2019 Birmingham Classic

2019 Birmingham Classic
2019 Birmingham Classic
Date	17–23 June
Edition	38th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$1,006,263
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
	Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
	Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová

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.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles	470	305	185	100	1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$163,085	$86,840	$46,345	$24,880	$13,311	$6,398	$3,791	$2,021	$1,122
Doubles *	$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	Seed
JPN	Naomi Osaka	1	1
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	2	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	7	4
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	10	5
CHN	Wang Qiang	15	6
GBR	Johanna Konta	18	7
GER	Julia Görges	19	8

¹ Rankings as of June 10, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	20	1
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	2
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	27	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	NED	Demi Schuurs	34	4