The 2024 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Rothesay Classic Birmingham for sponsorship reasons) was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 42nd edition of the

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, and a WTA 250 tournament on the

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. It took place at the

Edgbaston Priory Club The Edgbaston Priory Club is a private members' tennis, squash (sport), squash and leisure club in Birmingham, England. The club is the host of the annual Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour stop, the Birmingham Classic (tennis), Rothesay Cla ...

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, United Kingdom, on 17–23 June 2024.

Champions

Singles

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025. Puti ...

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Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. She has won four s ...

, 6–1, 7–6^(10–8)

Doubles

Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Su-wei (; ; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in Doubles tennis, doubles with nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, she is rega ...

Elise Mertens Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or ...

def. Miyu Kato /

Zhang Shuai Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re ...

, 6–1, 6–3

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 10 June 2024.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Harriet Dart Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Ch ...

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2016 ...

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...

The following player received entry using a protected ranking: *

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Elina Avanesyan Elina Araratovna Avanesyan (; ; born 17 September 2002) is a Russian-born Armenian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 36 in singles, achieved on 17 March 2025, and 163 in doubles, achieved in August 2024. Avanesyan has won f ...

Viktorija Golubic Viktorija Golubic (; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the curre ...

Camila Osorio María Camila Osorio Serrano (; born 22 December 2001) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings, rankings of world No. 33 in singles and No. 167 in doubles. Osorio has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour a ...

* Amelia Rajecki * Daria Saville *

Moyuka Uchijima is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of No. 52, achieved on 3 March 2025, and a doubles No. 101, reached on 12 June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Caroline Dolehide Caroline Dolehide ( ; born September 5, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 41 on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 9 on 26 August 2024. Dolehide has won two WTA To ...

Withdrawals

* Mirra Andreeva → replaced by

Magdalena Fręch Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22, achieved on 28 October 2024. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles WTA rankings, rankings. ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 10 June 2024.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Alicia Barnett /

Freya Christie Freya Nicole Christie (born 8 November 1997) is a British tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has won 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career On 6 June 2016, Christie made her WTA Tour debut at the Nottingham Open, losin ...

Samantha Murray Sharan Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (née Murray; born 9 October 1987) is a British tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 76. Murray has won four singles titles and 28 doubles ti ...

Eden Silva Eden Giselle Silva (born 14 March 1996) is a British tennis player of Russian and Sri Lankan descent who specializes in doubles. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 112 in doubles, reached on 21 October 2024, and No. 298 in singles, achieve ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Birmingham Classic, 2024 2024 WTA Tour

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