2021 Birmingham Classic

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

Prize money

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

• 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

• 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

References

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