2012 Family Circle Cup

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2012 Family Circle Cup
Serena Williams.jpg
DateMarch 31 – April 8
Edition40th
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$740,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,972
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova /
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
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The 2012 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event in the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place from March 31 to April 8, 2012. It was the 40th edition of the tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the only event of the clay courts season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$ 749,160 [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 41
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 52
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 73
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 94
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 115
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 136
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 157
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 218
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 259
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 2710
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 3211
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 3312
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 3513
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Polona Hercog 3814
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Chanelle Scheepers 4215
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 4516
Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marina Erakovic 4917

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 31
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 72
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 153
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 194

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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.
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