Find out who your favourite players will face in the opening rounds of the Lexus Birmingham Open this year.<\/p>\n
British quartet feature in strong women\u2019s singles draw<\/p>\n
Wild card Harriet Dart<\/a> is the highest ranked British player in the women\u2019s singles draw and will face fifth seed Nikola Bartunkova in the first round.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n One of the standout match-ups in the opening round features a recent junior Grand Slam champion and junior world No.1 as Britain\u2019s Mika Stojsavljevic<\/a> and Australia\u2019s Emerson Jones have been drawn together in Birmingham.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Katie Swan<\/a> will play two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist and seventh seed Ajla Tomljanovic with the winner facing either Britain\u2019s Alicia Dudeney or Australia\u2019s Taylah Preston.<\/p>\n All four British players feature in the bottom half of the draw.<\/p>\n Top seed Alexandra Eala will open her account in Birmingham against Priscilla Hon, last year\u2019s HSBC Championships winner Tatjana Maria will play Linda Fruhvirtova, and second seed Janice Tjen has drawn a qualifier.<\/p>\n Women’s singles – first round draw:<\/p>\n Alexandra Eala (PHI) (1) vs Priscilla Hon (AUS) View full draws\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Brits dealt tough draws in men\u2019s singles<\/p>\n In the men\u2019s singles, Jacob Fearnley<\/a> has been dealt a tough draw against fifth seed and last year\u2019s Wimbledon men\u2019s doubles finalist, Rinky Hijikata.<\/p>\n Fearnley is a former ATP Challenger title winner on grass \u2013 lifting the title at the Lexus Nottingham Open<\/a> in 2024 \u2013 and will be looking to make a strong start to his summer campaign against the Australian.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Arthur Fery<\/a> will play reigning Lexus Ilkley Open<\/a> champion Tristan Schoolkate in the first round before a potential match-up with top seed and world No.73, Mattia Bellucci.<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Ilkley runner-up Jack Pinnington Jones<\/a> is set for a opening round clash with Aleksandar Vukic and could play Birmingham champion Otto Virtanen in round two.<\/p>\n Billy Harris<\/a> has been drawn against third seed James Duckworth, while wild card Oliver Tarvet faces recent Jiujiang Challenger winner and seventh seed, Coleman Wong.<\/p>\n
\nQualifier vs Alina Charaeva
\nQualifier vs Linda Klimovicova (POL)
\nKayla Day (USA) vs Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL) (6)
\nTatjana Maria (GER) (3) vs Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE)
\nQualifier vs Qualifier
\nQualifier vs Maddison Inglis (AUS)
\nMary Stoiana (USA) vs Lulu Sun (NZL) (8)
\nNikola Bartunkova (CZE) (5) vs Harriet Dart (GBR)
\nQualifier vs Joanna Garland (TPE)
\nMika Stojsavljevic (GBR) vs Emerson Jones (AUS)
\nElvina Kalieva (USA) vs Talia Gibson (AUS) (4)
\nAjla Tomljanovic (AUS) (7) vs Katie Swan (GBR)
\nTaylah Preston (AUS) vs Alicia Dudeney (GBR)
\nQualifier vs Himeno Sakatsume (JPN)
\nQualifier vs Janice Tjen (INA) (2)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-jacob-fearnley-roland-garros-r1.jpg\")
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