Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham: 9th - 16th June 2013
Edgbaston Priory Club
In 2011 the Aegon Classic celebrated its 30th Anniversary!
First staged at Edgbaston Priory Club in 1982, the early years were dominated by the Americans with 13 of the first 15 champions coming from the United States, including Billie Jean King as the inaugural winner.
In more recent years the tournament has been dominated by players from Eastern Europe with winners coming from Slovakia, Ukraine, Serbia and Russia. The 2010 tournament was won by China’s Li Na and the 2011 title went to Sabine Lisicki of Germany.
Sabine Lisicki loving the grass at Edgbaston
The origins of the modern game of lawn tennis is believed to have started in Edgbaston as early as 1859, when Major Thomas Harry Gem developed the game with his friend Augurio Perera, a Spanish merchant based in Birmingham. They incorporated elements of rackets alongside features of the Basque game of pelota, becoming known as Lawn Tennis by 1872.
Sabine Lisicki
Li Na
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Kateryna Bondarenko
Jelena Janković
Vera Zvonareva
Maria Sharapova
Magdalena Maleeva
Jelena Dokić
Nathalie Tauziat
Lisa Raymond
Julie Halard
Not completed due to rain
Meredith McGrath
Zina Garrison
Lori McNeil
Brenda Schultz McCarthy
Martina Navratilova
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Pam Shriver
Billie Jean King
Olga Govortsova & Alla Kudryavtseva
Cara Black & Lisa Raymond
Cara Black & Liezel Huber
Chan Yung-jan & Chia-Jung Chuang
Jelena Janković & Na Li
Daniela Hantuchova & Ai Sugiyama
Maria Kirilenko & Maria Sharapova
Els Callens & Meilen Tu
Shinobu Asagoe & Els Callens
Cara Black & Elna Likhovtseva
Rachel McQuillan & Lisa McShea
Corina Morariu & Larisa Savchenko
Els Callens & Julie Halard-Decugis
Katrina Adams & Larisa Savchenko
Elizabeth Smylie & Linda Wild
Manon Bollegraf & Rennae Stubbs
Zina Garrison-Jackson & Larisa Savchenko
Lori McNeil & Martina Navratilova
Lori McNeil & Rennae Stubbs
Nicole Bradtke & Elizabeth Smylie
Larisa Neiland & Natasha Zvereva
Larisa Savchenko & Natasha Zvereva
cancelled due to rain
Elise Burgin & Rosalyn Fairbank
Terry Holladay & Sharon Walsh
Leslie Allen & Anne White
Billie Jean King & Sharon Walsh
Jo Durie & Anne Hobbs