2014 Family Circle Cup

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2014 Family Circle Cup
DateMarch 31 – April 6
Edition42nd
Category Premier level
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$710,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Charleston, SC, United States
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,997 [1]
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Petkovic
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova
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The 2014 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2014 WTA Tour. The event took place from March 31 to April 6, 2014. It was the 42nd 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 is the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles4703051851005530125131
Doubles1

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles [2] $120,000$64,000$31,510$16,200$8,400$4,300$2,200$1,000$600
Doubles [2] $38,000$20,000$11,000$5,600$3,035

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayer [3] Ranking1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Serena Williams 11
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 62
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 103
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 154
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sloane Stephens 165
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 196
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 207
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 268
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 279
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 2910
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Venus Williams 3111
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 3312
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 3513
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 3714
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 3815
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 4116

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 31
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 242
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Spears 363
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 414

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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