2011 Family Circle Cup | |
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Date | April 4–10 |
Edition | 39th |
Category | Premier level |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
Location | Charleston, SC, USA |
Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center |
Attendance | 94,241 |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Caroline Wozniacki | |
Doubles | |
Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina |
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]
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.
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.
Stage | Women's singles [2] | Women's doubles [2] |
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Champion | 470 | |
Runner up | 320 | |
Semifinals | 200 | |
Quarterfinals | 120 | |
Round of 16 | 60 | 1 |
Round of 32 | 40 | – |
Round of 64 | 1 | |
Qualifier | 12 | |
Qualifying final round | 8 | |
Qualifying first round | 1 |
The total commitment prize money for this year's event is $721,000.
Stage | Women's singles [3] | Women's doubles (per team) [3] |
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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 |
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 2 |
SRB | Jelena Janković | 7 | 3 |
FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 4 |
ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 11 | 5 |
BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 20 | 6 |
RUS | Nadia Petrova | 22 | 7 |
RUS | Alisa Kleybanova | 26 | 8 |
RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 27 | 9 |
SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 30 | 10 |
CHN | Peng Shuai | 32 | 11 |
GER | Julia Görges | 35 | 12 |
SUI | Patty Schnyder | 41 | 13 |
USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 43 | 14 |
CZE | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 50 | 15 |
RUS | Vera Dushevina | 53 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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