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Sexysova · Jul 17th, 2008, 06:27 AM

PYW Stanford

Welcome to Stanford, United States! As one of the most reputed US Open Series tournaments, Stanford hopes to shine as much with its tennis tournament as it does with its university. The Tier II tournament marks the beginning of the North American hardcourt swing, some PYW stars to compete, even in the qualifying draw. Present here are PYW champions Marta Domachowska and Olga Puchkova as well as former Wimbledon finalist Elena Baltacha. Who will advance to the main draw? Only your votes will determine the winner. Vote now as the qualifying competition kicks off!

Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $650.000):
W - 275
F - 190
SF - 125
QF - 70
R16 - 35
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15
*Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.

Previous Finals:
2005: Kveta Peschke CZE beat Kim Clijsters BEL | 6-3 1-6 6-4
2006: Tatiana Golovin FRA beat Marta Domachowska POL [Q] | 3-6 7-6 6-1
2007: Tatiana Golovin FRA [6] beat Daniela Hantuchova SVK [3] | 4-6 7-6 6-1

The Favourites:

OUT OF COMPETITION
First Quarter: Patty Schnyder SUI [5]

Second Quarter: Vera Zvonareva RUS [3]