CAROLINE WOZNIACKI JOINS BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC PLAYER FIELD, QUALIFYING MATCHES ARE FREE

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CAROLINE WOZNIACKI JOINS BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC PLAYER FIELD, QUALIFYING MATCHES ARE FREE

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in action against Julia Goerges of Germany during their second round match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 28 May 2015. EPA/IAN LANGSDON  |

WOZNIACKI JOINS BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC PLAYER FIELD

 

Former World No. 1 will be visiting Stanford for first time

 

Stanford, California – Former World No. 1 Caroline Wozniaki has joined an already impressive list of women competing at the 2015 Bank of the West Classic being held August 3-9 at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on the campus of Stanford University.

 

Tickets for the Bank of the West Classic are on sale now. Individual tickets to the tournament’s opening round start at just $33 while ticket packages start at $205. For more information, or to purchase tickets, go to www.BankoftheWestClassic.com or call 866-WTA-TIXS (866-982-8497).

 

Wozniacki, winner of 23-career WTA singles titles and currently ranked No. 4 in the world, is making her first trip to Stanford and joins an already strong field which includes World No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams, World No. 7 Agnieszka Radwanska and World No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro.

 

Overall the tournament boasts 10 of the top-22 ranked players in the world including No. 12 Karolina Pliskova, World No. 13 Angelique Kerber, No. 16 Andrea Petkovic, No. 17 Elina Svitolina, No. 18 Madison Keys and No. 22 Sabine Lisicki.

 

In other news Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza has withdrawn from the tournament due to an adominal strain.

 

Garbine Muguruza of Spain returns to Serena Williams of the US in the women’s final during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 11 July 2015. EPA/SEAN DEMPSEY

“Unfortunately the long European swing has taken its tole on my body,” said Muguruza. “ My abdominal strain has not fully healed and will need some weeks to get ready for the US Swing. I am very sorry I am not able to play the Bank of the West Classic and look forward to coming back in the future.”

 

The Bank of the West Classic, a Premier WTA event, features a 28-player singles draw as well as a 16-team doubles draw. The event is owned and operated by IMG and serves as the opening women’s event of the Emirates Airline US Open Series.

 

The list of past champions of the event reads like a Who’s Who of women’s tennis including Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters.

 

Qualifying will be held August 1-2 and is free to the public.

 

Log on to www.BankoftheWestClassic.com for more information.

 

ABOUT THE BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women-only professional tennis tournament in the world and is the first stop of the Emirates Airline US Open Series. Owned and operated by IMG, the WTA Premier event features a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw with total prize money of $731,000. Held on Stanford University’s campus at Taube Family Tennis Stadium since 1997, former champions include: Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters.

 

ABOUT BANK OF THE WEST: Founded in 1874, $62.4 billion-asset Bank of the West (www.bankofthewest.com), member FDIC and equal housing lender, offers a wide range of personal, commercial, wealth management and international banking services. The bank operates more than 700 retail and commercial banking locations in 19 Western and Midwestern states. Bank of the West is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, which has a presence in 80 countries with nearly 200,000 employees

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