2012 Bank of the West Classic
2012 Bank of the West Classic | |
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Date | July 9–15 |
Edition | 41st |
Category | WTA Premier |
Prize money | $740,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Stanford, United States |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Serena Williams | |
Doubles | |
Marina Erakovic / Heather Watson |
The 2012 Bank of the West Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA Premier tournaments category of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, United States, on July 9–15, 2012. It was the first event of the 2012 US Open Series.
Singles entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Serena Williams | 6 | 1 |
FRA | Marion Bartoli | 9 | 2 |
SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 3 |
SRB | Jelena Janković | 21 | 4 |
BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 36 | 5 |
RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 43 | 6 |
CRO | 45 | 7 | |
NZL | Marina Erakovic | 49 | 8 |
ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 52 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 25, 2012
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- Mallory Burdette
- Nicole Gibbs
- Michelle Larcher de Brito
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Jana Juricová
- Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
- Grace Min
- Erika Sema
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:
- Alexa Glatch
- Coco Vandeweghe
- Zheng Saisai
Withdrawals[]
- Stéphanie Dubois (foot injury)
- Daniela Hantuchová
- Petra Martić
- Christina McHale
- Bojana Jovanovski
- Angelique Kerber
- Nadia Petrova
- Peng Shuai
Retirements[]
- Ayumi Morita (low back injury)
Doubles entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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AUS | Jarmila Gajdošová | USA | Vania King | 45 | 1 |
USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 49 | 2 |
RSA | Natalie Grandin | CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 55 | 3 |
TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 128 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 25, 2012
Other entrants[]
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Mallory Burdette / Nicole Gibbs
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Retirements[]
- Urszula Radwańska (heat illness)
Finals[]
Singles[]
- Serena Williams defeated Coco Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3
Doubles[]
- Marina Erakovic / Heather Watson defeated Jarmila Gajdošová / Vania King 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
External links[]
Categories:
- 2012 US Open Series
- 2012 WTA Tour
- Silicon Valley Classic
- 2012 in sports in California