2012 Family Circle Cup – Singles

2012 Family Circle Cup USA Serena Williams CZE Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1 56 16 singles doubles 2012 Family Circle Cup Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion,https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/13029737 Caroline Wozniacki wins Family Circle Cup BBC Sport 5 May 2026 but was not allowed to participate because there were already two top 6 players in the draw.http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=16813&zoneid=6 Wozniacki: WTA scheduling too restrictive tennis.com March 11, 2012 March 23, 2012 Serena Williams won the title, defeating Lucie Šafářová in the final 6–0, 6–1.https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/09/sport/tennis/tennis-serena-williams-charleston Serena Williams on a high after landmark title in Charleston CNN 5 May 2026 It was her 40th WTA Tour singles title.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/17654138 Serena Williams seals landmark WTA title at Charleston BBC Sport 5 May 2026 Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. 1 1 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (withdrew because of a back injury) 2 4 AUS Samantha Stosur (semifinals) 3 1 FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) 4 2 RUS Vera Zvonareva (quarterfinals) 5 3 USA Serena Williams (champion) 6 3 GER Sabine Lisicki (quarterfinals, retired because of a left ankle injury) 7 4 SRB Jelena Janković (second round) 8 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) 9 2 CZE Lucie Šafářová (final) 10 4 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) 11 2 USA Christina McHale (first round) 12 3 BEL Yanina Wickmayer (second round) 13 1 RUS Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals) 14 1 SLO Polona Hercog (semifinals) 15 4 RSA Chanelle Scheepers (first round) 16 2 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová (first round) 17 3 NZL Marina Erakovic (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 14 SLO Polona Hercog 6 6   13 RUS Nadia Petrova 1 2   4 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 3   9 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 6   6 GER Sabine Lisicki 1r     5 USA Serena Williams 4     WC USA Venus Williams 3 6 3 2 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 4 6 14 SLO Polona Hercog 0 0   9 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 6   5 USA Serena Williams 6 6   2 AUS Samantha Stosur 1 1   9 CZE Lucie Šafářová 0 1   5 USA Serena Williams 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   RUS V Dushevina 6 77   LL TPE Y-j Chan 4 65     BLR A Yakimova 2 7 2   USA V Lepchenko 6 5 6   JPN K Date-Krumm 4 3   14 SLO P Hercog 6 6   13 RUS N Petrova 6 6   Q COL M Duque Mariño 1 2   Q UZB A Amanmuradova 62 66   Q USA J Craybas 77 78     GRE E Daniilidou 6 6     RUS A Kudryavtseva 3 4   3 FRA M Bartoli 6 63 6   RUS V Dushevina 2 77 4   USA V Lepchenko 3 2   14 SLO P Hercog 6 6   13 RUS N Petrova 2 78 6 Q USA J Craybas 6 66 2   GRE E Daniilidou 6 4 4 8/WC RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 3 6 6 3 FRA M Bartoli 4 6 4 14 SLO P Hercog 6 1 6 13 RUS N Petrova 6 6   8/WC RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 1 4   14 SLO P Hercog 6 6   13 RUS N Petrova 1 2   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   BLR O Govortsova 6 2 4   UKR K Bondarenko 2 6 6   POL U Radwańska 1 4     CZE L Hradecká 6 6   Q SUI S Vögele 6 2 6 16 AUS J Gajdošová 4 6 4 11 USA C McHale 5 7 4   CAN A Wozniak 7 5 6   CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 6   Q ITA C Giorgi 1 3     LUX M Minella 5 5   Q CRO M Lučić 7 7   4 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6     UKR K Bondarenko 1 1     CZE L Hradecká 4 4   Q SUI S Vögele 6 6     CAN A Wozniak 77 6     CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 65 2   Q CRO M Lučić 2 0   9 CZE L Šafářová 6 6   4 RUS V Zvonareva 5 6 6 Q SUI S Vögele 7 3 4   CAN A Wozniak 2 77 1 9 CZE L Šafářová 6 64 6 4 RUS V Zvonareva 3 3   9 CZE L Šafářová 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC USA I Falconi 1 5   LL CZE A Hlaváčková 6 7   Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6     RUS A Panova 0 4     USA V King 4 3   12 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 6   17 NZL M Erakovic 6 6   Q CZE Ka Plíšková 2 4     GEO A Tatishvili 1 6 6   NED A Rus 6 4 4   CAN S Dubois 610 5     RUS E Vesnina 712 7   6 GER S Lisicki 2 6 6 LL CZE A Hlaváčková 6 3 4 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 77   12 BEL Y Wickmayer 2 62   17 NZL M Erakovic 7 6     GEO A Tatishvili 5 3     RUS E Vesnina 3 4   5 USA S Williams 6 6   6 GER S Lisicki 7 6   Q KAZ Y Shvedova 5 4   17 NZL M Erakovic 2 2   5 USA S Williams 6 6   6 GER S Lisicki 1r     5 USA S Williams 4     Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q CZE I Benešová 4 3   WC USA V Williams 6 6     AUS A Rodionova 6 2 6 Q HUN M Czink 2 6 1 Q USA M Oudin 4 6 0 10 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 4 6 15 RSA C Scheepers 1 6 4 Q ARG P Ormaechea 6 1 6   AUS J Dokić 3r     KAZ G Voskoboeva 4     WC USA J Hampton 7 77     USA S Stephens 5 61   7 SRB J Janković 5 0   WC USA V Williams 7 6     AUS A Rodionova 7 6   10 ESP A Medina Garrigues 5 3   Q ARG P Ormaechea 2 3     KAZ G Voskoboeva 6 6   WC USA J Hampton 0 5   2 AUS S Stosur 6 7   WC USA V Williams 7 6     AUS A Rodionova 5 2     KAZ G Voskoboeva 3 6 2 2 AUS S Stosur 6 4 6 WC USA V Williams 3 6 3 2 AUS S Stosur 6 4 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em CZE Iveta Benešová (qualified) ROU Alexandra Cadanțu (first round) CZE Eva Birnerová (first round) UZB Akgul Amanmuradova (qualified) ARG Paula Ormaechea (qualified) CRO Mirjana Lučić (qualified) CZE Karolína Plíšková (qualified) HUN Melinda Czink (qualified) SUI Stefanie Vögele (qualified) CZE Andrea Hlaváčková (qualifying competition) GBR Heather Watson (first round) TPE Chan Yung-jan (qualifying competition) USA Jill Craybas (qualified) COL Mariana Duque Mariño (qualified) ESP Estrella Cabeza Candela (qualifying competition) FRA Caroline Garcia (qualifying competition) CZE Kristýna Plíšková (qualifying competition) POR Michelle Larcher de Brito (qualifying competition) ITA Camila Giorgi (qualified) KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (qualified) USA Tetiana Luzhanska (first round, retired) SLO Petra Rampre (qualifying competition) USA Julia Cohen (first round) BUL Dia Evtimova (first round) Qualifiers 30em CZE Iveta Benešová COL Mariana Duque Mariño USA Jill Craybas UZB Akgul Amanmuradova ARG Paula Ormaechea CRO Mirjana Lučić CZE Karolína Plíšková HUN Melinda Czink SUI Stefanie Vögele KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova USA Melanie Oudin ITA Camila Giorgi Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 CZE Iveta Benešová 6 3 6   SLO Andreja Klepač 4 6 1   RUS Ekaterina Bychkova 65 4   17 CZE Kristýna Plíšková 77 6   1 CZE Iveta Benešová 6 4 6 17 CZE Kristýna Plíšková 1 6 3 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 ROU Alexandra Cadanțu 5 6 0   POL Marta Domachowska 7 2 6   RUS Olga Puchkova 3 6 4 14 COL Mariana Duque Mariño 6 3 6   POL Marta Domachowska 4 3   14 COL Mariana Duque Mariño 6 6   Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 CZE Eva Birnerová 714 1 2   USA Madison Brengle 612 6 6   USA Abigail Spears 2 4   13 USA Jill Craybas 6 6     USA Madison Brengle 3 1   13 USA Jill Craybas 6 6   Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 6 6     USA Gail Brodsky 0 2     CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 1   21 USA Tetiana Luzhanska 1r   4 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 6 3 6   CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 3 6 4 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 ARG Paula Ormaechea 6 6   WC USA Emily Harman 1 0   WC USA Shelby Rogers 5 7 6 23 USA Julia Cohen 7 5 3 5 ARG Paula Ormaechea 7 6   WC USA Shelby Rogers 5 3   Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 CRO Mirjana Lučić 3 6 6 WC USA Simone Kalhorn 6 2 1   COL Catalina Castaño 3 7 3 15 ESP Estrella Cabeza Candela 6 5 6 6 CRO Mirjana Lučić 6 6   15 ESP Estrella Cabeza Candela 2 2   Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 65 6   BEL Tamaryn Hendler 1 77 3   USA Alexandra Stevenson 2 3   18 POR Michelle Larcher de Brito 6 6   7 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 6   18 POR Michelle Larcher de Brito 4 2   Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 HUN Melinda Czink 6 6   WC USA Hayley Carter 1 1     USA CoCo Vandeweghe 6 6   24 BUL Dia Evtimova 4 3   8 HUN Melinda Czink 3 6 6   USA CoCo Vandeweghe 6 4 0 Ninth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 9 SUI Stefanie Vögele 6 6     CRO Ani Mijačika 1 2   WC USA Maria Sanchez 3 3   16 FRA Caroline Garcia 6 6   9 SUI Stefanie Vögele 4 6 6 16 FRA Caroline Garcia 6 4 2 Tenth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 10 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 6 6     FRA Kristina Mladenovic 2 4     USA Jessica Pegula 4 0   20 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 6   10 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 65 5   20 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 77 7   Eleventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 11 GBR Heather Watson 4 6 4   USA Melanie Oudin 6 1 6   RSA Natalie Grandin 3 4   22 SLO Petra Rampre 6 6     USA Melanie Oudin 6 6   22 SLO Petra Rampre 3 2   Twelfth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 12 TPE Chan Yung-jan 2 6 7   USA Julia Boserup 6 1 5   USA Grace Min 4 4   19 ITA Camila Giorgi 6 6   12 TPE Chan Yung-jan 77 5 3 19 ITA Camila Giorgi 65 7 6 References External links Main draw https://web.archive.org/web/20120417040221/http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/articles/20120331163120.pdf 2012-04-17 Qualifying draw Family Circle Cup - Singles Category:Charleston Open