AEGON Classic
June 11 - 17, 2012 Birmingham, Great Britain
Tier: International
Prize Money: $2,200,000
Surface: Grass/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Patrick Hughesman
Official Site
http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/LTA-summer-grass-court-events/AEGON-Classic/
Tournament Info
The transition from clay to grass on the calendar is swift, with the AEGON Classic coming on the heels of Roland Garros. Many WTA stars descend upon Birmingham, Britain's most populated city outside of London, to compete for the Maud Watson Trophy and to prepare for Wimbledon.
Winners include Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King - who was Birmingham's inaugural champ in 1982 and won the last of her 67 Open Era singles titles here in 1983 - and more recently, Jelena Jankovic, Li Na and Maria Sharapova, who in 2004 became the only player to capture Birmingham and Wimbledon in the same year. Pam Shriver has the most titles in event history, having won four straight from 1984 to 1987. Larisa Neiland leads in doubles with six titles.
The event is hosted less than a mile from the Birmingham city center at the Edgbaston Priory Club, a 12-acre private members facility that includes 29 tennis courts and 10 squash courts. It is one of the country's largest and most popular racquet and leisure clubs. The origins of the modern game of lawn tennis are believed to have started in Edgbaston as early as 1859.
Past finals
Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2011 Sabine Lisicki Daniela Hantuchová 6–3, 6–2
2010 Li Na Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–1
2009 Magdaléna Rybáriková Li Na 6–0, 7–6(7–2)
2008 Kateryna Bondarenko Yanina Wickmayer 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
2007 Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006 Vera Zvonareva Jamea Jackson 7–6(14–12), 7–6(7–5)
2005 Maria Sharapova Jelena Janković 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
2004 Maria Sharapova Tatiana Golovin 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2003 Magdalena Maleeva Shinobu Asagoe 6–1, 6–4
2002 Jelena Dokić Anastasia Myskina 6–2, 6–3
2001 Nathalie Tauziat Miriam Oremans 6–3, 7–5
2000 Lisa Raymond Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
1999 Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1998 Cancelled after quarterfinals due to rain
1997 Nathalie Tauziat Yayuk Basuki 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1996 Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1995 Zina Garrison-Jackson Lori McNeil 6–3, 6–3
1994 Lori McNeil Zina Garrison-Jackson 6–2, 6–2
1993 Lori McNeil Zina Garrison-Jackson 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1992 Brenda Schultz Jenny Byrne 6–2, 6–2
1991 Martina Navratilova Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
1990 Zina Garrison Helena Suková 6–4, 6–1
1989 Martina Navratilova Zina Garrison 7–6, 6–3
1988 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–1
1987 Pam Shriver Larisa Savchenko 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1986 Pam Shriver Manuela Maleeva 6–2, 7–6
1985 Pam Shriver Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–0
1984 Pam Shriver Anne White 7–6, 6–3
1983 Billie Jean King Alycia Moulton 6–0, 7–5
1982 Billie Jean King Rosalyn Fairbank 6–2, 6–1
Doubles
2011
Olga Govortsova & Alla Kudryavtseva d. Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci 1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
