Nature Valley Classic 2018

Nature Valley Classic 2018
date	June 18, 2018 - June 24, 2018
Edition	37
navigation	2017  ◄  2018  ►  2019
WTA tour
venue	Birmingham United Kingdom
Tournament number	1052
category	WTA Premier
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	race
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 871,028
Financial. Obligation	US $ 936,128
Website	Official website
Last year's winner	Petra Kvitová
Last year's winner (double)	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
Winner	Petra Kvitová
Winner (doubles)	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Last direct assumption	Kateřina Siniaková (51)
As of June 24, 2018

The Nature Valley Classic 2018 was a women's tennis tournament in Birmingham . The Premier category grass court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 2018 and took place from June 18 to 24, 2018.

The defending champions were Petra Kvitová in singles and the pairing Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua in doubles.

qualification

The qualification for the Nature Valley Classic 2018 took place from June 16 to 18, 2018.

→ Main article : Nature Valley Classic 2018 / Qualification

The following players had qualified for the main draw:

Qualifiers
Jennifer Brady
Kristýna Plíšková
Dalila Jakupović
Océane Dodin

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Garbiñe Muguruza Round of 16 02.  Elina Switolina Quarter finals 03.  Karolína Plíšková 1 round 04th  Petra Kvitová victory

No. Player Round reached 05.  Julia Goerges Quarter finals 06th  Darja Kassatkina Round of 16 07th  Elise Mertens 1 round 08th.  Coco Vandeweghe 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

G. Muguruza

6th

6th

A. Pavlyuchenkova

1

2

1

G. Muguruza

2

4th

Q

J. Brady

6th

5

3

B. Strýcová

6th

6th

B. Strýcová

3

7th

6th

B. Strýcová

7th

3

L. Zurenko

7th

7th

L. Zurenko

5

0

r

WC

H. Watson

6 2

5

L. Zurenko

1

6th

6th

Q

Kr. Plíšková

6th

5

4th

6th

D. Kassatkina

6th

3

3

6th

D. Kassatkina

3

7th

6th

B. Strýcová

6 1

4th

3

Ka. Plíšková

2

3

M. Rybáriková

7th

6th

M. Rybáriková

6th

6th

M. Rybáriková

3

6th

6th

K. Siniaková

6th

2

4th

K. Mladenovic

6th

2

1

K. Mladenovic

1

6th

6th

M. Rybáriková

6th

6th

WC

K. Boulter

1

2

Q

D. Jakupović

2

4th

N. Osaka

6th

6th

N. Osaka

3

0

r

Q

D. Jakupović

3

7th

6th

Q

D. Jakupović

6th

0

7th

E. Mertens

6th

6 7

1

M. Rybáriková

6th

1

2

5

J. Goerges

6th

6th

4th

P. Kvitová

4th

6th

6th

M. Sakkari

4th

4th

5

J. Goerges

7th

6th

Q

O. Dodin

4th

3

A. Barty

6 6

3

A. Barty

6th

6th

5

J. Goerges

1

4th

D. Cibulková

3

6 6

4th

P. Kvitová

6th

6th

D. Gavrilova

6th

7th

D. Gavrilova

2

2

J. Konta

3

4th

4th

P. Kvitová

6th

6th

4th

P. Kvitová

6th

6th

4th

P. Kvitová

6th

6th

8th

C. Vandeweghe

3

2

M. Buzarnescu

3

2

P. Martić

6th

6th

P. Martić

6th

3

2

T. Babos

3

6th

0

M. Buzarnescu

4th

6th

6th

M. Buzarnescu

6th

4th

6th

M. Buzarnescu

6th

6th

A. Cornet

5

6th

6th

2 toilets

E. Switolina

3

2

J. Makarova

7th

4th

1

A. Cornet

4th

2

D. Vekic

1

6th

1

2 toilets

E. Switolina

6th

6th

2 toilets

E. Switolina

6th

3

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic   victory 02.  Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová   1 round 03.  Latisha Chan Gabriela Dabrowski   1 round 04th  Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

T. Babos K. Mladenovic

7th

6th

A. Barty C. Vandeweghe

6 4

3

1

T. Babos K. Mladenovic

6th

7th

WC

E. Bouchard D. Cibulková

6th

2

[8th]

V. King K. Srebotnik

4th

5

V. King K. Srebotnik

2

6th

[10]

1

T. Babos K. Mladenovic

7th

7th

4th

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

6th

6th

4th

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

5

6 6

J. Görges Ka. Plíšková

4th

4th

4th

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

6th

6th

L. Kitschenok A. Kudryavtseva

3

6th

[4]

WC

K. Boulter H. Watson

2

0

WC

K. Boulter H. Watson

6th

4th

[10]

1

T. Babos K. Mladenovic

4th

6th

[10]

S. Aoyama R. Olaru

3

6th

[7]

E. Mertens D. Schuurs

6th

3

[8th]

E. Mertens D. Schuurs

6th

2

[10]

E. Mertens D. Schuurs

6th

7th

H.-c. Chan Z. Yang

6th

3

[10]

H.-c. Chan Z. Yang

3

6 3

3

L. Chan G. Dabrowski

4th

6th

[5]

E. Mertens D. Schuurs

6th

2

[10]

N. Melichar K. Peschke

7th

6th

N. Melichar K. Peschke

3

6th

[7]

R. Atawo A.-L. Grönefeld

6 3

2

N. Melichar K. Peschke

1

7th

[14]

D. Kassatkina G. Muguruza

2

6th

[10]

D. Kassatkina G. Muguruza

6th

6 5

[12]

2

A. Sestini Hlaváčková B. Strýcová

6th

4th

[7]

Web links

• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage