2012 Bank of the West Classic

2012 Bank of the West Classic
2012 Bank of the West Classic
Date	July 9–15
Edition	41st
Kategorie	WTA Premier
Prize money	$740,000
Surface	Hard
Standort	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

Land	Player	Rank¹	Seed
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	~~Petra Martić~~	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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Ayumi Morita (low back injury)

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Land	Player	Land	Player	Rank¹	Seed
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