The 2017

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(sponsored by Bank of the West) was a professional

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. It was the 46th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the

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. It took place in Stanford, California, United States between 31 July and 6 August 2017. It was the first women's event on the

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. This event saw the top eight seeds make it to the quarterfinals, the first time since 2004 that this had happened at a WTA tournament.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 24, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Petra Kvitová * Claire Liu * Maria Sharapova The following player received entry using a protected ranking: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Verónica Cepede Royg *

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* Marina Erakovic * Danielle Lao

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Tímea Babos →replaced by

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* Varvara Lepchenko →replaced by

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* Kristýna Plíšková →replaced by

* Kateřina Siniaková →replaced by

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* Wang Qiang →replaced by Kristie Ahn ;During the tournament * Maria Sharapova

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of July 24, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw: * Melissa Lord / Carol Zhao

Withdrawals

* Marina Erakovic /

Finals

Singles

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def. CoCo Vandeweghe, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Doubles

* Abigail Spears / CoCo Vandeweghe def.

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/ Alicja Rosolska, 6–2, 6–3

References

External links

Official website
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