2013 Family Circle Cup

2013 Family Circle Cup
Date	April 1–7
Edition	41st
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$795,707
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Charleston, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance	78,147
Champions
Singles
Serena Williams
Doubles
Kristina Mladenovic / Lucie Šafářová
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The 2013 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event in the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place from March 30 to April 7, 2013. It was the 41st edition of the tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay courts season played on green clay.

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles[1]	470	320	200	120	60	40	1	12	8	1
Women's Doubles[1]					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $795,707

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles[1]	$125,000	$65,000	$32,825	$16,990	$8,645	$4,480	$2,275	$1,300	$700
Women's Doubles[1]	$40,000	$21,137	$10,830	$5,420	$2,810	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
USA	Serena Williams[2]	1	1
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	9	2
AUS	Samantha Stosur	10	3
USA	Sloane Stephens[3]	16	4
USA	Venus Williams	18	5
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	19	6
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	21	7
GER	Mona Barthel	23	8
SRB	Jelena Janković	24	9
GER	Julia Görges	26	10
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	27	11
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	29	12
AUT	Tamira Paszek	31	13
KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	35	14
GER	Sabine Lisicki	37	15
GBR	Laura Robson	43	16

• ¹ Rankings as of March 18, 2013.^[4]

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Andrea Petkovic
• Taylor Townsend
• Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Mallory Burdette
• Nastassja Burnett
• Caroline Garcia
• Vania King
• Grace Min
• Jessica Pegula
• Teliana Pereira

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská
• Sara Errani (thigh injury)
• Polona Hercog
• Lucie Hradecká
• Kaia Kanepi
• Pauline Parmentier
• Ksenia Pervak
• Elena Vesnina
• Lourdes Domínguez Lino
• Heather Watson (left adductor injury)

During the tournament

• Anabel Medina Garrigues (right knee injury)
• Andrea Petkovic (right calf injury)

Retirements[]

During the tournament

• Tamira Paszek (left neck injury)
• Samantha Stosur (right calf strain)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	USA	Liezel Huber	16	1
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	29	2
USA	Vania King	USA	Lisa Raymond	41	3
GER	Julia Görges	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	49	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of March 18, 2013.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jaklin Alawi / Dominika Kaňáková
• Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Marina Erakovic / Jessica Pegula

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Anabel Medina Garrigues (right knee injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Serena Williams def. Jelena Janković, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles[]

• Kristina Mladenovic / Lucie Šafářová def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Liezel Huber 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website