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
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
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]
^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.
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