2017 Bank of the West Classic
The 2017 Stanford Classic (sponsored by Bank of the West) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 46th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, California, United States between 31 July and 6 August 2017. It was the first women's event on the 2017 US Open Series. This event saw the top eight seeds make it to the quarterfinals, the first time since 2004 that this had happened at a WTA tournament. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of July 24, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Petra Kvitová Claire Liu Maria Sharapova The following player received entry using a protected ranking: Ajla Tomljanović The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Verónica Cepede Royg Caroline Dolehide Marina Erakovic Danielle Lao Withdrawals Before the tournament Tímea Babos →replaced by Jennifer Brady Varvara Lepchenko →replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko Kristýna Plíšková →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović Kateřina Siniaková →replaced by Kayla Day Wang Qiang →replaced by Kristie Ahn During the tournament Maria Sharapova Doubles main-draw entrants