The 2021 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Viking Classic Birmingham for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 39th edition of the event, and a WTA 250 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 14–20 June 2021.
Champions Singles
Ons Jabeur def. Daria Kasatkina, 7–5, 6–4
Doubles
Marie Bouzková / Lucie Hradecká def. Ons Jabeur / Ellen Perez 6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ2Q1Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Singles$29,800$16,398$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270Doubles *$10,300$6,000$3,800$2,300$1,750
1Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money. *per team
Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedElise Mertens151Ons Jabeur262Donna Vekić363Daria Kasatkina374Jeļena Ostapenko445Zhang Shuai466Fiona Ferro517Marie Bouzková528 1 Rankings are as of 31 May 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Harriet Dart Francesca Jones Samantha Stosur
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Vitalia Diatchenko Giulia Gatto-Monticone Tereza Martincová Caty McNally CoCo Vandeweghe Wang Yafan
Withdrawals Before the tournament Paula Badosa → replaced by Nina Stojanović Coco Gauff → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei Johanna Konta → replaced by Camila Giorgi Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Leylah Annie Fernandez Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Heather Watson Magda Linette → replaced by Viktorija Golubic Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Marta Kostyuk Jil Teichmann → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović Elena Vesnina → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic Wang Qiang → replaced by Polona Hercog Zheng Saisai → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHsieh Su-weiElise Mertens51Chan Hao-chingLatisha Chan422Gabriela DabrowskiZhang Shuai543Caroline DolehideCaty McNally804 1 Rankings are as of 31 May 2021.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Naiktha Bains / Tereza Martincová Sarah Beth Grey / Emily Webley-Smith
Withdrawals Before the tournament Dalila Jakupović / Sabrina Santamaria → replaced by Harriet Dart / Heather Watson Magda Linette / Alicja Rosolska → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko / Alicja Rosolska Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza → replaced by Tara Moore / Eden Silva
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