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2012 Family Circle Cup

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Date
  
March 31 – April 8

Surface
  
Clay courts

Edition
  
40th

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 US$749,160

Contents

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

    • 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:

  • Chan Yung-jan
  • Andrea Hlaváčková

    • Withdrawals

  • 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)

    • Retirements

  • Jelena Dokić
  • Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)

    • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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

    • Singles

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

    • Doubles

  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová def. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

    • References

    2012 Family Circle Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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