Event Info
DATE: July 26 - August 1, 2010
SITE: Taube Family Tennis Stadium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 (Campus Drive &Sam McDonald Road).
TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN: Erik van Dillen
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Kim Hall
HISTORY: The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women’s-only professional tennis tournament in the world and is the first stop of the US Open Series. Owned and operated by IMG, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier event features a 30-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw with total prize money of $700,000. Held on Stanford University’s campus at Taube Family Tennis Stadium since 1997, former champions include: Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters.
In its 19th year as title sponsor of the 40-year-old event, San Francisco-based Bank of the West is one of the nation’s 25 largest banks with more than $66 billion in assets. Founded in 1874, Bank of the West is a full-service financial institution with nearly 4 million accounts in more than 700 branch and commercial offices across 19 Western and Midwestern states.
In 2008, Bank of the West ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Retail Banks in the West” by J.D. Power and Associates. Bank of the West's holding company, BancWest Corporation, is owned by BNP Paribas, a leading global financial services institution ranked by Standard & Poor's as one of the world's four strongest banks. More information is available at www.bankofthewest.com.
FORMAT: A 30-player singles main draw, and a 16-team doubles main draw are held, all featuring best 2-out-of-3 set matches. A 32-player singles qualifying draw will be held for four main draw entries and a four-team doubles qualifying draw will be held for one main draw entry.
2009 DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Singles: Marion Bartoli d. Venus Williams 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Doubles: Venus Williams/Serena Williams d. Monica Niculescu/Yung-Jan Chan 6-4, 6-1
PRIZE MONEY: $700,000
TELEVISION: The semifinals and final will be broadcast on ESPN2, July 31 and August 1.
ATTENDANCE: 34,092 over 13 sessions in 2009
