Czech Karolina Pliskova and Danish Caroline Wozniacki will face each other in the battle for the Aegon International title. These Eastbourne semifinals were specific because semifinalists Johanna Konta and Heather Watson were the first duo of British players to make a WTA final four in 32 years, but both ended their runs at that stage of the tournament.
The third-seeded Pliskova advanced to the final singles match of the last grasscourt tournament before Wimbledon with a walkover, as the fifth-seeded Konta was forced to withdraw from her hometown event with a back injury sustained after a heavy fall in her win against world No.