Lexus Birmingham Open 2026: Results & updates

Day two: Opening round wins for Stojsavljevic, Fery, Harris & more

Women's

Men's

Due to rain, all of Monday's WTA and ATP matches, except for matches being played on Court 3 - have been cancelled at the Lexus Birmingham Open. 

Mika Stojsavljevic was trailing fellow teenager Emerson Jones 6-3, 1-1 in her opening round match, while wild card entrants Jack Pinnington Jones and Oliver Tarvet were set to take on seeded players in their first round clashes.

Before the rain came in, American Elvina Kalieva had made a strong statement during her first round match against fourth seed Talia Gibson - knocking out the fourth seed 7-5, 2-6, 5-4 in two hours and 28 minutes. 

There was also a doubles victory for Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden over Nikola Bartunckova and Alexandra Eala 6-4, 2-6, 11-9. 

The Brits came back from 4-0 down to win the opening set and saved match point in the deciding tie-break.

British trio miss out on main draw spot

Meanwhile, it wasn't to be for Britain's Charles Broom, Ben Jones and Hamish Stewart who lost out in their final rounds of qualifying. 

28-year-old Broom fell short in a tight match against Frenchman Clement Chidekh 6-3, 7-6(3), while Jones was narrowly beaten by Italy's Filippo Romano 7-5, 7-6(9).

Stewart - who was seeded 12th in qualifying - lost out in his battle against Sweden's Elias Ymer, 7-6(2), 6-2. 

Mimi Xu hopes of a main draw spot at the Lexus Birmingham Open came to an end after the British star lost out to Tereza Martincova in straight sets.

Meanwhile, Charles Broom, Hamish Stewart and Ben Jones made the second round of men's qualifying.

Xu bows out in qualifying

31-year-year-old former Birmingham and Nottingham quarter-finalist, Martincova, defeated British teenager, Xu, 7-6(2), 6-1 to qualify for this year's tournament.

Xu showed great fight to come back from a break down in the opening set but after losing the tie-break, she soon found herself 3-0 down in the second. The Brit had three opportunities to get back on serve but the double break eventually sealed the win for Matincova.

2025 champion Greet Minnen beat Viktoria Hruncakova 7-6(5), 6-1 to return to the main draw, while there were also wins for world No.120 Ashlyn Krueger, Nao Hibino, Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Rebeka Masarova.

Brits through to second round of men's qualifying

Broom and Stewart both defeated fellow Brits to reach the second round of men's singles qualifying in Birmingham.

28-year-old Broom knocked out James Beaven 6-3, 6-2, while Stewart beat Sean Hodkin 6-3, 6-1.

In the next round, Broom will play Clement Chidekh of France after the third seed defeated Britain's Will Jansen. 

Stewart moves on to face Sweden's Elias Ymer, who beat Anton Matusevich in the opening round.

Britain's Jones had one of the upsets of the day, beating ninth seed Keegan Smith 7-6(3), 7-6(5) to set up a match against Filippo Romano for a place in the main draw.

Top seed Martin Damm, Australia's James McCabe, August Holmgren, James Watt and Marc-Andrea Huesler all progressed into round two of qualifying.

The qualifying stages began at the Lexus Birmingham Open with Mimi Xu getting off to a winning start.

However, it wasn't to be for Heather Watson, Jodie Burrage, Hannah Klugman, Emily Appleton, Lily Miyazaki and Victoria Allen who all lost out in the second round of qualifying for the WTA 250 event.

Xu, who made her debut on grass at this event last year, held her nerve against Canadian Kayla Cross, eventually winning 6-3, 5-7, 6-0. 

The 18-year-old will face former world No.40 Tereza Martincova in a bid to reach the main draw.

Watson narrowly missed out on a spot in the second round of qualifying after a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 defeat to 11th seed Viktoria Hruncakova.

Burrage also lost out in a three set battle - 2025 champion Greet Minnen won their match 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 6-1.

Elsewhere, Klugman, Appleton, Miyazaki and Allen all lost out in straight sets.