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 |
| 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 | |
Singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 POL |
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 AUS
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Samantha Stosur | 5 | 2 |
 FRA
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Marion Bartoli | 7 | 3 |
| RUS
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Vera Zvonareva | 9 | 4 |
| USA
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Serena Williams | 11 | 5 |
 GER
|
Sabine Lisicki | 13 | 6 |
 SRB
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Jelena Janković | 15 | 7 |
| RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 8 |
| CZE
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Lucie Šafářová | 25 | 9 |
 ESP
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Anabel Medina Garrigues | 27 | 10 |
| USA
|
Christina McHale | 32 | 11 |
 BEL
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Yanina Wickmayer | 33 | 12 |
| RUS
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Nadia Petrova | 35 | 13 |
 SLO
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Polona Hercog | 38 | 14 |
 RSA
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Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 15 |
| AUS
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Jarmila Gajdošová | 45 | 16 |
 NZL
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Marina Erakovic | 49 | 17 |
- 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2012
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
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:
Withdrawals
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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
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Jelena Dokić- Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA
|
Liezel Huber | USA
|
Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 |
| CZE
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Květa Peschke | SLO
|
Katarina Srebotnik | 7 | 2 |
 IND
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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
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Finals
editSingles
edit- Serena Williams defeated Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1.
It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.
Doubles
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová defeated 
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
References
edit- ^ "Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw". familycirclecup.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.