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2012 Family Circle Cup

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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

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2012 Family Circle Cup – Singles

  • USA Serena Williams defeated CZE Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1. It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.

Doubles

Main article: 2012 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

  • RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / CZE Lucie Šafářová defeated ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
POLAgnieszka Radwańska41
AUSSamantha Stosur52
FRAMarion Bartoli73
RUSVera Zvonareva94
USASerena Williams115
GERSabine Lisicki136
SRBJelena Janković157
RUSAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova218
CZELucie Šafářová259
ESPAnabel Medina Garrigues2710
USAChristina McHale3211
BELYanina Wickmayer3312
RUSNadia Petrova3513
SLOPolona Hercog3814
RSAChanelle Scheepers4215
AUSJarmila Gajdošová4516
NZLMarina Erakovic4917
  • 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • USA Irina Falconi
  • USA Jamie Hampton
  • RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  • USA Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • UZB Akgul Amanmuradova
  • CZE Iveta Benešová
  • USA Jill Craybas
  • HUN Melinda Czink
  • COL Mariana Duque-Mariño
  • ITA Camila Giorgi
  • CRO Mirjana Lučić
  • ARG Paula Ormaechea
  • USA Melanie Oudin
  • CZE Karolína Plíšková
  • KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
  • SUI Stefanie Vögele

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

  • TPE Chan Yung-jan
  • CZE Andrea Hlaváčková

Withdrawals

  • ROU Irina-Camelia Begu (right elbow injury)
  • GER Julia Görges (illness)
  • CHN Zheng Jie (low back injury)
  • JPN Ayumi Morita
  • POL Agnieszka Radwańska (back injury)
  • CHN Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)

Retirements

  • AUS Jelena Dokić
  • GER Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
USALiezel HuberUSALisa Raymond31
CZEKvěta PeschkeSLOKatarina Srebotnik72
INDSania MirzaRUSElena Vesnina153
CZEAndrea HlaváčkováCZELucie Hradecká194
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • USA Emily J. Harman / USA Simone Kalhorn
  • RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / CZE Lucie Šafářová

References

References

  1. "Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw". familycirclecup.com.
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