WTA - Birmingham

The WTA tour continues in the United Kingdom.

2021 Viking Classic Birmingham - a WTA 250 tournament, on Grass, in Birmingham, United Kingdom, 14-20 June 2021.

Event not held last year due to COVID-19

2019 champion (not defending):

Ashleigh Barty (2) who defeated Julia Goerges (8) 6-3 7-5

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Paula Badosa replaced by Nina Stojanovic 

- CoCo Gauff replaced by Hsieh Su-wei  

- Johanna Konta replaced by Camila Giorgi 

- Anett Kontaveit replaced by Leylah Fernandez 

- Svetlana Kuznetsova replaced by Heather Watson 

- Magda Linette replaced by Viktorija Golubic 

- Anastasija Sevastova replaced by Marta Kostyuk 

- Jil Teichmann replaced by Ajla Tomljanovic 

- Elena Vesnina replaced by Kristina Mladenovic 

- Wang Qiang replaced by Polona Hercog 

- Zheng Saisai replaced by Anastasia Potapova 

Elise Mertens, world number 16, is top seed.

The other 7 seeds are all in the top 50

There are no byes.