2012 Aegon Classic

2012 AEGON Classic
Date	June 11 – June 17
Edition	31st
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, England
2011 Champions
Singles
Sabine Lisicki
Doubles
Olga Govortsova / Alla Kudryavtseva
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The 2012 AEGON Classic is a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the 31st edition of the event. It takes place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, scheduled between 11 and 17 June 2012.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	12	1
GER	Sabine Lisicki	13	2
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	18	3
ITA	Roberta Vinci	19	4
SRB	Jelena Janković	21	5
GER	Mona Barthel	32	6
USA	Christina McHale	36	7
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	38	8
NZL	Marina Erakovic	42	9
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	43	10
CZE	Iveta Benešová	51	11
AUT	Tamira Paszek	52	12
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	64	13
HUN	Tímea Babos	67	14
GBR	Elena Baltacha	68	15
GRE	Eleni Daniilidou	69	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 28, 2012.

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Jelena Janković
• Tara Moore
• Samantha Murray
• Francesca Schiavone
• Melanie South

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Vera Dushevina
• Michelle Larcher de Brito
• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
• Grace Min
• Melanie Oudin
• Alison Riske
• Abigail Spears
• Zheng Jie

The following players received entry via the Lucky Loser spot:

• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Alla Kudryavtseva

The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:

• Sofia Arvidsson
• Petra Cetkovská
• Simona Halep
• Jarmila Gajdošová (left wrist injury)
• Kaia Kanepi
• Peng Shuai
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following player withdrew from the doubles main draw:

• Michaëlla Krajicek (viral illness)

The following players retired from the singles main draw:

• Casey Dellacqua
• Michaëlla Krajicek (viral illness)
• Ayumi Morita
• Virginie Razzano

• TBD vs. TBD

• TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

• Entry list

• Official website