2012 Bank of the West Classic

2012 Bank of the West Classic
Date July 9–15
Edition 41st
Category WTA Premier
Prize money $740,000
Surface Hard
Location Stanford, United States
Champions
Singles
United States Serena Williams
Doubles
New Zealand Marina Erakovic / United Kingdom 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
 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

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

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country 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

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Doubles

External links

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