The Championships, Wimbledon the 2017 tournament would begin on Monday 3 July. Other grass-court tournaments before Wimbledon are Eastbourne, England, and Rosmalen in the Netherlands, both combining mixed events. The other women's warm-up tournament for Wimbledon is Birmingham, also in England. The only grass-court tournament scheduled after the Championships is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, which takes place the week after Wimbledon. Wimbledon is scheduled for 14 days, beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. Before 1982 it ended a day earlier, with the women's singles final on the Friday and the men's singles final
2005 DFS Classic – Singles received a bye to the second round. 2005 DFS Classic – Singles Following are the results for the 2005 DFS Classic - Singles tennis competition. The tournament was played on grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier III of the 2005 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from June 6 through June 12, 2005. Maria Sharapova was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 against Jelena Janković. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that