shows up.
Williams is a regular top draw at Stanford, but has ended up withdrawing from the event in three of the last five years. Williams is coming her runner-up effort at
Wimbledon where she lost to sister Venus. The pair also won the doubles at Wimbledon.
Williams and the unseeded
Lindsay Davenport make two former No. 1s in the field.
Joining Williams among the seeds are No. 8-ranked Russian
Anna Chakvetadze, Russian
Vera Zvonareva, Slovak
Daniela Hantuchova, Swiss
Patty Schnyder, France's multi-injured
Marion Bartoli, struggling Russian
Nadia Petrova and Italian
Francesca Schiavone.
Williams receives a first-round bye and opens again either Argentina's
Gisela Dulko or a qualifier. Davenport's first match will be against the No. 8-seeded Schiavone, who the American has beaten in all five of their career meetings.
Other Americans in the draw include wildcard
Amber Liu, August Playboy magazine feature
Ashley Harkleroad, and wildcard
Alexa Glatch.
Unseeded threats include India's
Sania Mirza who could meet Bartoli in the second round, and Israel's
Shahar Peer, who could meet Chakvetadze in the second round if she can overcome a qualifier in her opener.
Chakvetadze easily handled Mirza in last year's final.
