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2011 Family Circle Cup

The 2011 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from April 4 to April 10, 2011. It was the 39th edition of the tournament and one of the Premier level tournaments. 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 court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was

The field was led by top seed and World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and defending champion Samantha Stosur. They were joined by former champions Jelena Janković, Nadia Petrova, and Sabine Lisicki.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2011 Family Circle Cup – Singles

DEN Caroline Wozniacki defeated RUS Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3 It was Wozniacki's 3rd title of the year and 15th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 4th of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

IND Sania Mirza / RUS Elena Vesnina defeated USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / USA Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–4, 6–4

Prize money & points distribution

Points distribution

Stage	Women's singles	Women's doubles	Champion	Runner up	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Qualifier	Qualifying final round	Qualifying first round
470
320
200
120
60	1
40	–
1
12
8
1

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event is $721,000.

Stage	Women's singles	Women's doubles
(per team)	Champion	Runner up	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Qualifying final round	Qualifying first round
$111,000	$35,500
$57,350	$19,000
$29,205	$9,500
$15,200	$4,900
$7,850	$2,500
$4,000	–
$2,025
$1,035
$535

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	1	1
AUS	Samantha Stosur	5	2
SRB	Jelena Janković	7	3
FRA	Marion Bartoli	10	4
ISR	Shahar Pe'er	11	5
BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	20	6
RUS	Nadia Petrova	22	7
RUS	Alisa Kleybanova	26	8
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	27	9
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	30	10
CHN	Peng Shuai	32	11
GER	Julia Görges	35	12
SUI	Patty Schnyder	41	13
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	43	14
CZE	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	50	15
RUS	Vera Dushevina	53	16

Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

USA Jamie Hampton
GER Sabine Lisicki
USA Shelby Rogers

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Main article: 2011 Family Circle Cup – Singles qualifying

CZE Eva Birnerová
USA Irina Falconi
IND Sania Mirza
PUR Monica Puig
USA Sloane Stephens
USA Alexandra Stevenson
GEO Anna Tatishvili
GBR Heather Watson

Withdrawals

UZB Akgul Amanmuradova
UKR Viktoriya Kutuzova
USA Serena Williams (foot injury & pulmonary embolism)

References

"Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw". familycirclecup.com.
"WTA ranking System". wtatour.com.
"MEDIA / FACT SHEET". familycirclecup.com.

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