The 2019 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 38th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 17–23 June 2019.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ3Q2Q1Singles4703051851005512518131Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$163,085$86,840$46,345$24,880$13,311$6,398$3,791$2,021$1,122Doubles *$50,876$27,155$14,845$7,562$4,098
1Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money. *per team
Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedNaomi Osaka11Ashleigh Barty22Karolína Plíšková33Elina Svitolina74Aryna Sabalenka105Wang Qiang156Johanna Konta187Julia Görges198 1 Rankings as of June 10, 2019.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Harriet Dart Karolína Plíšková Heather Watson Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lauren Davis Kristýna Plíšková Iga Świątek Viktoriya Tomova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Yulia Putintseva Danielle Collins → replaced by Jennifer Brady Camila Giorgi → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina Madison Keys → replaced by Barbora Strýcová Petra Kvitová → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Johanna Konta Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan201Hsieh Su-weiBarbora Strýcová222Nicole MelicharKvěta Peschke273Anna-Lena GrönefeldDemi Schuurs344 1 Rankings as of June 10, 2019.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Harriet Dart / Venus Williams Sarah Beth Grey / Eden Silva
Withdrawals During the tournament Ashleigh Barty (right arm injury)
Retirements Lyudmyla Kichenok (right shoulder injury)
Finals Singles
Ashleigh Barty defeated Julia Görges, 6–3, 7–5
Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10– 8]
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