2018 Birmingham Classic – Singles

Singles

2018 Birmingham Classic

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Magdaléna Rybáriková

Score

4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Details

Draw

32 (4 Q / 3 WC )

Seeds

8

Events

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Petra Kvitová was the defending champion,^[1] and successfully defended her title, defeating Magdaléna Rybáriková in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.

Seeds

Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)
Elina Svitolina (quarterfinals)
Karolína Plíšková (first round)
Petra Kvitová (champion)
Julia Görges (quarterfinals)
Daria Kasatkina (second round)
Elise Mertens (first round)
CoCo Vandeweghe (first round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
SR = Special ranking
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

		Barbora Strýcová	6¹	4

		Magdaléna Rybáriková	7⁷	6
									Magdaléna Rybáriková	6	1	2

								4	Petra Kvitová	4	6	6
	4	Petra Kvitová	6	6

		Mihaela Buzărnescu	3	2

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	1	G Muguruza	6	6
		A Pavlyuchenkova	1	2				1	G Muguruza	2	4
	Q	J Brady	6	5	3				B Strýcová	6	6
		B Strýcová	3	7	6											B Strýcová	7	3
		L Tsurenko	7⁷	7												L Tsurenko	5	0^r
	WC	H Watson	6²	5					L Tsurenko	1	6	6
	Q	Kr Plíšková	6	5	4			6	D Kasatkina	6	3	3
	6	D Kasatkina	3	7	6																		B Strýcová	6¹	4
	3	Ka Plíšková	2	3																			M Rybáriková	7⁷	6
		M Rybáriková	6	6					M Rybáriková	3	6	6
		K Siniaková	6	2	4				K Mladenovic	6	2	1
		K Mladenovic	1	6	6											M Rybáriková	6	6
	WC	K Boulter	1	2											Q	D Jakupović	2	4
		N Osaka	6	6					N Osaka	3	0^r
	Q	D Jakupović	3	7⁹	6			Q	D Jakupović	6	0
	7	E Mertens	6	6⁷	1

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	5	J Görges	6	6
		M Sakkari	4	4				5	J Görges	7⁸	6
	Q	O Dodin	4	3					A Barty	6⁶	3
		A Barty	6	6											5	J Görges	1	4
		D Cibulková	3	6⁶											4	P Kvitová	6	6
		D Gavrilova	6	7⁸					D Gavrilova	2	2
		J Konta	3	4				4	P Kvitová	6	6
	4	P Kvitová	6	6																		4	P Kvitová	6	6
	8	C Vandeweghe	3	2																			M Buzărnescu	3	2
		P Martić	6	6					P Martić	6	3	2
		T Babos	3	6	0				M Buzărnescu	4	6	6
		M Buzărnescu	6	4	6											M Buzărnescu	6	6
		A Cornet	5	6	6										2/WC	E Svitolina	3	2
		E Makarova	7	4	1				A Cornet	4	2
		D Vekić	1	6	1			2/WC	E Svitolina	6	6
	2/WC	E Svitolina	6	3	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Camila Giorgi (second round)
Yulia Putintseva (withdrew)
Bernarda Pera (qualifying competition)
Kristýna Plíšková (qualified)
Jennifer Brady (qualified)
Sachia Vickery (second round)
Vera Lapko (second round)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva (first round)

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	1	Camila Giorgi	6	7⁷

		Kurumi Nara	4	6¹
								1	Camila Giorgi	7⁷	6²	4

									Océane Dodin	6⁴	7⁷	6
	WC	Samantha Murray	3	5

		Océane Dodin	6	7
																Océane Dodin	6	6

															WC	Katy Dunne	2	4
	WC	Jodie Burrage	7⁷	6

	PR	Bojana Jovanovski Petrović	6⁵	3
								WC	Jodie Burrage	5	3

								WC	Katy Dunne	7	6
	WC	Katy Dunne	0	6	6

	8	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6	2	2

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	Alt	Ankita Raina	3	6	4

		Priscilla Hon	6	3	6
									Priscilla Hon	3	4

									Eugenie Bouchard	6	6
		Caroline Dolehide	5	4

		Eugenie Bouchard	7	6
																Eugenie Bouchard	6⁷	6	4

															5	Jennifer Brady	7⁹	4	6
		Fanny Stollár	2	6¹⁰

		Kristie Ahn	6	7¹²
									Kristie Ahn	3	6⁴

								5	Jennifer Brady	6	7⁷
		Denisa Allertová	6	4	6³

	5	Jennifer Brady	4	6	7⁷

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	3	Bernarda Pera	6	6

		Verónica Cepede Royg	2	4
								3	Bernarda Pera	6	7⁷

									Kateryna Bondarenko	4	6⁵
	WC	Tara Moore	0	5

		Kateryna Bondarenko	6	7
															3	Bernarda Pera	3	4

																Dalila Jakupović	6	6
		Jasmine Paolini	6⁵	6	6⁶

		Dalila Jakupović	7⁷	4	7⁸
									Dalila Jakupović	7⁷	7

								6	Sachia Vickery	6³	5
		Tamara Korpatsch	1	0

	6	Sachia Vickery	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	4	Kristýna Plíšková	6	7⁷

		Alexandra Cadanțu	2	6¹
								4	Kristýna Plíšková	6	6

									Sofya Zhuk	1	2
		Sofya Zhuk	6	7

		Sesil Karatantcheva	4	5
															4	Kristýna Plíšková	7⁷	6

																Conny Perrin	6²	4
		Françoise Abanda	0	4

		Conny Perrin	6	6
									Conny Perrin	0	6	6

								7	Vera Lapko	6	2	2
	PR	Jessica Pegula	3	1

	7	Vera Lapko	6	6

References

^ "Nature Valley Classic Results Archive". 15 June 2018.

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