2011 Family Circle Cup

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2011 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 4–10
Edition39th
Category Premier level
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$721,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Charleston, SC, US
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance94,241
Champions
Singles
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza / Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina
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The 2011 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from April 4 to April 10, 2011. It was the 39th edition of the tournament and one of the Premier level tournaments. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$ 711,000 [1]

Contents

The field was led by top seed and World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and defending champion Samantha Stosur. They were joined by former champions Jelena Janković, Nadia Petrova, and Sabine Lisicki.

Finals

Singles

It was Wozniacki's 3rd title of the year and 15th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 4th of her career.

Doubles

Prize money & points distribution

Points distribution

StageWomen's singles [2] Women's doubles [2]
Champion470
Runner up320
Semifinals200
Quarterfinals120
Round of 16601
Round of 3240
Round of 641
Qualifier12
Qualifying final round8
Qualifying first round1

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event is $721,000.

StageWomen's singles [3] Women's doubles
(per team) [3]
Champion$111,000$35,500
Runner up$57,350$19,000
Semifinals$29,205$9,500
Quarterfinals$15,200$4,900
Round of 16$7,850$2,500
Round of 32$4,000
Round of 64$2,025
Qualifying final round$1,035
Qualifying first round$535

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 52
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 73
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 104
Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Shahar Pe'er 115
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 206
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 227
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alisa Kleybanova 268
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 279
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 3010
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 3211
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 3512
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Patty Schnyder 4113
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4314
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 5015
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Dushevina 5316

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

References

  1. "Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw". familycirclecup.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "WTA ranking System" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "MEDIA / FACT SHEET". familycirclecup.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2011.