2012 Family Circle Cup

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]

2012 Family Circle Cup
DateMarch 31 – April 8
Edition40th
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationCharleston, South Carolina, United States
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,972
Champions
Singles
United States Serena Williams
Doubles
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova /
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 1
 AUS Samantha Stosur 5 2
 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 3
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 9 4
 USA Serena Williams 11 5
 GER Sabine Lisicki 13 6
 SRB Jelena Janković 15 7
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21 8
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 25 9
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 27 10
 USA Christina McHale 32 11
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 33 12
 RUS Nadia Petrova 35 13
 SLO Polona Hercog 38 14
 RSA Chanelle Scheepers 42 15
 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 45 16
 NZL Marina Erakovic 49 17
  • 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2012

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
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Liezel Huber  USA Lisa Raymond 3 1
 CZE Květa Peschke  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 7 2
 IND Sania Mirza  RUS Elena Vesnina 15 3
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 19 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2012 Family Circle Cup – Singles

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

Doubles
Main article: 2012 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

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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