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
Finals
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
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedAgnieszka Radwańska41Samantha Stosur52Marion Bartoli73Vera Zvonareva94Serena Williams115Sabine Lisicki136Jelena Janković157Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova218Lucie Šafářová259Anabel Medina Garrigues2710Christina McHale3211Yanina Wickmayer3312Nadia Petrova3513Polona Hercog3814Chanelle Scheepers4215Jarmila Gajdošová4516Marina Erakovic4917 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 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond31 Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik72Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina153Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká194 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
References
External links Official website WTA tournament draws