2012 Bank of the West Classic explained

Date:	July 9–15
Edition:	41st
Surface:	Hard
Category:	WTA Premier
Prize Money:	$740,000
Location:	Stanford, United States
Champs:	Serena Williams
Champd:	Marina Erakovic / Heather Watson
Main Name:	Stanford Classic

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	Rank^1	Seed
	Serena Williams	6	1
France	Marion Bartoli	9	2
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	13	3
Serbia	Jelena Janković	21	4
Belgium	Yanina Wickmayer	36	5
	Chanelle Scheepers	43	6
	Petra Martić	45	7
New Zealand	Marina Erakovic	49	8
Romania	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	Rank^1	Seed
Australia	Jarmila Gajdošová		Vania King	45	1
	Raquel Kops-Jones		Abigail Spears	49	2
	Natalie Grandin	Czech Republic	Vladimíra Uhlířová	55	3
	Chan Hao-ching		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
• Simone Kalhorn / Alessondra Parra

Retirements

• Urszula Radwańska (heat illness)

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2012 Bank of the West Classic – Singles.

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

Doubles

See main article: 2012 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles.

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