2012 Family Circle Cup

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^[1]

2012 Family Circle Cup
Date	March 31 – April 8
Edition	40th
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$740,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance	87,972
Champions
Singles
Serena Williams
Doubles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2012 Family Circle Cup – Singles

• Serena Williams defeated Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1.

It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.

Doubles

Main article: 2012 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

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

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	1
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:

• 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)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	3	1
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	7	2
IND	Sania Mirza	RUS	Elena Vesnina	15	3
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	19	4

• 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