2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham

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2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham
Date13–19 June
Edition35th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$846,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
United States Madison Keys
Doubles
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
← 2015 · Birmingham Classic · 2017 →

The 2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 35th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, from 13 June until 19 June 2016. Seventh-seeded Madison Keys won the singles title.

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 / 18 13 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles $146,200 $77,850 $41,555 $22,310 $11,930 $5,735 $3,400 $1,815 $1,005
Doubles $45,620 $24,340 $13,310 $6,780 $3,675

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3 1
 GER Angelique Kerber 4 2
 ROU Simona Halep 5 3
  SUI Belinda Bencic 8 4
 CZE Petra Kvitová 11 5
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 15 6
 USA Madison Keys 16 7
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 17 8
 GBR Johanna Konta 18 9
  • 1rankings as of June 6, 2016

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Chan Yung-jan 11 1
 IND Sania Mirza  USA Coco Vandeweghe 24 2
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Šafářová 25 3
 SLO Andreja Klepač  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 53 4
  • 1 Rankings as of June 6, 2016.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Finals

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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