PYW Birmingham
Welcome to Birmingham, Great Britain! After clay-court season, here's the start of the shorter grass-court season, the best players come to Birmingham and Eastbourne to prepare for the highlight, Wimbledon. Only you decide who will lift the trophy at the end. Vote now as the AEGON Classic gets underway with the main draw competition!
The Favourites
First Section: Virginie Razzano FRA
Second Section: Sabine Lisicki GER
Third Section: Shuai Peng CHN [3]
Fourth Section: Jie Zheng CHN
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fifth Section: Bojana Jovanovski SRB [10]
Sixth Section: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [4]
Seventh Section: Mirjana Lucic CRO
Eighth Section: Ana Ivanovic SRB [2/WC]
Second Round
Kaia Kanepi EST [1] vs Virginie Razzano FRA
Coco Vandeweghe USA vs Emily Webley-Smith GBR [WC]
Sabine Lisicki GER vs Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA
Sania Mirza IND vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS [6]
Shuai Peng CHN [3] vs Caroline Garcia FRA
Misaki Doi JPN vs Heather Watson GBR
Jie Zheng CHN vs Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP
Christina McHale USA vs Sara Errani ITA [7]
Aravane Rezai FRA [8] vs Olga Govortsova BLR
Alison Riske USA vs Sarah Gronert GER [Q]
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS [16] vs Casey Dellacqua AUS
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [4]
Roberta Vinci ITA [5] vs Mirjana Lucic CRO
Andrea Hlavackova CZE vs Ayumi Morita JPN [9]
Rebecca Marino CAN [13] vs Yung-Jan Chan TPE [Q]
Samantha Murray GBR [WC] vs Ana Ivanovic SRB [2/WC]
Welcome to Birmingham, Great Britain! After clay-court season, here's the start of the shorter grass-court season, the best players come to Birmingham and Eastbourne to prepare for the highlight, Wimbledon. Only you decide who will lift the trophy at the end. Vote now as the AEGON Classic gets underway with the main draw competition!
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[FONT=Book Antiqua][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]Ranking Points[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B][U][FONT=Book Antiqua]WTA International (64, $220,000):[/FONT][/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]W [/B]- 280[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
F - [/B]200[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]SF[/B] - 130[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]QF -[/B] 70[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R16[/B] - 30[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
R32 -[/B] 15[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
R64 -[/B] 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
Qualifier[/B] - 10[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]*[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Q2 -[/B] 6[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
Q1 - [/B]1[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2]* [I]If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][U][B][COLOR=red]Previous Finals:[/COLOR][/B][/U][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]
2005: Evgenia Linetskaya RUS [12][/B] beat [B]Maria Kirilenko RUS [15] | 6-3 7-5
2006: [/B]Jelena Jankovic SRB beat Meilen Tu USA [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 6-2 6-2
2007: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [3][/B] beat [B]Maria Kirilenko RUS [16] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 2-6 6-3 6-4
2008: Sania Mirza IND [6][/B] beat Angelique Kerber GER [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 4-6 6-2 6-4
2009: Jie Zheng CHN [1][/B] beat [B]Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA [9] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 6-1 2-6 6-2
2010: Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [6][/B] beat [I]Michaella Krajicek NED [Q][/I] [B]| 6-3 7-5[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
First Section: Virginie Razzano FRA
Second Section: Sabine Lisicki GER
Third Section: Shuai Peng CHN [3]
Fourth Section: Jie Zheng CHN
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fifth Section: Bojana Jovanovski SRB [10]
Sixth Section: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [4]
Seventh Section: Mirjana Lucic CRO
Eighth Section: Ana Ivanovic SRB [2/WC]
Second Round
Kaia Kanepi EST [1] vs Virginie Razzano FRA
Coco Vandeweghe USA vs Emily Webley-Smith GBR [WC]
Sabine Lisicki GER vs Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA
Sania Mirza IND vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS [6]
Shuai Peng CHN [3] vs Caroline Garcia FRA
Misaki Doi JPN vs Heather Watson GBR
Jie Zheng CHN vs Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP
Christina McHale USA vs Sara Errani ITA [7]
Aravane Rezai FRA [8] vs Olga Govortsova BLR
Alison Riske USA vs Sarah Gronert GER [Q]
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS [16] vs Casey Dellacqua AUS
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [4]
Roberta Vinci ITA [5] vs Mirjana Lucic CRO
Andrea Hlavackova CZE vs Ayumi Morita JPN [9]
Rebecca Marino CAN [13] vs Yung-Jan Chan TPE [Q]
Samantha Murray GBR [WC] vs Ana Ivanovic SRB [2/WC]