The WTA Birmingham, also called the as Viking Classic who are their sponsors, is among the most important WTA tournaments on the road to Wimbledon each year. Find below all the information about this tournament including how to watch the 2023 WTA Birmingham live streaming on your device.
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A WTA 250 event which is played on outdoor grass, the WTA Birmingham Open has been around since 1982.
It has been called by various names over the years, starting with the Edgbaston Cup and was followed by Dow Chemical Classic and Dow Classic till 1992, before the name DFS Classic stuck for a period of 15 years till 2007.
More recently it has been called the Aegon Classic, Nature Valley Classic, Viking Classic and its current avatar as Rothesay Classic.
Since its inception in 1982, it wasn’t held in 2020 because of the pandemic while in 1998 it was cancelled after the quarterfinals because of rain.
2023 WTA Birmingham Schedule & Dates
The women’s section of the 2023 Birmingham Open will be played from Monday, June 19 with its first round matches and the women’s singles final will be held on Sunday, June 25.
The qualifying rounds will be played a couple of days before the start of the main draw matches.
The 2020 tournament had got cancelled because of the global pandemic.
Player List for the 2023 Birmingham Open
More details on who will participate in the 2023 Birmingham Open will be released soon.
The Birmingham Classic last season saw Jelena Ostapenko start things off as the top seed and she was joined by the likes of Simona Halep and Camila Giorgi. Barbora Krejcikova was expected to feature in the tournament but opted out of it.
Women’s Singles
Jelena Ostapenko, Simona Halep, Camila Giorgi, Elise Mertens, Petra Kvitova, Sorana Cirstea, Alison Riske, Zhang Shuai.
What Happened at the 2022 WTA Birmingham?
Beatriz Haddad Maia continued with her excellent form when she overcame the injured Zhang Shuai in the final of the 2022 WTA Birmingham to win another title. Haddad Maia was leading 5-4 when her opponent retired from the encounter.
The Brazilian had earlier stunned Petra Kvitova in the first round, before overcoming the third seeded Camila Giorgi in the quarterfinals and then shocking Simona Halep, the second seed in the semifinals.
Shuai made the final by edging out Sorana Cirstea in the semifinal.
Ons Jabeur won the 2021 edition of the WTA Birmingham by defeating Daria Kasatkina in straight sets as the second seed at the tournament.
This was after Jabeur had overcome Heather Watson and Kasatkina crushed Coco Vandeweghe in their respective semifinals.
Top seeded Elise Mertens was knocked out of the competition in the very first round.
Ash Barty will kick-start the 2021 edition of the tournament as the defending champion, having won the title in 2019 by beating the eighth seeded Julia Goerges in the final in straight sets. The 2020 edition was obviously cancelled because of the illness issues.
None of the other seeded players barring these two, made it to the semifinal with Petra Martic and Barbora Strycova taking the other two places.
Top seeded Naomi Osaka had a tough first round match against Maria Sakkari before getting stunned by Yulia Putintseva in the second, while Britain’s seventh seeded went down to Jelena Ostapenko at the same stage.
Also getting knocked out in the second round was Karolina Pliskova, getting beaten by her identical twin Kristyna Pliskova, in what was the first such match at the WTA level.
Previous WTA Birmingham Open Title Winners
Women’s Singles
2022: Beatriz Haddad Maia
2021: Ons Jabeur
2020: Not Held
2019: Ash Barty
2018: Petra Kvitova
2017: Petra Kvitova
2016: Madison Keys
2015: Angelique Kerber
2014: Ana Ivanovic
2013: Daniela Hantuchova
2012: Melanie Oudin
2011: Sabine Lisicki
2010: Li Na
2009: Magdaléna Rybáriková
2023 WTA Birmingham Open Live Streaming Online
One of the easiest ways to watch the Birmingham Open is to sign up with bet365.com, which is one of the largest bookmakers in the world. Joining them is a simple process – simply visit the respective site and sign up. After you have filled in the details, you will be able to create an account.
Once the account is created, you need to make a deposit of $10 or more which you can then use to wager on any event of your choice. The last step is to select the ‘Live Streaming’ tab and find the event you wish to watch live. In this case, it will be WTA Birmingham live stream.
Here is the process you can follow to watch the WTA Birmingham Open live on your device
- Go to Bet365.com here
- Register with Bet365.com (or log in to your account)
- Pre-fund your account by depositing $10 (or equivalent currency).
- You can either let it remain in your account or make a bet in the 24 hours before the live streaming
- Select the ‘WTA Birmingham 2023’ live streaming option by clicking on Live Streaming on the top
There is one other similar method to watch the Birmingham Open live streaming for 2023 and that is to sign up with Unibet.
Unibet offers tennis live streams for tournaments from around the world and while there are geo-restrictions and similar conditions that apply to it, you can sign up with them for free to check whether the Birmingham Open live stream is available in your country.
Another way to live stream the tournament is by subscribing to WTA TV – the official live streaming partner of the WTA Tour.
By signing up for WTA TV, you get to watch all the WTA events live, right on your device, throughout the season. This also includes the prestigious Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments. Not only this, but the games will be live streamed in high definition with the ability and pause and rewind. Other features include multi-match viewing, exclusive player interviews, English commentary, et cetera.
All of these can be enjoyed at just $9.99 a month.
WTA Birmingham 2023 TV Guide
The TV guide for the tournament will be updated a few days before the tournament begins.