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
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.

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

• ¹ Rankings as of June 25, 2012

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

• Stéphanie Dubois (foot injury)
• Daniela Hantuchová
• Petra Martić
• Christina McHale
• Bojana Jovanovski
• Angelique Kerber
• Nadia Petrova
• Peng Shuai

• Ayumi Morita (low back injury)

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

• ¹ Rankings as of June 25, 2012

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mallory Burdette / Nicole Gibbs
• Simone Kalhorn / Alessondra Parra

• Urszula Radwańska (heat illness)

• Serena Williams defeated Coco Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3

• Marina Erakovic / Heather Watson defeated Jarmila Gajdošová / Vania King 7–5, 7–6^(9–7)

• Official website