Bank of the West Classic 2012

Bank of the West Classic 2012
date	07/09/2012 - 07/15/2012
Edition	16
navigation	2011  ◄  2012  ►  2013
WTA tour
venue	Stanford United States
Tournament number	703
category	WTA Premier
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 16Q / 15D
Prize money	US $ 740,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Serena Williams
Last year's winner (double)	Viktoria Azaranka Maria Kirilenko
Winner (singles)	Serena Williams
Winner (doubles)	Marina Eraković Heather Watson
Tournament supervisor	Fabrice Chouquet
Last direct assumption	Melinda Czink (116)
Player representatives	Jelena Janković
As of May 3, 2013

The Bank of the West Classic 2012 was a WTA tennis tournament that was held from July 9-15, 2012 in Stanford . It took place parallel to the WTA tournament in Palermo .

The defending champion in the singles was Serena Williams . She was able to win the tournament again this year. In the final, she beat her compatriot Coco Vandeweghe in two sets with 7: 5 and 6: 3. It was her fourth title this year and her 43rd title in her professional career. In doubles, Wiktoryja Asaranka and Marija Kirilenko were the defending champions, but neither of them took part in the tournament. In this year's double-final, Marina Eraković and her partner Heather Watson won in two sets against the top seeded duo Jarmila Gajdošová and Vania King . For Eraković it was already the sixth double title, while for Watson it was the first title of her career.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in singles and the top seeded pairing in doubles each received a bye in the first round.

qualification

Four qualifying places were played out for the individual, which entitle them to participate in the main field of the tournament.

→ Main article : Bank of the West Classic 2012 / Qualification

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Serena Williams victory 02.  Marion Bartoli Quarter finals 03.  Dominika Cibulková Quarter finals 04th  Jelena Janković Round of 16 05.  Yanina Wickmayer Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 06th  Chanelle Scheepers Quarter finals 07th  Petra Martić retreat 08th.  Marina Eraković Round of 16 09.  Sorana Cîrstea Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

S. Williams

6th

6th

WC

N. Gibbs

6th

6th

N. Gibbs

2

1

Q

N. Lertcheewakarn

4th

4th

1

S. Williams

6th

6th

WC

M. Larcher de Brito

5

6th

6th

6th

C. Scheepers

4th

0

J. Gajdošová

7th

2

3

WC

M. Larcher de Brito

3

4th

Q

G. Min

4th

4th

6th

C. Scheepers

6th

6th

6th

C. Scheepers

6th

6th

1

S. Williams

6th

6th

9

S. Cîrstea

1

2

3

D. Cibulková

6th

6th

Q

E. Sema

6th

6th

Q

E. Sema

1

3

LL

A. Glatch

2

3

3

D. Cibulková

7th

2

0

A. Morita

2

r

9

S. Cîrstea

6 5

6th

6th

LL

S. Zheng

4th

LL

S. Zheng

3

3

V. King

5

4th

9

S. Cîrstea

6th

6th

9

S. Cîrstea

7th

6th

1

S. Williams

7th

6th

8th

M. Eraković

6th

6th

LL

C. Vandeweghe

5

3

Q

J. Juričová

2

2

8th

M. Eraković

3

6th

4th

E. Daniilidou

6th

3

4th

U. Radwańska

6th

3

6th

U. Radwańska

3

6th

6th

U. Radwańska

4th

4th

M. Czink

4th

1

LL

C. Vandeweghe

6th

6th

LL

C. Vandeweghe

6th

6th

LL

C. Vandeweghe

6th

6th

4th

J. Janković

4th

2

LL

C. Vandeweghe

6th

3

6th

5

Y. Wickmayer

7th

2

7th

5

Y. Wickmayer

2

6th

2

K.-c. Chang

5

6th

5

5

Y. Wickmayer

5

6th

6th

S. Stephens

6 5

6th

1

H. Watson

7th

1

4th

H. Watson

7th

4th

6th

5

Y. Wickmayer

6th

6th

WC

M. Burdette

2

7th

6th

2

M. Bartoli

3

2

A. Keothavong

6th

5

4th

WC

M. Burdette

5

0

2

M. Bartoli

7th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King   final 02.  Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears   Quarter finals 03.  Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová   Semifinals 04th  Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

J. Gajdošová V. King

6th

6th

A. Glatch S. Zheng

6th

4th

[6]

S. Cîrstea A. Keothavong

2

2

S. Cîrstea A. Keothavong

4th

6th

[10]

1

J. Gajdošová V. King

6th

6th

4th

Y.-j. Chan H.-c. Chan

6th

6th

4th

Y.-j. Chan H.-c. Chan

3

3

WC

S. Kalhorn A. Parra

0

0

4th

Y.-j. Chan H.-c. Chan

6th

6th

D. Cibulková J. Husárová

6th

6th

D. Cibulková J. Husárová

4th

3

L. Dekmeijere N. Lertcheewakarn

3

3

1

J. Gajdošová V. King

5

6 7

E. Daniilidou U. Radwańska

6 4

6th

[10]

M. Eraković H. Watson

7th

7th

L. Lee-Waters, M. Moulton-Levy

7th

4th

[2]

E. Daniilidou U. Radwańska

WC

M. Burdette N. Gibbs

6 5

6th

[6]

3

N. Grandin V. Uhlířová

w.

O.

3

N. Grandin V. Uhlířová

7th

3

[10]

3

N. Grandin V. Uhlířová

5

7th

[7]

S. Karatancheva E. Sema

3

6th

[5]

M. Eraković H. Watson

7th

6 6

[10]

M. Eraković H. Watson

6th

3

[10]

M. Eraković H. Watson

7th

2

[10]

K.-c. Chang C. Scheepers

3

5

2

R. Kops-Jones A. Spears

6 9

6th

[4]

2

R. Kops-Jones A. Spears

6th

7th

Web links

• official homepage
• Bank of the West Classic 2012 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage