2009 Bank of the West Classic
# 2009 Bank of the West Classic

The 2009 Bank of the West Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the Bank of the West Classic, and was part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. It was the first women's event on the 2009 US Open Series.

## WTA entrants

Players committed to participating in the singles event for 2009.

| Player | WTA Tour $Rank^*$ | Seeds |
| - | - | - |
| Serena Williams | 2 | 1 |
| Venus Williams | 3 | 2 |
| Elena Dementieva | 4 | 3 |
| Jelena Janković | 6 | 4 |
| Nadia Petrova | 10 | 5 |
| Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 6 |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 14 | 7 |
| Marion Bartoli | 15 | 8 |

* Seedings are based on the rankings of July 20, 2009.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

* Hilary Barte
* Stéphanie Dubois

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Melanie Oudin
* Alla Kudryavtseva
* Angela Haynes
* Lilia Osterloh

## Finals

### Singles

Marion Bartoli defeated Venus Williams, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4

* It was Bartoli's 2nd title of the year, and 5th of her career.

### Doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Yung-Jan Chan / Monica Niculescu, 6–4, 6–1

