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ROTHESAY CLASSIC BIRMINGHAM<br />
Beatriz Haddad Maia<br />
BEATRIZ<br />
HADDAD MAIA<br />
BRAZIL | BORN: MAY 30 1996<br />
• Earned a career-high ranking of world<br />
No.12 in February 2023 having started the<br />
previous year ranked No.82.<br />
• Won her first and second WTA-tour titles at<br />
Nottingham and <strong>Birmingham</strong> last summer,<br />
accumulating a 12-match grass-court win<br />
streak – the longest since Serena Williams<br />
in 2018.<br />
• Reached a maiden Masters final at the<br />
Canadian Open in 2022 losing to two-time<br />
Grand Slam champion Simona Halep.<br />
• Beat world No.1 Iga Swiatek in Toronto and<br />
top-5 ranked Maria Sakkari twice last year,<br />
defeated reigning Wimbledon champion<br />
Elena Rybakina at Stuttgart in April 2023.<br />
BARBORA<br />
KREJCIKOVA<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC |<br />
BORN: DECEMBER 18 1995<br />
• Claimed her first singles Grand<br />
Slam title at the 2021 French<br />
Open<br />
• Achieved career-high singles<br />
ranking at world No.2 in February<br />
2022<br />
• Won 10 Grand Slam doubles<br />
titles, including the career Grand<br />
Slam and Olympic gold.<br />
• Lifted her maiden Masters trophy<br />
this year at the Dubai Tennis<br />
Championships, defeating world<br />
No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 en route<br />
to the title.<br />
Edgbaston Priory Club | 17 - 25 June 2023<br />
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