada Rebecca Marino
- United States Caty McNally
- Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko
- United States CoCo Vandeweghe
- Croatia Donna Vekić
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawal
[edit ]- Before the tournament
- Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Slovenia Kaja Juvan
- United Kingdom Emma Raducanu → replaced by Ukraine Dayana Yastremska
- Egypt Mayar Sherif → replaced by Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
- Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Croatia Petra Martić
- United States Sloane Stephens → replaced by France Caroline Garcia
- Denmark Clara Tauson → replaced by Poland Magdalena Fręch
- Australia Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Before the tournament
- Kazakhstan Anna Danilina / Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by United Kingdom Alicia Barnett / United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls
- Poland Katarzyna Piter / Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann → replaced by Poland Katarzyna Kawa / Poland Katarzyna Piter
References
[edit ]- ^ "Rothesay Classic Birmingham Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.
- ^ "Emma Raducanu joined by Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens, Jelena Ostapenko at Birmingham event". tennis365.com. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Rothesay Classic Birmingham 2022: Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Kvitova added to star-studded field". LTA. 31 May 2022.