World No. 1
Lindsay Davenport will compete for the first time since injuring her back in the Wimbledon final, this week at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California where she is joined by seeds
Venus Williams, Swiss
Patty Schnyder, Belgian
Kim Clijsters, Russian
Vera Zvonareva, Frenchwoman
Nathalie Dechy, Serb
Jelena Jankovic, and Italy's
Francesca Schiavone.
The top four seeds receive byes in Stanford, with a handful of early-round matches of interest in
Lisa Raymond vs. (WC)
Angela Haynes in an all-American, (6) Dechy vs. Karolina "The Spreminator" Sprem, (WC) Alexandra "Dr. A." Stevenson vs. Daniela "The Walking Stick" Hantuchova, and (7) Jankovic vs. Chanda Rubin.
In last year's final Davenport defeated Venus Williams 7-6 in the third set.
