Silicon Valley Classic
{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Silicon Valley Classic
| type = defunct
| tour =ILTF World Circuit (1971–72)
Virginia Slims Circuit (1973–87)
WTA Tour (1988–2022)
| current =
| logo = Silicon Valley Classic Logo.jpg
| logo size = 200px
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1971}}
| editions = 50 (2022)
| city = San Jose, California
| country = United States
| venue = San Jose State University
| tier = WTA Tier II
(1990–2008)
WTA Premier tournaments
(2009–2019)
WTA 500
(2021–2022)
| surface = Hardcourt / outdoor
| draw = 28S / 16SQ / 16D )2022)
| prize money = US$ 757,900 (2022)
| website = [http://www.mubadalasvc.com/ mubadalasvc.com]
}}
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdoor hardcourts.[http://www.bankofthewestclassic.com/eventinfo/History.htm Bank of the West Classic history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006105730/http://www.bankofthewestclassic.com/eventinfo/History.htm |date=2008-10-06 }} It was the first women's tournament in the annual US Open Series.
The tournament started out as the British Motor Cars Invitation in 1971 on the Virginia Slims circuit. Prior to 1978, the tournament was known as the Virginia Slims of San Francisco. The tournament was sponsored by Bank of the West from 1992 to 2017 (branding it as the Bank of the West Classic), and held on the campus of Stanford University from 1997 to 2017, and run by Dick Gould.{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OffCourtNews/Read/0,,12781~2258488,00.html |title=WTA | Off-Court News | Off-Court News | on This Day: First Virginia Slims Series Begins |access-date=2011-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305192102/http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OffCourtNews/Read/0,,12781~2258488,00.html |archive-date=2012-03-05 }}
The event moved to San Jose State University in 2018 and received a new sponsor, Mubadala Investment Company, branding the tournament as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.{{cite web |title=Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018 |date=31 January 2018 |url=http://tennis.life/2018/01/29/stanford-moves-to-san-jose-for-2018/ |access-date=14 March 2018}}
Martina Navratilova won the tournament a record five times (1979–1980, 1988, 1991, and 1993).{{cite web |date=July 27, 2010 |title=Bank of West Classic reaches 40 years |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/tennis/07/27/tennis.bank.west.classic.anniversary/ |publisher=CNN}}
On June 1, 2023, it was announced that the tournament would merge with the pre-existing Washington Open and move permanently to Washington, D.C. The Washington tournament thereby went from being a WTA 250 event to being a WTA 500 event. The Silicon Valley Classic thus held its final tournament in 2022.{{Cite news |last=Wallace |first=Ava |date=2023-06-01 |title=D.C.'s Citi Open merges with Silicon Valley Classic to boost women's event |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/01/citi-open-merger-silicon-valley-classic/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0190-8286}}
Past finals
=Singles=
class="wikitable" | |||
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champion !style="width:200px"|Runner-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||
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1971 | {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King | {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals | 6–3, 6–4 |
1972 | {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King (2) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville | 7–6(5–0), 7–6(5–2) |
1973 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville | 6–3, 6–3 |
1974 | {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert | 7–6(5–2), 6–2 |
1975 | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert | {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King | 6–1, 6–1 |
1976 | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert (2) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 7–5, 7–6(5–2) |
1977 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Barker | {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade | 6–3, 6–4 |
1978 | colspan="3" align="center"|Not held | ||
1979 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert | 7–5, 7–5 |
1980 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (2) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
1981 | {{flagicon|USA}} Andrea Jaeger | {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade | 6–3, 6–1 |
1982 | {{flagicon|USA}} Andrea Jaeger (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
1983 | {{flagicon|FRG}} Bettina Bunge | {{flagicon|FRG}} Sylvia Hanika | 6–3, 6–3 |
1984 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–4 |
1985 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert | 6–2, 6–4 |
1986 | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Jordan | 6–2, 6–4 |
1987 | {{flagicon|USA}} Zina Garrison | {{flagicon|FRG}} Sylvia Hanika | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
1988 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (3) | {{flagicon|URS}} Larisa Savchenko | 6–1, 6–2 |
1989 | {{flagicon|USA}} Zina Garrison (2) | {{flagicon|URS}} Larisa Savchenko | 6–1, 6–1 |
colspan="4" align="center" | ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ | |||
1990 | {{flagicon|YUG}} Monica Seles | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
1991 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (4) | {{flagicon|YUG}} Monica Seles | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
1992 | {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Monica Seles (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 6–4 |
1993 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (5) | {{flagicon|USA}} Zina Garrison | 6–2, 7–6(7–1) |
1994 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
1995 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Magdalena Maleeva | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Ai Sugiyama | 6–3, 6–4 |
1996 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis | {{flagicon|USA}} Monica Seles | 6–2, 6–0 |
1997 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis (2) | {{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez | 6–0, 6–2 |
1998 | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
1999 | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | 7–6(7–1), 6–2 |
2000 | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport | 6–1, 6–4 |
2001 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
2002 | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams (2) | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters | 6–3, 6–3 |
2003 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Capriati | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
2004 | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 7–6(7–4) |
2005 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | 7–5, 6–2 |
2006 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters (4) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Patty Schnyder | 6–4, 6–2 |
2007 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Chakvetadze | {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza | 6–3, 6–2 |
2008 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Aleksandra Wozniak | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marion Bartoli | 7–5, 6–3 |
colspan="4" style=background:#D4F1C5 align="center" | ↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
2009 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marion Bartoli | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 |
2010 | {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka | {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sharapova | 6–4, 6–1 |
2011 | {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marion Bartoli | 7–5, 6–1 |
2012 | {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe | 7–5, 6–3 |
2013 | {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková | {{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
2014 | {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (3) | {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
2015 | {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber | {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
2016 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta | {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | 7–5, 5–7, 6–2 |
2017 | {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys | {{flagicon|USA}} Coco Vandeweghe | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
2018 | {{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu | {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari | 6–1, 6–0 |
2019 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai | {{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
2020 | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
colspan="4" style=background:#D4F1C5 align="center" | ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |||
2021 | {{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Collins | {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Kasatkina | 6–3, 6–7(10–12), 6–1 |
2022 | {{noflag}}Daria Kasatkina | {{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Rogers | 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–2 |
=Doubles=
class="wikitable" | |
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions !style="width:200px"|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score | |
---|---|
1971
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals | {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 | |
1972
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals (2) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr | 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 | |
1973
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court | {{flagicon|USA}} Wendy Overton | 6–1, 7–5 | |
1974
| {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert | {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr | 6–4, 6–2 | |
1975
| {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals | 6–2, 7–5 | |
1976
| {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King (4) | {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals | 6–4, 6–1 | |
1977
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Reid | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Barker | 6–3, 6–1 | |
1978
| colspan="3" align="center"|Not held | |
1979
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Austin | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1980
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Barker | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Greer Stevens | 6–0, 6–4 | |
1981
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals (4) | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | 6–1, 6–4 | |
1982
| {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Potter | {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Jordan | 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) | |
1983
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | |
1984
| {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1985
| {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | |
1986
| {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Bonnie Gadusek | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | |
1987
| {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Zina Garrison | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
1988
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals (5) | {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1989
| {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Fendick | {{flagicon|URS}} Larisa Savchenko | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 | |
1990
| {{flagicon|USA}} Meredith McGrath | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank | 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 | |
1991
| {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Fendick (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova | 6–4, 7–5 | |
1992
| {{flagicon|USA}} Gigi Fernández (2) | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1993
| {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Fendick (3) | {{flagicon|RSA}} Amanda Coetzer | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1994
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport | {{flagicon|USA}} Gigi Fernández | 7–5, 6–4 | |
1995
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lori McNeil | {{flagicon|USA}} Katrina Adams | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1996
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (2) | {{flagicon|ROM}} Irina Spîrlea | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1997
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (3) | {{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1998
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (4) | {{flagicon|LAT}} Larisa Savchenko Neiland | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1999
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (5) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova | 6–4, 6–4 | |
2000
| {{flagicon|USA}} Chanda Rubin | {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black | 6–4, 6–4 | |
2001
| {{flagicon|TPE}} Janet Lee | {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Arendt | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
2002
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond | {{flagicon|SVK}} Janette Husárová | 6–1, 6–1 | |
2003
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black | {{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Yoon-jeong | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | |
2004
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Eleni Daniilidou | {{flagicon|CZE}} Iveta Benešová | 6–2, 6–4 | |
2005
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black (2) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva | 6–3, 7–5 | |
2006
| {{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Grönefeld | {{flagicon|ITA}} Maria Elena Camerin | 6–1, 6–4 | |
2007
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza | {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | |
2008
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black (3) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina | 6–4, 6–3 | |
colspan="4" style=background:#D4F1C5 align="center" | ↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |
2009
| {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams | {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan | 6–4, 6–1 | |
2010
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (6) | {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan | 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 10–8 | |
2011
| {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka | {{flagicon|USA}} Liezel Huber | 6–1, 6–3 | |
2012
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Marina Erakovic | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jarmila Gajdošová | 7–5, 7–6(9–7) | |
2013
| {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Kops-Jones | {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | |
2014
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza | {{flagicon|POL}} Paula Kania | 6–2, 4–6, [10–5] | |
2015
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Yifan | {{flagicon|ESP}} Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6–1, 6–3 | |
2016
| {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Atawo (2) | {{flagicon|CRO}} Darija Jurak | 6–3, 6–4 | |
2017
| {{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears (3) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet | 6–2, 6–3 | |
2018
| {{flagicon|TPE}} Latisha Chan | {{flagicon|UKR}} Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6–4, 6–1 | |
2019
| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Melichar | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuko Aoyama | 6–4, 6–4 | |
2020 | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| not held due to the coronavirus pandemic |
colspan="4" style=background:#D4F1C5 align="center" | ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |
2021
| {{flagicon|CRO}} Darija Jurak | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski | 6–1, 7–5 | |
2022
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Yifan (2) | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuko Aoyama | 7–5, 6–0 |
=Date, name and venue history=
class="wikitable"
|+Dates, Names and Venues{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/637 |title=Bank of the West Classic: Previous Winners |author= |date=2015 |website=WTA Tour |access-date=24 March 2015 }} |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Dates ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Venue |
---|
1971
| 6–9 Jan | rowspan=3 | British Motor Cars Invitation | rowspan=7 | San Francisco Civic Auditorium |
1972
|12–15 Jan |
1973
|week of 15 Jan |
1974
|week of 14 Jan | rowspan=4 |Virginia Slims of San Francisco |
1975
|week of 6 Jan |
1976
|week of 1 Mar |
1977
|week of 28 Feb |
1978
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center" |Not held |
1979
|8–14 Jan | rowspan=4 |Avon Championships of California | rowspan=17 |Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena |
1980
|week of 11 Feb |
1981
| 9–15 Feb |
1982
| 22–28 Feb |
1983
| 21–27 Feb | rowspan=9 |Virginia Slims of California |
1984
|9–15 Jan |
1985
| 18–25 Feb |
1986
| week of 24 Feb |
1987
| week of 9 Feb |
1988
| 15–21 Feb |
1989
| 20–26 Feb |
1990
| 29 Oct–4 Nov |
1991
| 4–10 Nov |
1992
| 2–8 Nov | rowspan=26 |Bank of the West Classic |
1993
| 1–7 Nov |
1994
| week of 31 Oct |
1995
| 30 Oct–5 Nov |
1996
| week of 4 Nov |
1997
| 21–27 Jul | rowspan=21 |Taube Tennis Center (Stanford) |
1998
| 27 Jul–2 Aug |
1999
| 26 Jul–1 Aug |
2000
| 24–30 Jul |
2001
| 23–29 Jul |
2002
| 22–28 Jul |
2003
| 21–27 Jul |
2004
| week of 12 Jul |
2005
| week of 25 Jul |
2006
| 24–30 Jul |
2007
| week of 23 Jul |
2008
| 12–20 Jul |
2009
| 25 Jul–2 Aug |
2010
| 24 Jul–1 Aug |
2011
| 23–31 Jul |
2012
| 9–15 Jul |
2013
| 21–28 Jul |
2014
| 26 Jul–3 Aug |
2015
| 1–9 Aug |
2016
| 18-24 Jul |
2017
| 31 Jul–6 Aug |
2018
| 30 Jul–5 Aug | rowspan=1 |Silicon Valley Classic |
References
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External links
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