Lexus Birmingham Open 2026: Draws announced for first grass court event of the season

The main draws of the Lexus Birmingham Open get underway from Monday 1 June with all the action shown live on Tennis Channel.

Find out who your favourite players will face in the opening rounds of the Lexus Birmingham Open this year.

British quartet feature in strong women’s singles draw

Wild card Harriet Dart is the highest ranked British player in the women’s singles draw and will face fifth seed Nikola Bartunkova in the first round.

Dart is a former quarter-finalist in Birmingham and will look to bring her wealth of grass court experience to the Edgbaston Priory Club this year.

One of the standout match-ups in the opening round features a recent junior Grand Slam champion and junior world No.1 as Britain’s Mika Stojsavljevic and Australia’s Emerson Jones have been drawn together in Birmingham.

Former junior US Open winner Stojsavljevic beat Jones en route to her title in New York but this will be a first professional meeting between the two 17-year-olds.

Katie Swan will play two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist and seventh seed Ajla Tomljanovic with the winner facing either Britain’s Alicia Dudeney or Australia’s Taylah Preston.

All four British players feature in the bottom half of the draw.

Top seed Alexandra Eala will open her account in Birmingham against Priscilla Hon, last year’s HSBC Championships winner Tatjana Maria will play Linda Fruhvirtova, and second seed Janice Tjen has drawn a qualifier.

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Brits dealt tough draws in men’s singles

In the men’s singles, Jacob Fearnley has been dealt a tough draw against fifth seed and last year’s Wimbledon men’s doubles finalist, Rinky Hijikata.

Fearnley is a former ATP Challenger title winner on grass – lifting the title at the Lexus Nottingham Open in 2024 – and will be looking to make a strong start to his summer campaign against the Australian.

If Fearnley wins his opening round match, he would play either Mackenzie McDonald or face a re-match of his Davis Cup battle with Nicolai Budkov Kjaer earlier this year.

Arthur Fery will play reigning Lexus Ilkley Open champion Tristan Schoolkate in the first round before a potential match-up with top seed and world No.73, Mattia Bellucci.

Last year’s Ilkley runner-up Jack Pinnington Jones is set for a opening round clash with Aleksandar Vukic and could play Birmingham champion Otto Virtanen in round two.

Billy Harris has been drawn against third seed James Duckworth, while wild card Oliver Tarvet faces recent Jiujiang Challenger winner and seventh seed, Coleman Wong.

Felix Gill is up against Ugo Blanchet of France and Harry Wendelken will play a qualifier.

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