2012 Family Circle Cup

January 2025 2012 Family Circle Cup Serena Williams.jpg March 31 – April 8 40th $740,000 56S / 16D Clay / outdoor Charleston, South Carolina, United States Family Circle Tennis Center 87,972 USA Serena Williams RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / CZE Lucie Šafářová 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 749,160.http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/articles/20120203143437.html Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw familycirclecup.com February 5, 2012 1 March 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326211109/http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/articles/20120203143437.html dead Finals Singles 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 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 Country Player Ranking1 SeedPOLAgnieszka Radwańska41AUSSamantha Stosur52FRAMarion Bartoli73RUSVera Zvonareva94USASerena Williams115GERSabine Lisicki136SRBJelena Janković157RUSAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova218CZELucie Šafářová259ESPAnabel Medina Garrigues2710USAChristina McHale3211BELYanina Wickmayer3312RUSNadia Petrova3513SLOPolona Hercog3814RSAChanelle Scheepers4215AUSJarmila Gajdošová4516NZLMarina 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 Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedUSALiezel HuberUSALisa Raymond31CZE Květa PeschkeSLO Katarina Srebotnik72INDSania MirzaRUS Elena Vesnina153CZEAndrea HlaváčkováCZE Lucie 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 External links Official website WTA tournament draws Family Circle Cup Category:Charleston Open Family Circle Cup Family Circle Cup Family Circle Cup Family Circle Cup