2012 Bank of the West Classic – Singles

Serena Williams was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating lucky loser CoCo Vandeweghe in the final, 7–5, 6–3. It was the first all-American final on the WTA Tour since the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, and the first on American soil since Los Angeles in 2004.

Singles
2012 Bank of the West Classic
Final
ChampionUnited States Serena Williams
Runner-upUnited States CoCo Vandeweghe
Score7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
SinglesDoubles
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Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Serena Williams (champion)
  2. Marion Bartoli (quarterfinals)
  3. Dominika Cibulková (quarterfinals)
  4. Jelena Janković (second round)
  5. Yanina Wickmayer (semifinals)
  6. Chanelle Scheepers (quarterfinals)
  7. Petra Martić (withdrew)
  8. Marina Erakovic (second round)
  9. Sorana Cîrstea (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

SemifinalsFinal
          
1 Serena Williams66
9 Sorana Cîrstea12
1 Serena Williams76
LL CoCo Vandeweghe53
LL CoCo Vandeweghe636
5 Yanina Wickmayer262

Top half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1 S Williams66
WC N Gibbs66WC N Gibbs21
Q N Lertcheewakarn441 S Williams66
WC M Larcher de Brito5666 C Scheepers40
  J Gajdošová723WC M Larcher de Brito34
Q G Min446 C Scheepers66
6 C Scheepers661 S Williams66
9 S Cîrstea12
3 D Cibulková66
Q E Sema66Q E Sema13
LL A Glatch233 D Cibulková7720
  A Morita2r9 S Cîrstea6566
LL S Zheng4LL S Zheng33
  V King549 S Cîrstea66
9 S Cîrstea76

Bottom half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
8 M Erakovic66
Q J Juricová228 M Erakovic364
  E Daniilidou634  U Radwańska636
  U Radwańska366  U Radwańska44
  M Czink41LL C Vandeweghe66
LL C Vandeweghe66LL C Vandeweghe66
4 J Janković42
LL C Vandeweghe636
5 Y Wickmayer7275 Y Wickmayer262
  K-c Chang5655 Y Wickmayer566
  S Stephens6561  H Watson714
  H Watson77465 Y Wickmayer66
WC M Burdette2762 M Bartoli32
  A Keothavong654WC M Burdette50
2 M Bartoli76

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Sesil Karatantcheva (first round)
  2. CoCo Vandeweghe (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Erika Sema (qualified)
  4. Alexa Glatch (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  5. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (qualified)
  6. Chan Yung-jan (first round)
  7. Grace Min (qualified)
  8. Zheng Saisai (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

  1. Alexa Glatch
  2. CoCo Vandeweghe
  3. Zheng Saisai

Draw

First qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
1 Sesil Karatantcheva35
  Abigail Spears67
  Abigail Spears7724
7 Grace Min6266
WC Alessondra Parra20
7 Grace Min66

Second qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
2 CoCo Vandeweghe66
WC Simone Kalhorn22
2 CoCo Vandeweghe625
5 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn267
WC Ellen Tsay642
5 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn366

Third qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
3 Erika Sema66
WC Kristie Ahn44
3 Erika Sema66
8 Zheng Saisai33
  Vladimíra Uhlířová22
8 Zheng Saisai66

Fourth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
          
4 Alexa Glatch6177
  Raquel Kops-Jones1665
4 Alexa Glatch462
WC Jana Juricová626
WC Jana Juricová366
6 Chan Yung-jan612