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Published on 07/28/1999 All articles from this issue

Bank of the West Classic continues today through Sunday at Stanford

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Town Crier Staff Report

The 29th annual Bank of the West Classic enters its third day of competition today at Stanford University's Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

Billed as the oldest professional women's tennis tournament in the world, the event runs through Sunday. The $500,000 competition started with 28 singles players and 16 doubles teams.

Leading the list of top players taking part in the tourney is No. 1 ranked Lindsay Davenport. The 23-year-old won the singles and doubles titles at last year's Bank of the West. Davenport also captured this year's Wimbledon singles championship.

Other big-name performers include Venus Williams, Anna Kournikova, Iva Majoli, Mary Joe Fernandez, Amanda Coetzer and Conchita Martinez.

Day matches start at noon, today through Saturday. Night matches begin at 7:30 p.m., today through Saturday. The finals are at noon, Sunday.

Tickets are $10 to $35 for day and evening sessions held today through Thursday, $12 to $40 for day and evening sessions on Friday and Saturday and $20 to $60 for Sunday's final.

For tickets and more information, call City Box Office at (415) 392-4400 or BASS at (408) 998-2277.