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{{TennisEventInfo|1974|Virginia Slims of San Francisco|
| date=January 14–19
| edition=4th
| prize_money=$50,000
| draw=32S / 8D
| category=Virginia Slims Circuit
| surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] (Sportface) / indoor
| location=[[San Francisco]], United States
| venue=[[Bill Graham Civic Auditorium|Civic Auditorium]]
| attendance=25,000+
| champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]]
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]]
| before_name=British Motor Cars Invitational
| after_name=Virginia Slims of San Francisco
| main_name=Stanford Classic
}}
The '''1974 Virginia Slims of San Francisco''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament that took place on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Bill Graham Civic Auditorium|Civic Auditorium]] in [[San Francisco]] in the United States. It was the fourth edition of the event, which was part of the Virginia Slims Circuit, and was held from January 14 through January 19, 1974. Second-seeded [[Billie Jean King]] won the singles title, her third after 1971 and 1972, and earned $10,000 first-prize money.<ref name=dolan2011>{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=178–180|author=John Dolan}}</ref><ref name=wot75>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '75 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook|year=1975|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London|isbn=9780362002171|page=156|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles===
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] 7–6<sup>(5–2)</sup>, 6–2
===Doubles===
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Françoise Dürr]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Betty Stöve]] 6–4, 6–2
== Prize money ==
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:95%;text-align:center
|style="width:130px" |'''Event'''
|style="width:85px; background:lime"|'''W'''
|style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F
|style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|3rd
|style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|4th
|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|QF
|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 16
|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 32
|-
!style=background:#efefef|Singles <ref name=dolan2011/>
|$10,000
|$5,600
|$3,000
|$2,600
|$1,400
|$700
|$350
|}
==References==
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{{Bank of the West Classic tournaments}}
{{1974 WTA Tour}}
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[[Category:1974 in American tennis|VS of San Francisco]]
[[Category:1974 WTA Tour|VS of San Francisco]]
[[Category:Silicon Valley Classic]]
[[Category:1974 in sports in California|Virginia Slims of San Francisco]]
[[Category:January 1974 sports events in the United States|Virginia Slims of San Francisco]]
[[Category:Women in San Francisco]]