2014 Bank of the West Classic – Singles

2014 Bank of the West Classic USA Serena Williams GER Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–1), 6–3 28 8 singles doubles 2014 Bank of the West Classic Serena Williams defeated Angelique Kerber in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/bank-of-the-west-classic-2014-serena-williams-recovers-to-win-in-stanford-and-put-wimbledon-wobble-behind-her-9645666.html Bank of the West Classic 2014: Serena Williams recovers to win in Stanford and put Wimbledon wobble behind her The Independent 24 April 2026 Dominika Cibulková was the defending champion,https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/8846004/bank-of-the-west-classic-dominika-cibulkova-lifts-stanford-title-with-final-win-over-agnieszka-radwanska Bank of the West Classic: Dominika Cibulkova lifts Stanford title with final win over Agnieszka Radwanska Sky Sports 24 April 2026 but lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round.https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/11282977/anna-ivanovic-lone-seeded-player-win-bank-west-classic No. 5 Anna Ivanovic lone seed to win ESPN 24 April 2026 Sabine Lisicki hit the fastest serve of all time in women's tennis, blasting a 131 mph serve against Ana Ivanovic in the first round.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/30/sabine-lisicki-record-fastest-serve-women-tennis-stanford Sabine Lisicki sets record for fastest serve in women’s tennis - but loses The Guardian 24 April 2026 As a result of her quarterfinals run, former world No. 1 Ivanovic returned to top ten in the WTA rankings for the first time since the 2009 French Open.Ivanovic explains reason for coaching change, tennis.com, 2 August 2014 This tournament marked the WTA Tour main-draw debut of future four-time major champion and world No. 1, Naomi Osaka.https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/WTA_Tennis/19365/only-16-and-ranked-no406-in-the-world-naomi-osaka-stuns-sam-stosur-in-stanford/ Only 16 and ranked No.406 in the world, Naomi Osaka stuns Sam Stosur in Stanford Tennis World USA 24 April 2026 Seeds The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em USA Serena Williams (champion) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (second round) GER Angelique Kerber (final) BLR Victoria Azarenka (second round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (Quarterfinal) SVK Dominika Cibulková (first round) ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (first round) GER Andrea Petkovic (semifinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 7 6 8 GER Andrea Petkovic 5 0 3 GER Angelique Kerber 4 77 6 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 64 2 1 USA Serena Williams 77 6 3 GER Angelique Kerber 61 3 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals JPN K Date-Krumm 1 3 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 6 Q CAN C Zhao 6 1 BEL Y Wickmayer 2 0r GER S Lisicki 62 1 5 SRB A Ivanovic 77 6 WC USA V Williams 6 6 Q POL P Kania 3 2 AUS S Stosur 6 67 5 Q JPN N Osaka 4 79 7 CRO A Tomljanović 1 4 8 GER A Petkovic 6 6 1 USA S Williams 7 6 CZE Ka Plíšková 5 2 Q CAN C Zhao 1 1 5 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 4/WC BLR V Azarenka 4 61 WC USA V Williams 6 77 Q JPN N Osaka 2 2 8 GER A Petkovic 6 6 1 USA S Williams 2 6 7 5 SRB A Ivanovic 6 3 5 WC USA V Williams 1 6 5 8 GER A Petkovic 6 3 7 1 USA S Williams 7 6 8 GER A Petkovic 5 0 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 SVK D Cibulková 2 6 2 ESP G Muguruza 6 4 6 ARG P Ormaechea 3 4 SVK D Hantuchová 6 6 USA C Vandeweghe 6 7 WC USA K Ahn 2 5 7 ESP C Suárez Navarro 3 5 PUR M Puig 6 7 Q USA S Vickery 6 6 CHN S Zhang 1 2 FRA C Garcia 4 3 USA V Lepchenko 6 6 ESP G Muguruza 6 6 SVK D Hantuchová 4 4 USA C Vandeweghe 64 6 2 3 GER A Kerber 77 0 6 PUR M Puig 77 2 1 Q USA S Vickery 64 6 6 USA V Lepchenko 6 3 6 2 POL A Radwańska 3 6 4 ESP G Muguruza 2 1 3 GER A Kerber 6 6 Q USA S Vickery 1 0 USA V Lepchenko 6 6 3 GER A Kerber 4 77 6 USA V Lepchenko 6 64 2 Qualifying Seeds 30em CAN Aleksandra Wozniak (qualifying competition) CZE Kateřina Siniaková (first round) CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (first round) RUS Alla Kudryavtseva (first round) POL Paula Kania (qualified) USA Sachia Vickery (qualified) CRO Petra Martić (qualifying competition) CHN Xu Yifan (withdrew, playing in Nanchang doubles final) RUS Marina Shamayko (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em USA Sachia Vickery CAN Carol Zhao POL Paula Kania JPN Naomi Osaka Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 7 6 WC USA Caroline Doyle 5 3 WC USA Michaela Gordon 4 1 6 USA Sachia Vickery 6 6 1 CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 4 1 6 USA Sachia Vickery 6 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 7 4 63 WC CAN Carol Zhao 5 6 77 Alt JPN Mari Osaka 6 3 3 9 RUS Marina Shamayko 2 6 6 WC CAN Carol Zhao 6 1 6 9 RUS Marina Shamayko 1 6 4 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2 68 WC USA Raquel Kops-Jones 6 710 RUS Daria Gavrilova 6 3 4 5 POL Paula Kania 3 6 6 WC USA Raquel Kops-Jones 4 1 5 POL Paula Kania 6 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 4 6 1 JPN Naomi Osaka 6 3 6 ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 4 2 7 CRO Petra Martić 6 6 JPN Naomi Osaka 64 6 6 7 CRO Petra Martić 77 4 1 References External links WTA tournament draws Bank of the West Classic - 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