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.

2016 Bank of the West Classic
Date	18–24 July
Edition	45th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$753,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Stanford, California, United States
Champions
Singles
Johanna Konta
Doubles
Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$128,100	$68,280	$37,330	$21,330	$10,670	$6,990	$3,225	$1,810
Women's doubles	$40,300	$21,330	$11,735	$5,975	$3,240	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Venus Williams	7	1
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	12	2
GBR	Johanna Konta	18	3
USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	35	4
JPN	Misaki Doi	36	5
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	37	6
FRA	Alizé Cornet	51	7
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	52	8

• 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)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Zheng Saisai	31	1
USA	Raquel Atawo	USA	Abigail Spears	40	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	83	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	CZE	Květa Peschke	105	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

• Yuliya Beygelzimer / Kristýna Plíšková

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2016 Bank of the West Classic – Singles

• Johanna Konta defeated Venus Williams, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles

• Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears defeated Darija Jurak / Anastasia Rodionova, 6–3, 6–4