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  | 
| 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
    
    Seeds
    
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  POL | |||
| .svg.png.webp) 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 | 
| .svg.png.webp) BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 33 | 12 | 
|  RUS | Nadia Petrova | 35 | 13 | 
|  SLO | Polona Hercog | 38 | 14 | 
|  RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 15 | 
| .svg.png.webp) 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:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 Akgul Amanmuradova Akgul Amanmuradova
 Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová
 Jill Craybas Jill Craybas
 Melinda Czink Melinda Czink
 Mariana Duque-Mariño Mariana Duque-Mariño
 Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi
 Mirjana Lučić Mirjana Lučić
 Paula Ormaechea Paula Ormaechea
 Melanie Oudin Melanie Oudin
 Karolína Plíšková Karolína Plíšková
 Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Shvedova
 Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
    
 Irina-Camelia Begu (right elbow injury) Irina-Camelia Begu (right elbow injury)
 Julia Görges (illness) Julia Görges (illness)
 Zheng Jie (low back injury) Zheng Jie (low back injury)
 Ayumi Morita Ayumi Morita
 Agnieszka Radwańska (back injury) Agnieszka Radwańska (back injury)
 Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury) Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
Retirements
    
.svg.png.webp) Jelena Dokić Jelena Dokić
 Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury) 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 / Emily J. Harman / Simone Kalhorn Simone Kalhorn
 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová Lucie Šafářová
Champions
    
    Singles
    
 Serena Williams def. Serena Williams def. Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1. Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1.- It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.
 
Doubles
    
 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová def. Lucie Šafářová def. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
References
    
- "Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw". familycirclecup.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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