From Jankovic to Kvitova: A decade of champions in Birmingham

Future World No.1 Jelena Jankovic won her fifth career title here in 2007, defeating Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final; three weeks later, the Serb would become Wimbledon mixed doubles champion alongside Jamie Murray (Getty)

Kateryna Bondarenko won her maiden title in 2009, beating Yanina Wickmayer 7-6(7), 3-6, 7-6(4) in the first Birmingham final to be decided be a final set tiebreak; Bondarenko would have to wait nine years for her second trophy, in Tashkent 2017 (Getty)

Another first-time titlist followed in 2010: future Wimbledon semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova, whose route to the trophy included No.1 seed Zheng Jie in the third round and Li Na 6-0, 7-6(2) in the final (Getty)

Li Na got her hands on the trophy at last in 2010 when she beat Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-1 in the final; it was the only one of the Chinese two-time Slam champion's titles to come on grass (Getty)

An unseeded Sabine Lisicki carved her way through the draw without dropping a set in 2011, culminating in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Daniela Hantuchova; a fortnight later, the German would reach her first Wimbledon semifinal (Getty)

No.208-ranked Melanie Oudin is the only qualifier to take the title here; the American was the last player standing after a rain-delayed 2012 event, beating Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-2 in a Monday final - her third match in two days (Getty)

The sixth and penultimate title of Daniela Hantuchova's career came here in 2013; in an all-unseeded final, the Slovak beat a 16-year-old Donna Vekic 7-6(5), 6-4 (Getty)

An upgrade to Premier status in 2014 saw Ana Ivanovic defeat Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-2 for her first title at that level in six years - and it would be the Serb's penultimate trophy out of the 15 she won in her career (Getty)

Having suffered two Eastbourne final defeats in 2012 and 2015, Angelique Kerber finally won her first grass title in Birmingham in 2015, defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final (Getty)

Madison Keys became the first maiden titlist of Birmingham's Premier era in 2016 when the 21-year-old beat Barbora Strycova, who suffered her second final loss in three years, 6-3, 6-4 (Getty)

There was an emotional win in 2017 for Petra Kvitova, whose 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Ashleigh Barty sealed her first title following a horrific knife attack in 2016 - in just her second tournament back (Getty)