2012 Bank of the West Classic

Tennis tournament

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
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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

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### Seeds

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Country  | 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 | ~~Petra Martić~~ | 45  | 7
NZL | Marina Erakovic | 49  | 8
ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 52  | 9

* 1 Rankings as of June 25, 2012

### Other entrants

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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

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

### Retirements

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* Ayumi Morita (low back injury)

## Doubles entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | 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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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

### Retirements

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* Urszula Radwańska (heat illness)

## Finals

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### Singles

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Main article: 2012 Bank of the West Classic – Singles

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

### Doubles

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Main article: 2012 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles

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

## External links

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* Official website

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