2016 Bank of the West Classic

The 2016 Bank of the West Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 45th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, California, United States between 18 and 24 July 2016. It was the first women's event on the 2016 US Open Series.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis
 * 🇺🇸 Julia Boserup
 * 🇺🇸 Maria Mateas
 * 🇨🇦 Carol Zhao

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan
 * 🇧🇬 Elitsa Kostova
 * 🇺🇸 Asia Muhammad
 * 🇺🇸 Sachia Vickery

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos → replaced by Verónica Cepede Royg
 * 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady
 * Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina → replaced by 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska
 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska → replaced by 🇺🇸 Alison Riske
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun

Retirements

 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (Right ankle injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:
 * 🇺🇦 Yuliya Beygelzimer / 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková

Singles

 * 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta defeated 🇺🇸 Venus Williams, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Raquel Atawo / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears defeated Darija Jurak / 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova, 6–3, 6–4