The 2014 Bank of the West Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the tournament, which was part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, United States between 28 July and 3 August 2014. It was the first women's event on the 2014 US Open Series.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's doubles | 1 |
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000
| width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=thistle | F | width=85 bgcolor=ffff00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 16 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Women's singles[1] | $120,000 | $64,000 | $35,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $6,550 | $3,025 | $1,690 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#ededed | Women's doubles | $38,000 | $20,000 | $11,000 | $5,600 | $3,035 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serena Williams | 1 | 1 | ||
 Poland | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 2 | |
| Angelique Kerber | 8 | 3 | ||
 Belarus | Victoria Azarenka | 10 | 4 | |
 Serbia | Ana Ivanovic | 11 | 5 | |
 Slovakia | Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 6 | |
 Spain | Carla Suárez Navarro | 16 | 7 | |
| Andrea Petkovic | 18 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Sara Errani, replaced by CoCo Vandeweghe
Petra Kvitová, replaced by Kimiko Date-Krumm
Yanina Wickmayer (viral illness)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raquel Kops-Jones | Abigail Spears | 26 | 1 | |||
 Russian Federation | Alla Kudryavtseva |  Australia | Anastasia Rodionova | 40 | 2 | |
| Spain | Garbiñe Muguruza | Spain | Carla Suárez Navarro | 67 | 3 | |
| Chan Hao-ching | Andrea Petkovic | 69 | 4 |
Aleksandra Wozniak (viral illness)See main article: article and 2014 Bank of the West Classic – Singles.
Serena Williams defeated Angelique Kerber, 7–6(7–1), 6–3See main article: article and 2014 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles.
Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Paula Kania / Kateřina Siniaková, 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]