Watch WTA Stanford Tennis 2012 Live Online Stream

After three weeks on grass, the WTA tour shifts to the hard court season in preparation for the year's last Grand Slam in Flushing Meadows, New York this coming September. The first tournament on the North American summer calendar is the Bank of the West Classic held in STANFORD, USA from JULY 9 - 15, 2012. The tournament is a WTA premier-level and for 2012, it has attracted four of the world's top 20 players. The surface is hard courts and the tournament director is Kim Hall Uliasz. The total 8prize money for the tournament is $740,000. TennisTv.com will start broadcasting tennis matches starting July 13 to July 15. Watch WTA Stanford tennis matches live online here.

Fresh from winning her 7th Wimbledon title, American tennis star and defending Stanford champion Serena Williams is the top-seeded player and top attraction for the 2012 Bank of the West Classic. The world no. 4 Serena used this tournament last year as part of her comeback after almost a year away from tennis. Ranked no. 169 last year, she rampaged through the draw, defeating then world no. 5 and no. 2-seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals en route to her first tournament win in 2011.

In this year's draw, Serena is joined by world no. 10 Marion Bartoli who will be this year's no. 2 seed. Bartoli finished runner-up to Serena in 2011 and has a good history in this tournament. She reached the finals in two other previous occasions winning in 2009 and finishing runner-up in 2008. Third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova - a semifinalist in Stanford last year - and fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic will both be seeking to shake off first round losses at Wimbledon.

2012 BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: Order Of Play
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Michelle Larcher de Brito vs. Chanelle Scheepers
2. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Heather Watson
3. Serena Williams vs. Nicole Gibbs (NB 15.00hrs)
4. Erakovic/Watson vs. Kops-Jones/Spears
5. Coco Vandeweghe vs. Jelena Jankovic (NB 20.00hrs)

Court 6 (from 13.30hrs)
1. Chan/Chan vs. Cibulkova/Husarova
2. Gajdosova/King vs. Cirstea/Keothavong (NB 14.30hrs)
3. Burdette/Gibbs vs. Grandin/Uhlirova (NB 17.00hrs; after suitable rest)

2012 BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: Seeded Players

1. WILLIAMS, Serena
2. BARTOLI, Marion
3. CIBULKOVA, Dominika
4. JANKOVIC, Jelena
5. WICKMAYER, Yanina
6. SCHEEPERS, Chanelle
7. MARTIC, Petra (withdrew)
8. ERAKOVIC, Marina
9. CIRSTEA, Sorana

2012 BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: Prize Money (Ranking Points)

Winner $96,000 (470)
Finalist $53,000 (320)
Semi-Finalist $28,500 (200)
Quarter-Finalist $15,500 (120)
2nd Round $8,750 (60)
1st Round $4,600 (1)

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