2013 Family Circle Cup

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.

2013 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 1–7
Edition41st
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$795,707
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationCharleston, United States
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Attendance78,147
Champions
Singles
United States Serena Williams
Doubles
France Kristina Mladenovic / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles[1] 470 320 200 120 60 40 1 12 8 1
Doubles[1] 1 — — — — —

Prize money

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

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
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
Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 USA Serena Williams[2] 1 1
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 9 2
 AUS Samantha Stosur 10 3
 USA Sloane Stephens[3] 16 4
 USA Venus Williams 18 5
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 19 6
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 21 7
 GER Mona Barthel 23 8
 SRB Jelena Janković 24 9
 GER Julia Görges 26 10
 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 27 11
 USA Varvara Lepchenko 29 12
 AUT Tamira Paszek 31 13
 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 35 14
 GER Sabine Lisicki 37 15
 GBR Laura Robson 43 16
  • 1 Rankings as of March 18, 2013.[4]

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
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  USA Liezel Huber 16 1
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 29 2
 USA Vania King  USA Lisa Raymond 41 3
 GER Julia Görges  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 49 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 18, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2013 Family Circle Cup – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2013 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

References
  1. "Family Circle match notes" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Serena Williams to play in Family Circle Cup 2013". Live Tennis Guide. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. "Rising American Star Sloane Stephens Enters Family Circle Cup Field". Live 5 News. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. "Player Field". Family Circle Cup. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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