2012 Family Circle Cup
| 2012 Family Circle Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 31 – April 8 |
| Edition | 40th |
| Surface | Clay courts |
| 2011 Champions | |
| Doubles | |
 Sania Mirza /  Elena Vesnina | |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Serena Williams | |
The 2012 Family Circle Cup is a women's tennis event in the 2012 WTA Tour. It will take place from March 31 to April 8, 2012. It is the 40th edition of the tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event will be hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It is 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]
Entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 POL |
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 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:
Akgul Amanmuradova
Iveta Benešová
Jill Craybas
Melinda Czink
Mariana Duque-Mariño
Camila Giorgi
Mirjana Lučić
Paula Ormaechea- Melanie Oudin
- Karolína Plíšková
Yaroslava Shvedova
Stefanie Vögele
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
The following players withdrew from the tournament for various reasons:
Irina-Camelia Begu (right elbow injury)
Julia Görges (illness)
Zheng Jie (low back injury)
Ayumi Morita
Agnieszka Radwańska (back injury)- Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
Champions
Singles
- Serena Williams def. Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1
Doubles
References
- ^ "Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw". familycirclecup.com. p. 1. Retrieved February 05, 2012.
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