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Bank of the West Classic
07/06/2012 | Press release
2012 Bank of the West Classic Qualifying Draw Announced (7/6/12)
distributed by noodls on 07/07/2012 06:04
STANFORD, Calif. (www.BankOfTheWestClassic.com) - The 2012 Bank of the West Classic qualifying singles draw was announced Friday evening, featuring a 16-player field with competition scheduled over the next two days.
Four qualifiers will advance into the main draw, which gets underway Monday morning.
The qualifying draw includes eight seeded players: No. 1 Sesil Karatantcheva, No. 2 Coco Vandeweghe, No. 3 Erika Sema, No. 4 Alexa Glatch, No. 5 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, No. 6 Yung-Jan Chan, No. 7 Grace Min and No. 8 Saisai Zheng.
Three of the five wildcard entrants in the draw are collegiate players hailing from the Bay Area, led by 2011 NCAA singles champion Jana Juricova of California. Juricova, who recently completed her Golden Bear career, earned All-America accolades in each of her four seasons. Juricova will square off against Chan in her first-round match, which is scheduled to be the fourth contest of the day on court six.
Stanford is also well-represented in the qualifying draw, with junior Kristie Ahn and sophomore Ellen Tsay earning spots.
An All-American in singles and ITA National Rookie of the Year in 2010, Ahn competed in only three matches last year while missing almost the entire season due to injuries. Tsay finished 24-8 overall and 17-4 in duals in her rookie year, playing mainly at the No. 4 spot of the lineup. Tsay will battle Lertcheewakarn at 11 a.m. to open the day inside the stadium, followed immediately by Ahn's contest against Sema.
The 2012 Bank of the West Classic will be held from July 9-15 at the Taube Family Tennis Center at Stanford University. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 866-WTA-TIXS (866-982-8497) or by logging on to www.BankoftheWestClassic.com. Individual session tickets to the tournament's opening round start at $26.
ABOUT THE BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: 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 Emirates Airline 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 $740,000. 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.
ABOUT BANK OF THE WEST: Founded in 1874, $62.4 billion-asset Bank of the West (www.bankofthewest.com), member FDIC and equal housing lender, offers a wide range of personal, commercial, wealth management and international banking services. The bank operates more than 700 retail and commercial banking locations in 19 Western and Midwestern states. Bank of the West is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, which has a presence in 80 countries with nearly 200,000 employees.
ABOUT IMG: IMG Worldwide is a global sports, entertainment and media business, with nearly 3,000 employees operating in 30 countries around the globe. IMG's areas of expertise are diverse and wide ranging: IMG College; IMG's Joint Ventures in China, Brazil, India and Turkey; IMG Media; IMG Events and Federations; IMG Fashion; IMG Models; IMG Art+Commerce; IMG Clients; IMG Academies; IMG Consulting and IMG Licensing. More details available at www.imgworld.com.
