STANFORD, Calif. (www.mubadalasvc.com) – The television team for the 2014 Bank of the West Classic has been announced and it includes some of the biggest names in tennis. The tournament will be televised on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel.

ESPN2 will televise one quarterfinal, semifinal and the final, called by tennis greats Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert and Mary Joe Fernandez. Shriver, a 21-time singles champion in her 18-year career, and Fernandez, a 7-time singles champion during her 14-year career, were both doubles champions in Stanford. Shriver partnered with Martina Navratilova in 1984 to claim the title and Fernandez teamed up with Lindsay Davenport to win the Bank of the West Classic doubles title in 1996. Evert, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, was virtually unstoppable when she competed in the Bay Area claiming three singles titles (1975, 1976 and 1986) and three doubles titles (1974, 1975 and 1979).

Tennis Channel will televise the second, third and fourth rounds as well as a quarterfinal and semifinal of the longest-running women-only professional tennis tournament in the world, called by Ted Robinson, recent Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Lindsay Davenport and Rennae Stubbs. Davenport and Stubbs are both former champions of this tournament. Davenport took home Bank of the West Classic singles titles in 1998, 1999 and 2004, and she also holds the record for the most doubles titles in Stanford with six. Stubbs was the doubles champion of Stanford in 2002 and 2005. Robinson has done on-air work for Tennis Channel since 2007 and has two decades worth of tennis coverage experience, including multiple Grand Slams.

Tickets for this year’s event, which will be held July 28 – August 3 at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on the campus of Stanford University, can be purchased online at www.mubadalasvc.com or by phone at 866-WTA-TIXS (866-982-8497).

Below is the television schedule for the 2014 Bank of the West Classic:

• All times PT

*Blended with ATP match from Washington, D.C.

ABOUT THE BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women-only professional tennis tournament in the world and is the first stop of the Emirates Airline US Open Series. Owned and operated by IMG, the WTA Premier event features a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw with total prize money of $710,000. Held on Stanford University’s campus at Taube Family Tennis Stadium since 1997, former champions include: Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters.

ABOUT THE BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: Founded in 1874, $68 billion-asset Bank of the West (www.bankofthewest.com), Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, offers a wide range of personal, commercial, wealth management and international banking services. The bank operates more than 600 retail and commercial banking locations in 19 Western and Midwestern states. Bank of the West is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, which has a presence in 80 countries with 190,000 employees.

About the Emirates Airline US Open Series

Now in its 11th season, the Emirates Airline US Open Series continues to serve as a true regular season of hard court tennis, linking eight summer tournaments to the US Open. Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams won the 2013 US Open and Emirates Airline US Open Series men’s and women’s titles, each earning a record tennis paycheck of $3.6 million. Roger Federer (2007) and Kim Clijsters (2005) also accomplished the feat of winning the Emirates Airline US Open Series and US Open singles title within the same year.

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