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2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham
Date	19–25 June
Edition	36th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$846,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua
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The 2017 Aegon Classic Birmingham was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 36th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 19 June until 25 June 2017. Petra Kvitová won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	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

• 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 player 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

Retirements

• Camila Giorgi (right thigh injury)
• Lucie Šafářová (right thigh injury)
• Coco Vandeweghe (left foot injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	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

• Rankings as of June 12, 2017.

Other entrants

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

• Naomi Broady / Heather Watson

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Lucie Šafářová (right thigh injury)
• Abigail Spears (left leg injury)
• Coco Vandeweghe (left foot injury)

Finals

Singles

• Petra Kvitová defeated Ashleigh Barty, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

• Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua defeated Chan Hao-ching / Zhang Shuai, 6–1, 2–6,

Notes

1. Vesnina withdrew in Birmingham due to injury and was initially replaced by Latvian Jeļena Ostapenko. However, when Ostapenko chose to withdraw due to her victory at the French Open, she was now replaced by Australian Ashleigh Barty.

References

1. Elena Vesnina has also withdrawn from #WTABirmingham (next week). She is replaced by #RolandGarros champ Jelena Ostapenko in the main draw. Parsa @ Twitter

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

External links

• Official website

• 2017 WTA Tour
• Birmingham Classic (tennis)
• 2017 in English tennis