2011 Family Circle Cup

The 2011 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from April 4 to April 10, 2011. It was the 39th edition of the tournament and one of the Premier level tournaments. 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 court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$711,000^[1]

2011 Family Circle Cup
Date	April 4–10
Edition	39th
Category	Premier level
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$721,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Charleston, SC, US
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance	94,241
Champions
Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina

The field was led by top seed and World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and defending champion Samantha Stosur. They were joined by former champions Jelena Janković, Nadia Petrova, and Sabine Lisicki.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2011 Family Circle Cup – Singles

• Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3

It was Wozniacki's 3rd title of the year and 15th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 4th of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

• Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–4, 6–4

Prize money & points distribution

Points distribution

Stage	Women's singles[2]	Women's doubles[2]
Champion	470
Runner up	320
Semifinals	200
Quarterfinals	120
Round of 16	60	1
Round of 32	40	–
Round of 64	1
Qualifier	12
Qualifying final round	8
Qualifying first round	1

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event is $721,000.

Stage	Women's singles[3]	Women's doubles (per team)[3]
Champion	$111,000	$35,500
Runner up	$57,350	$19,000
Semifinals	$29,205	$9,500
Quarterfinals	$15,200	$4,900
Round of 16	$7,850	$2,500
Round of 32	$4,000	–
Round of 64	$2,025
Qualifying final round	$1,035
Qualifying first round	$535

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	1	1
AUS	Samantha Stosur	5	2
SRB	Jelena Janković	7	3
FRA	Marion Bartoli	10	4
ISR	Shahar Pe'er	11	5
BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	20	6
RUS	Nadia Petrova	22	7
RUS	Alisa Kleybanova	26	8
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	27	9
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	30	10
CHN	Peng Shuai	32	11
GER	Julia Görges	35	12
SUI	Patty Schnyder	41	13
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	43	14
CZE	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	50	15
RUS	Vera Dushevina	53	16

• Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Jamie Hampton
• Sabine Lisicki
• Shelby Rogers

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2011 Family Circle Cup – Singles qualifying

• Eva Birnerová
• Irina Falconi
• Sania Mirza
• Monica Puig
• Sloane Stephens
• Alexandra Stevenson
• Anna Tatishvili
• Heather Watson

Withdrawals

• Akgul Amanmuradova
• Viktoriya Kutuzova
• Serena Williams (foot injury & pulmonary embolism)