2012 Bank of the West Classic

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.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of June 25, 2012

Other entrants
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

 * 🇨🇦 Stéphanie Dubois (foot injury)
 * 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová
 * Petra Martić
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber
 * 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai

Retirements

 * 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita (low back injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of June 25, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Mallory Burdette / 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 🇺🇸 Simone Kalhorn / 🇺🇸 Alessondra Parra

Retirements

 * 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska (heat illness)

Singles

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

Doubles

 * 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic / 🇬🇧 Heather Watson defeated 🇦🇺 Jarmila Gajdošová / 🇺🇸 Vania King 7–5, 7–6(9–7)