Silicon Valley Classic

Silicon Valley Classic
Silicon Valley Classic
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1971–72); Virginia Slims Circuit (1973–87); WTA Tour (1988–2022)
Founded	1971;53 years ago
Editions	50 (2022)
Location	San Jose, California ; United States
Venue	San Jose State University
Category	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	mubadalasvc.com

Last updated April 07, 2024

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, United States. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdoor hardcourts.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Martina Navratilova won the tournament a record five times (1979–1980, 1988, 1991, and 1993).^[4]

Bank of the West Classic Tennis Tournament 2015 Finals Match BankofTheWestClassic.jpg — Bank of the West Classic Tennis Tournament 2015 Finals Match

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.^[5]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	6–3, 6–4
1972	Billie Jean King (2)	Kerry Melville	7–6^(5–0), 7–6^(5–2)
1973	Margaret Court	Kerry Melville	6–3, 6–3
1974	Billie Jean King (3)	Chris Evert	7–6^(5–2), 6–2
1975	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6–1, 6–1
1976	Chris Evert (2)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7–5, 7–6^(5–2)
1977	Sue Barker	Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–4
1978	Not held
1979	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	7–5, 7–5
1980	Martina Navratilova (2)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
1981	Andrea Jaeger	Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–1
1982	Andrea Jaeger (2)	Chris Evert	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
1983	Bettina Bunge	Sylvia Hanika	6–3, 6–3
1984	Hana Mandlíková	Martina Navratilova	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–4
1985	Hana Mandlíková (2)	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–4
1986	Chris Evert (3)	Kathy Jordan	6–2, 6–4
1987	Zina Garrison	Sylvia Hanika	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1988	Martina Navratilova (3)	Larisa Savchenko	6–1, 6–2
1989	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, 6–3
1992	Monica Seles (2)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–4
1993	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, 6–0
1997	Martina Hingis (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–2
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1999	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Venus Williams	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
2000	Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 6–4
2001	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
2002	Venus Williams (2)	Kim Clijsters	6–3, 6–3
2003	Kim Clijsters (2)	Jennifer Capriati	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2004	Lindsay Davenport (3)	Venus Williams	7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)
2005	Kim Clijsters (3)	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–2
2006	Kim Clijsters (4)	Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
2007	Anna Chakvetadze	Sania Mirza	6–3, 6–2
2008	Aleksandra Wozniak	Marion Bartoli	7–5, 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2009	Marion Bartoli	Venus Williams	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
2010	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–1
2011	Serena Williams	Marion Bartoli	7–5, 6–1
2012	Serena Williams (2)	CoCo Vandeweghe	7–5, 6–3
2013	Dominika Cibulková	Agnieszka Radwańska	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2014	Serena Williams (3)	Angelique Kerber	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
2015	Angelique Kerber	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
2016	Johanna Konta	Venus Williams	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
2017	Madison Keys	Coco Vandeweghe	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
2018	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Maria Sakkari	6–1, 6–0
2019	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), 6–1
2022	Daria Kasatkina	Shelby Rogers	6–7^(2–7), 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
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
1978	Not 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**^[6]
Year	Dates	Name	Venue
1971	6–9 Jan	British Motor Cars Invitation	San Francisco Civic Auditorium
1972	12–15 Jan
1973	week of 15 Jan
1974	week of 14 Jan	Virginia Slims of San Francisco
1975	week of 6 Jan
1976	week of 1 Mar
1977	week of 28 Feb
1978	Not held
1979	8–14 Jan	Avon Championships of California	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
1980	week of 11 Feb
1981	9–15 Feb
1982	22–28 Feb
1983	21–27 Feb	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	Bank of the West Classic
1993	1–7 Nov
1994	week of 31 Oct
1995	30 Oct–5 Nov
1996	week of 4 Nov		Henry J Kaiser Arena
1997	21–27 Jul		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	Silicon Valley Classic	San Jose State University

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References

↑ Bank of the West Classic history Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "WTA | Off-Court News | Off-Court News | on This Day: First Virginia Slims Series Begins". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
↑ "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018" . Retrieved 14 March 2018.
↑ "Bank of West Classic reaches 40 years". CNN. July 27, 2010.
↑ Wallace, Ava (2023-06-01). "D.C.'s Citi Open merges with Silicon Valley Classic to boost women's event". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-08-01.
↑ "Bank of the West Classic: Previous Winners". WTA Tour. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

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[1] Bank of the West Classic history Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "WTA | Off-Court News | Off-Court News | on This Day: First Virginia Slims Series Begins". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

[3] "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018" . Retrieved 14 March 2018.

[4] "Bank of West Classic reaches 40 years". CNN. July 27, 2010.

[5] Wallace, Ava (2023-06-01). "D.C.'s Citi Open merges with Silicon Valley Classic to boost women's event". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-08-01.

[6] "Bank of the West Classic: Previous Winners". WTA Tour. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

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Silicon Valley Classic

Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1971–72) Virginia Slims Circuit (1973–87) WTA Tour (1988–2022)
Founded	1971;53 years ago (1971)
Editions	50 (2022)
Location	San Jose, California United States
Venue	San Jose State University
Category	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	mubadalasvc.com