Bank of the West Classic 2011
July 25 – July 31 at Stanford University
Singles
Championship Match
Serena
Williams (USA) d.
(3) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 7-5, 6-1
See Photo Gallery 7-31-11
The Bank of the West Classic is
one of the oldest
women-only professional tennis tournaments in the world and is
the first stop of
the Olympus US Open Series. A WTA Premier event, the Bank of the West
Classic features
a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw with total
prize money of $700,000.
Held on Stanford University's campus at the Taube Family Tennis
Stadium since 1997,
former champions include: Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina
Navratilova, Andrea
Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport and
Venus Williams. The
Bank of the West Classic is owned and operated by IMG.
Bank of the West Classic 2011
July 25 – July 31 at Stanford University
(2) Maria
Sharapova (SVK) d. Daniel Hantuchova (SVK) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
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Serena
Williams (USA) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-0, 6-0
See Photo Gallery 7-26-11
Dominika Cibulkova (8),
Slovakia, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
Photo -
Al Reyes 7/25/11
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2010 Bank of the West Classic
The
singles draw includes three-time Grand Slam champion Maria
Sharapova, 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, two-time
Grand Slam finalist
Elena Dementieva, 2008 Australian Open
semifinalist Daniela Hantuchova, 2007
Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli, two-time Grand
Slam semifinalist Kimiko Date Krumm, 2010 French Open finalist
Samantha Stosur, 2010 of Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva, 2010
Australian Open semifinalist Zheng Jie and 2009 US Open
semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer. And if that wasn’t enough, the
doubles draw will feature three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay
Davenport playing with Liezel Huber, the world’s #1 ranked
doubles player.
21 year old
Azarenka Upsets Maria Sharapova For 4th WTA Career Title
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [8] W d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [5] 6-4,
6-1
Click photo for 2010 photo
gallery
Three-time Grand Slam champion
Maria Sharapova
Maria
Sharapova (RUS) [5] d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, 7-5
2008
French Open champion Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic
(SRB) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-3, 6-2
2/09/2010
SAP Open
Photo Gallery
(Click thumbnail photos to view as larger images)
From the 2010 SAP OPEN
Pete Sampras gives congratulations to
Fernando Verdasco after an exhibition match
he lost
at
the HP Pavilion SAP Open Monday, Feb. 08,
2010.
Pete Sampras comments on
Fernando Verdasco. "He's not one of the main
guys (meaning top contender) but he's the real deal."
(Photo: Al Reyes-BASD Photographer)
Pete Sampras talks to press after he lost
the exhibition match vs. Fernando Verdasco
at the HP Pavilion SAP Open Monday, Feb. 08,
2010.
"I couldn't get into the rhythm", said Sampras. "I really never felt I
could get into the serve. Playing defense for me was
difficult."
