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.Bank of the West Classic history 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. 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.
Martina Navratilova won the tournament a record five times (1979–1980, 1988, 1991, and 1993).
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.
Past finals Singles YearChampionRunner-upScore1971 Billie Jean King Rosemary Casals 6–3, 6–41972 Billie Jean King (2) Kerry Melville 7–6(5–0), 7–6(5–2)1973 Margaret Court Kerry Melville 6–3, 6–31974 Billie Jean King (3) Chris Evert 7–6(5–2), 6–21975 Chris Evert Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–11976 Chris Evert (2) Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7–5, 7–6(5–2)1977 Sue Barker Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–41978 Not held1979 Martina Navratilova Chris Evert 7–5, 7–51980 Martina Navratilova (2) Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–1, 7–6(7–4)1981 Andrea Jaeger Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–11982 Andrea Jaeger (2) Chris Evert 7–6(7–5), 6–41983 Bettina Bunge Sylvia Hanika 6–3, 6–31984 Hana Mandlíková Martina Navratilova 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–41985 Hana Mandlíková (2) Chris Evert 6–2, 6–41986 Chris Evert (3) Kathy Jordan 6–2, 6–41987 Zina Garrison Sylvia Hanika 7–5, 4–6, 6–31988 Martina Navratilova (3) Larisa Savchenko 6–1, 6–21989 Zina Garrison (2) Larisa Savchenko 6–1, 6–1 ↓ Tier II tournament ↓1990 Monica Seles Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–6(7–5)1991 Martina Navratilova (4) Monica Seles 6–3, 3–6, 6–31992 Monica Seles (2) Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–41993 Martina Navratilova (5) Zina Garrison 6–2, 7–6(7–1)1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Martina Navratilova 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)1995 Magdalena Maleeva Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–4 1996 Martina Hingis Monica Seles 6–2, 6–01997 Martina Hingis (2) Conchita Martínez 6–0, 6–21998 Lindsay Davenport Venus Williams 6–4, 5–7, 6–41999 Lindsay Davenport (2) Venus Williams 7–6(7–1), 6–22000 Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–42001 Kim Clijsters Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–12002 Venus Williams (2) Kim Clijsters 6–3, 6–32003 Kim Clijsters (2) Jennifer Capriati 4–6, 6–4, 6–22004 Lindsay Davenport (3) Venus Williams 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 7–6(7–4)2005 Kim Clijsters (3) Venus Williams 7–5, 6–22006 Kim Clijsters (4) Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–22007 Anna Chakvetadze Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–22008 Aleksandra Wozniak Marion Bartoli 7–5, 6–3 ↓ Premier tournament ↓2009 Marion Bartoli Venus Williams 6–2, 5–7, 6–42010 Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–12011 Serena Williams Marion Bartoli 7–5, 6–12012 Serena Williams (2) CoCo Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–32013 Dominika Cibulková Agnieszka Radwańska 3–6, 6–4, 6–42014 Serena Williams (3) Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–1), 6–32015 Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 5–7, 6–42016 Johanna Konta Venus Williams 7–5, 5–7, 6–22017 Madison Keys Coco Vandeweghe 7–6(7–4), 6–42018 Mihaela Buzărnescu Maria Sakkari 6–1, 6–02019 Zheng Saisai Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓2021 Danielle Collins Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–7(10–12), 6–12022 Daria Kasatkina Shelby Rogers 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–2
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1971 Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King Françoise Dürr Ann Haydon-Jones 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 1972 Rosemary Casals (2) Virginia Wade Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart Dalton 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 1973 Margaret Court Lesley Hunt Wendy Overton Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–1, 7–5 1974 Chris Evert Billie Jean King (2) Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–2 1975 Chris Evert (2) Billie Jean King (3) Rosemary Casals Virginia Wade 6–2, 7–5 1976 Billie Jean King (4) Betty Stöve Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr 6–4, 6–1 1977 Kerry Reid Greer Stevens Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura 6–3, 6–1 1978Not held 1979 Rosemary Casals (3) Chris Evert (3) Tracy Austin Betty Stöve 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 1980 Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura Greer Stevens Virginia Wade 6–0, 6–4 1981 Rosemary Casals (4) Wendy Turnbull Martina Navratilova Virginia Wade 6–1, 6–4 1982 Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh Kathy Jordan Pam Shriver 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) 1983 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 1984 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver Rosemary Casals Alycia Moulton 6–2, 6–3 1985 Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 1986 Hana Mandlíková (2) Wendy Turnbull (3) Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková 7–6(7–5), 6–1 1987 Hana Mandlíková (3) Wendy Turnbull (4) Zina Garrison Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 1988 Rosemary Casals (5) Martina Navratilova (2) Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná 6–4, 6–4 1989 Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 1990 Meredith McGrath Anne Smith Rosalyn Fairbank Robin White 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 1991 Patty Fendick (2) Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 6–4, 7–5 1992 Gigi Fernández (2) Natalia Zvereva Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Gretchen Rush Magers 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 1993 Patty Fendick (3) Meredith McGrath (2) Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui 6–2, 6–0 1994 Lindsay Davenport Arantxa Sánchez Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova 7–5, 6–4 1995 Lori McNeil Helena Suková Katrina Adams Zina Garrison Jackson 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 1996 Lindsay Davenport (2) Mary Joe Fernández Irina Spîrlea Nathalie Tauziat 6–1, 6–3 1997 Lindsay Davenport (3) Martina Hingis Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini 6–1, 6–3 1998 Lindsay Davenport (4) Natasha Zvereva (2) Larisa Savchenko Neiland Elena Tatarkova 6–4, 6–4 1999 Lindsay Davenport (5) Corina Morariu Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva 6–4, 6–4 2000 Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud Cara Black Amy Frazier 6–4, 6–4 2001 Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 2002 Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–1 2003 Cara Black Lisa Raymond (2) Cho Yoon-jeong Francesca Schiavone 7–6(7–5), 6–1 2004 Eleni Daniilidou Nicole Pratt Iveta Benešová Claudine Schaul 6–2, 6–4 2005 Cara Black (2) Rennae Stubbs (2) Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5 2006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Shahar Pe'er Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko 6–1, 6–4 2007 Sania Mirza Shahar Pe'er (2) Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 2008 Cara Black (3) Liezel Huber Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–3 ↓ Premier tournament ↓ 2009 Serena Williams Venus Williams Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu 6–4, 6–1 2010 Lindsay Davenport (6) Liezel Huber (2) Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 10–8 2011 Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–1, 6–3 2012 Marina Erakovic Heather Watson Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King 7–5, 7–6(9–7) 2013 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears Julia Görges Darija Jurak 6–2, 7–6(7–4) 2014 Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro Paula Kania Kateřina Siniaková 6–2, 4–6, [10–5] 2015 Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–1, 6–3 2016 Raquel Atawo (2) Abigail Spears (2) Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–4 2017 Abigail Spears (3) Coco Vandeweghe Alizé Cornet Alicja Rosolska 6–2, 6–3 2018 Latisha Chan Květa Peschke Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 6–1 2019 Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke (2) Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–4, 6–4 2020 not held due to the coronavirus pandemic ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ 2021 Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani 6–1, 7–5 2022 Xu Yifan (2) Yang Zhaoxuan Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching 7–5, 6–0
Date, name and venue history +Dates, Names and Venues Year Dates Name Venue1971 6–9 Jan British Motor Cars Invitation San Francisco Civic Auditorium197212–15 Jan1973week of 15 Jan1974week of 14 JanVirginia Slims of San Francisco1975week of 6 Jan1976week of 1 Mar1977week of 28 Feb1978Not held19798–14 JanAvon Championships of CaliforniaOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena1980week of 11 Feb1981 9–15 Feb1982 22–28 Feb1983 21–27 FebVirginia Slims of California19849–15 Jan1985 18–25 Feb1986 week of 24 Feb1987 week of 9 Feb San Francisco1988 15–21 FebOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena1989 20–26 Feb1990 29 Oct–4 Nov1991 4–10 Nov1992 2–8 NovBank of the West Classic1993 1–7 Nov1994 week of 31 Oct1995 30 Oct–5 Nov1996 week of 4 NovHenry J Kaiser Arena1997 21–27 JulTaube Tennis Center (Stanford)1998 27 Jul–2 Aug1999 26 Jul–1 Aug2000 24–30 Jul2001 23–29 Jul2002 22–28 Jul2003 21–27 Jul2004 week of 12 Jul2005 week of 25 Jul2006 24–30 Jul2007 week of 23 Jul2008 12–20 Jul2009 25 Jul–2 Aug2010 24 Jul–1 Aug2011 23–31 Jul2012 9–15 Jul2013 21–28 Jul2014 26 Jul–3 Aug2015 1–9 Aug2016 18-24 Jul2017 31 Jul–6 Aug2018 30 Jul–5 AugSilicon Valley ClassicSan Jose State University
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