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.
2012 Bank of the West Classic | |
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Date | July 9–15 |
Edition | 41st |
Kategorie | WTA Premier |
Prize money | $740,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Standort | Stanford, United States |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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Singles entrants
editSeeds
editLand | 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
editThe 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
edit- Stéphanie Dubois (foot injury)
- Daniela Hantuchová
- Petra Martić
- Christina McHale
- Bojana Jovanovski
- Angelique Kerber
- Nadia Petrova
- Peng Shuai
Retirements
edit- Ayumi Morita (low back injury)
Doubles entrants
editSeeds
editLand | Player | Land | 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
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
edit- Urszula Radwańska (heat illness)
Finals
editSingles
edit- Serena Williams defeated Coco Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3
Doubles
edit- Marina Erakovic / Heather Watson defeated Jarmila Gajdošová / Vania King 7–5, 7–6(9–7)