2014 Aegon Classic
Tennis tournament
| 2014 Aegon Classic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 9–15 June | |||
| Edition | 33rd | |||
| Category | WTA Premier | |||
| Draw | 64S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $710,000 | |||
| Surface | Grass | |||
| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom | |||
| Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Ana Ivanovic | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears | ||||
| ||||
The 2014 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event, and the first edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 9–15 June 2014. First-seeded Ana Ivanovic won the singles title.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles[1] | $120,000 | $64,000 | $31,510 | $16,200 | $8,400 | $4,300 | $2,200 | $1,000 | $600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles[1] | $38,000 | $20,000 | $11,000 | $5,600 | $3,035 | — | — | — | — |
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 1 |
 AUS | Samantha Stosur | 18 | 2 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 19 | 3 |
 BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 22 | 4 |
 CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 24 | 5 |
| CZE | Klára Koukalová | 30 | 6 |
 SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 31 | 7 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 34 | 8 |
 CHN | Zhang Shuai | 36 | 9 |
| SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 37 | 10 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 40 | 11 |
 PUR | Monica Puig | 41 | 12 |
 FRA | Caroline Garcia | 43 | 13 |
 JPN | Kurumi Nara | 44 | 14 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 45 | 15 |
| AUS | Casey Dellacqua | 48 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings as of 26 May 2014
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Eleni Daniilidou
Katy Dunne
Victoria Duval- Irina Falconi
Lyudmyla Kichenok- Nadiya Kichenok
Tamira Paszek
Aleksandra Wozniak
The following player received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by
Alison Van Uytvanck 
Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by 
Kimiko Date-Krumm- Irina Falconi (viral illness) → replaced by
Tímea Babos 
Karin Knapp → replaced by 
Mona Barthel- Sabine Lisicki (wrist injury) → replaced by
Petra Cetkovská - Yvonne Meusburger → replaced by
Shahar Peer 
Tsvetana Pironkova → replaced by 
Zarina Diyas
Retirements
- Katy Dunne (hip injury)[2]
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ZIM | Cara Black |  IND | Sania Mirza | 18 | 1 |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | AUS | Casey Dellacqua | 29 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 32 | 3 |
 RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 40 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of 26 May 2014
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Finals
Singles
Ana Ivanovic defeated Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–3, 6–2
Doubles
- Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated
Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
References
- ^ a b "Family Circle match notes" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ "Tennis: Katy's debut run is Dunne and dusted". Birmingham Mail. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
External links
- Official website
