Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, but Dellacqua retired from professional tennis in February 2018. Barty played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the first round to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.
Doubles | |
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2018 Birmingham Classic | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
Score | 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Babos and Mladenovic went on to win the title, defeating Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].
Seeds
edit- Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
- Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (first round)
- Latisha Chan / Gabriela Dabrowski (first round)
- Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (semifinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
editFirst round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Barty C Vandeweghe | 64 | 3 | 1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | E Bouchard D Cibulková | 6 | 2 | [8] | V King K Srebotnik | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
V King K Srebotnik | 2 | 6 | [10] | 1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 7 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | 4 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 5 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Görges Ka Plíšková | 4 | 4 | 4 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Kichenok A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 6 | [4] | WC | K Boulter H Watson | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | K Boulter H Watson | 6 | 4 | [10] | 1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 4 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
S Aoyama R Olaru | 3 | 6 | [7] | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 3 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 2 | [10] | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
H-c Chan Z Yang | 6 | 3 | [10] | H-c Chan Z Yang | 3 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Chan G Dabrowski | 4 | 6 | [5] | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 2 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
N Melichar K Peschke | 77 | 6 | N Melichar K Peschke | 3 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 63 | 2 | N Melichar K Peschke | 1 | 77 | [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Kasatkina G Muguruza | 2 | 6 | [10] | D Kasatkina G Muguruza | 6 | 65 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 6 | 4 | [7] |