Welcome to Birmingham, Great Britain! This year's DFS Classic has a strong group of players competing for the title at the first grass court event of the year. Last year's champion Daniela Hantuchova is not coming to defend her crown. With her absence there's wide array of players including the likes of Sania Mirza, Marta Domachowska and Bethanie Mattek as well as potential dark horses who will fight for this title. Who will be the last one standing? Vote now as the qualifying competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
W - 140
F - 100
SF - 65
QF - 35
R16 - 20
R32 - 10
R64 - 1
Qualifier - 4*
Q2 - 3
Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2005: Evgenia Linetskaya RUS [12] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS [15] | 6-3 7-5
2006: Jelena Janković SRB beat Meilen Tu USA | 6-2 6-2
2007: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [3] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS [16] | 2-6 6-3 6-4
The Favourites:
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First Section: Andreja Klepac SLO [1]
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Second Section: Melinda Czink HUN [2]
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Third Section: Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3]
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Fourth Section: Monique Adamczak AUS [10]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fifth Section: Brenda Schultz McCarthy NED
OUT OF COMPETITION
Sixth Section: Roberta Vinci ITA [6]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Seventh Section: Samantha Stosur AUS [7]
Final Qualifying Round:
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] vs Margit Ruutel EST [9]
Melinda Czink HUN [2] vs Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11]
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] vs Carly Gullickson USA
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] vs Monique Adamczak AUS [10]
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] vs Amanda Elliott GBR [WC]
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK vs Raquel Kops Jones USA [12]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Regina Kulikova RUS [13]
Anna Smith GBR [WC] vs Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14]
Bart
Jun 9th, 2008, 01:25 PM
Margit Ruutel EST [9]
Melinda Czink HUN [2]
Carly Gullickson USA
Monique Adamczak AUS [10]
Margit Ruutel EST [9]
Melinda Czink HUN [2]
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3]
Monique Adamczak AUS [10]
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17]
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK
Regina Kulikova RUS [13]
Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14]
Dexter
Jun 9th, 2008, 03:50 PM
Final Qualifying Round:
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] vs Margit Ruutel EST [9] | 4-6 1-4
Melinda Czink HUN [2] vs Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11] | 2-6 4-3
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] vs Carly Gullickson USA | 2-6 5-2 SP!
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] lost to Monique Adamczak AUS [10] | 0-6 3-6
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] vs Amanda Elliott GBR [WC] | 1-6 4-4
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK beat Raquel Kops Jones USA [12] | 6-0 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Regina Kulikova RUS [13] | 6-0 5-4 MP!
Anna Smith GBR [WC] lost to Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14] | 1-6 2-6
Benshka
Jun 9th, 2008, 04:03 PM
Margit Ruutel EST [9]
Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11]
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3]
Amanda Elliott GBR [WC]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] vs Margit Ruutel EST [9] | 4-6 2-5
Melinda Czink HUN [2] vs Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11] | 2-6 5-4
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] vs Carly Gullickson USA | 2-6 6-2 0-0
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] lost to Monique Adamczak AUS [10] | 0-6 3-6
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] lost to Amanda Elliott GBR [WC] | 1-6 4-6
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK beat Raquel Kops Jones USA [12] | 6-0 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS beat Regina Kulikova RUS [13] | 6-0 6-4
Anna Smith GBR [WC] lost to Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14] | 1-6 2-6
Ballbasher
Jun 9th, 2008, 05:22 PM
Ruutel
Luzhanska
Gullickson
*Jean*
Jun 9th, 2008, 05:41 PM
Luzhanska
Shvedova
daniela86
Jun 9th, 2008, 06:03 PM
Tetiana Luzhanska
Yaroslava Shvedova
tucker1989
Jun 9th, 2008, 06:43 PM
Final Qualifying Round:
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] lost to Margit Ruutel EST [9] | 4-6 2-6
Melinda Czink HUN [2] lost to Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11] | 2-6 5-7
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] vs Carly Gullickson USA | 2-6 6-2 2-1
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] lost to Monique Adamczak AUS [10] | 0-6 3-6
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] lost to Amanda Elliott GBR [WC] | 1-6 4-6
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK beat Raquel Kops Jones USA [12] | 6-0 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS beat Regina Kulikova RUS [13] | 6-0 6-4
Anna Smith GBR [WC] lost to Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14] | 1-6 2-6
Dorien.
Jun 9th, 2008, 06:47 PM
Carly Gullickson
TennisFanForever
Jun 9th, 2008, 07:00 PM
Gullickson
Ceze
Jun 9th, 2008, 07:09 PM
Shvedova
Serena!
Jun 9th, 2008, 07:33 PM
Gullickson (hot bitch)
Geoffry
Jun 9th, 2008, 08:21 PM
Carly Gullickson USA
Dexter
Jun 9th, 2008, 08:33 PM
Final Qualifying Round:
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] lost to Margit Ruutel EST [9] | 4-6 2-6
Melinda Czink HUN [2] lost to Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11] | 2-6 5-7
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] vs Carly Gullickson USA | 2-6 6-2 3-5 MP!
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] lost to Monique Adamczak AUS [10] | 0-6 3-6
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] lost to Amanda Elliott GBR [WC] | 1-6 4-6
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK beat Raquel Kops Jones USA [12] | 6-0 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS beat Regina Kulikova RUS [13] | 6-0 6-4
Anna Smith GBR [WC] lost to Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14] | 1-6 2-6
HenryMag.
Jun 9th, 2008, 08:41 PM
SHvedova
Tzar
Jun 9th, 2008, 09:00 PM
MP2 for Gullyckson
Europe rocks
Jun 9th, 2008, 09:09 PM
Shvedova
Kim's_fan_4ever
Jun 9th, 2008, 09:13 PM
Shvedova
Dexter
Jun 9th, 2008, 09:18 PM
Final Qualifying Round:
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] lost to Margit Ruutel EST [9] | 4-6 2-6
Melinda Czink HUN [2] lost to Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11] | 2-6 5-7
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] vs Carly Gullickson USA | 2-6 6-2 6-5 MP!
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] lost to Monique Adamczak AUS [10] | 0-6 3-6
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] lost to Amanda Elliott GBR [WC] | 1-6 4-6
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK beat Raquel Kops Jones USA [12] | 6-0 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS beat Regina Kulikova RUS [13] | 6-0 6-4
Anna Smith GBR [WC] lost to Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14] | 1-6 2-6
d_s
Jun 9th, 2008, 11:03 PM
Shvedova
tucker1989
Jun 10th, 2008, 02:59 AM
Final Qualifying Round Complete:
Andreja Klepac SLO [1] lost to Margit Ruutel EST [9] | 4-6 2-6
Melinda Czink HUN [2] lost to Tetiana Luzhanska UKR [11] | 2-6 5-7
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [3] beat Carly Gullickson USA | 2-6 6-2 7-5
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [4] lost to Monique Adamczak AUS [10] | 0-6 3-6
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [17] lost to Amanda Elliott GBR [WC] | 1-6 4-6
Jarmila Gajdosova SVK beat Raquel Kops Jones USA [12] | 6-0 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS beat Regina Kulikova RUS [13] | 6-0 6-4
Anna Smith GBR [WC] lost to Chanelle Scheepers RSA [14] | 1-6 2-6