Family Circle Cup

Family Circle Cup
WTA Tour
Location	Charleston, South Carolina United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Category	Premier
Surface	Green Clay / Outdoors
Draw	56M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$740,000
Website	familycirclecup.com

The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional women's tournament with a $750,000 purse. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. From its inception in 1973 to 2000, the tournament was held at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island with the exception of 1975 and 1976 when it was played on Amelia Island off the coast of Florida. It moved to Charleston in 2001. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Premier tournament (before 2009: Tier I). It celebrated its 40th year in 2012 by naming the court in honor of Billie Jean King.

The current champion is Serena Williams, who won the singles tournament in April 2013 to defend her title.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Rosemary Casals	Nancy Richey	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
1974	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	6–1, 6–3
1975	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	7–5, 6–4
1976	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	6–2, 6–2
1977	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6–0, 6–1
1978	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	6–2, 6–0
1979	Tracy Austin	Kerry Melville Reid	7–6(3), 7–6(7)
1980	Tracy Austin	Regina Maršíková	3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1981	Chris Evert	Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–2
1982	Martina Navrátilová	Andrea Jaeger	6–4, 6–2
1983	Martina Navrátilová	Tracy Austin	5–7, 6–1, 6–0
1984	Chris Evert	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–2, 6–3
1985	Chris Evert	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–0
1986	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6–4, 7–5
1987	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
↓  Tier II event  ↓
1988	Martina Navrátilová	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1989	Steffi Graf	Natalia Zvereva	6–1, 6–1
↓  Tier I event  ↓
1990	Martina Navrátilová	Jennifer Capriati	6–2, 6–4
1991	Gabriela Sabatini	Leila Meskhi	6–1, 6–1
1992	Gabriela Sabatini	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–4
1993	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(8), 6–1
1994	Conchita Martínez	Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 6–0
1995	Conchita Martínez	Magdalena Maleeva	6–1, 6–1
1996	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Barbara Paulus	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1997	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
1998	Amanda Coetzer	Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–4
1999	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–3
2000	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–0
2001	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6–0, 4–6, 6–4
2002	Iva Majoli	Patty Schnyder	7–6(5), 6–4
2003	Justine Henin	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–4
2004	Venus Williams	Conchita Martínez	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
2005	Justine Henin	Elena Dementieva	7–5, 6–4
2006	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
2007	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina	6–2, 6–2
2008	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
↓  Premier event  ↓
2009	Sabine Lisicki	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4
2010	Samantha Stosur	Vera Zvonareva	6–0, 6–3
2011	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–3
2012	Serena Williams	Lucie Šafářová	6–0, 6–1
2013	Serena Williams	Jelena Janković	3–6, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1974	Rosemary Casals Olga Morozova	Helen Gourlay Cawley Karen Krantzcke	6–2, 6–1
1975	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Virginia Wade	Rosemary Casals Olga Morozova	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1976	Ilana Kloss Linky Boshoff	Kathy Kuykendall Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–3, 6–2
1977	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Mona Anne Schallau-Guerrant Greer Stevens	6–3, 7–5
1979	Rosemary Casals Martina Navrátilová	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–4, 7–5
1980	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6–2, 6–1
1981	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	Mima Jaušovec Pam Shriver	7–5, 7–5
1982	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6–1, 6–2
1983	Martina Navrátilová Candy Reynolds	Andrea Jaeger Paula Smith	6–2, 6–3
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	Anne Hobbs Sharon Walsh	7–5, 6–2
1985	Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–1
1986	Chris Evert Anne White	Steffi Graf Catherine Tanvier	6–3, 6–3
1987	Mercedes Paz Eva Pfaff	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	7–6(6), 7–5
1988	Lori McNeil Martina Navrátilová	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Gabriela Sabatini	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1989	Hana Mandlíková Martina Navrátilová	Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White	6–4, 6–1
↓  Tier I event  ↓
1990	Martina Navrátilová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Mercedes Paz Natalia Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
1991	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natalia Zvereva	Mary Lou Daniels Lise Gregory	6–4, 6–0
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natalia Zvereva	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–2
1993	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–1
1994	Lori McNeil Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 4–1, retired
1995	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1996	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández	6–2, 6–3
1997	Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1998	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1999	Jana Novotná Elena Likhovtseva	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
2000	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5–7, 7–6(5), 6–3
2002	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(4)
2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–3
2004	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Martina Navrátilová Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
2005	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	Iveta Benešová Květa Hrdličková Peschke	6–1, 6–4
2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
2007	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	7–5, 6–0
2008	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Edina Gallovits Olga Govortsova	6–2, 6–2
↓  Premier event  ↓
2009	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	Liga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder	6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]
2010	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 6–4
2011	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	6–4, 6–4
2012	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
2013	Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová	Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber	6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Sponsors

2012

• Family Circle
• Dove
• Antigua
• BMW
• Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Prudential
• Sony Ericsson
• SunTrust
• Dunlop Sport
• Dell
• MUSC Health
• The Post and Courier
• Birkenstock
• BlueGreen Resorts
• Lowcountry Tennis Association
• McAlister Development Company, Inc.
• US Foods
• Beringer
• Coca-Cola
• Charleston Coffee Roasters
• Ketel One Vodka
• Miller Lite

Trivia

• In nearly forty years of tournament play, only six champions of the Family Circle Cup never won/have not yet won a Grand Slam singles title during their careers: Rosie Casals (1973), Amanda Coetzer (1998), Nadia Petrova (2006), Jelena Janković (2007), Sabine Lisicki (2009), and Caroline Wozniacki (2011).

External links

• Official site