2013 Family Circle Cup

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2013 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 1–7
Edition41st
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$795,707
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Charleston, United States
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance78,147
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
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The 2013 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event in the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place from March 30 to April 7, 2013. It was the 41st edition of the tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay courts season played on green clay. First-seeded Serena Williams won the singles title

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles [1] 470320200120604011281
Doubles [1] 1

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $795,707

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles [1] $125,000$65,000$32,825$16,990$8,645$4,480$2,275$1,300$700
Doubles [1] $40,000$21,137$10,830$5,420$2,810

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams [2] 11
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 92
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 103
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sloane Stephens [3] 164
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 185
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 196
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 217
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel 238
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 249
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 2610
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 2711
Flag of the United States.svg USA Varvara Lepchenko 2912
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Tamira Paszek 3113
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 3514
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 3715
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Laura Robson 4316

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber 161
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 292
Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 413
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 494

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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