2014 Family Circle Cup

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2014 Family Circle Cup
DateMarch 31 – April 6
Edition42nd
CategoryPremier level
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$710,000
SurfaceClay
LocationCharleston, United States
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,997 [1]
Champions
Singles
Germany Andrea Petkovic
Doubles
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
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The 2014 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place from March 31 to April 6, 2014. It was the 42nd 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 is the only event of the clay court 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 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money[]

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles[2] $120,000 $64,000 $31,510 $16,200 $8,400 $4,300 $2,200 $1,000 $600
Women's Doubles[2] $38,000 $20,000 $11,000 $5,600 $3,035 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player[3] Ranking1 Seed
 USA Serena Williams 1 1
 SRB Jelena Janković 6 2
 ITA Sara Errani 10 3
 GER Sabine Lisicki 15 4
 USA Sloane Stephens 16 5
 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 19 6
 AUS Samantha Stosur 20 7
 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 26 8
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 27 9
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 29 10
 USA Venus Williams 31 11
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 33 12
 RUS Elena Vesnina 35 13
 GER Andrea Petkovic 37 14
 USA Madison Keys 38 15
 CHN Zhang Shuai 41 16
  • 1 Rankings as of March 17, 2014

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • United States Melanie Oudin
  • Russia Nadia Petrova
  • United States Shelby Rogers

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

Retirements[]

  • Netherlands Kiki Bertens (lower back injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  CHN Peng Shuai 3 1
 CZE Květa Peschke  CZE Lucie Šafářová 24 2
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 36 3
 GER Julia Görges  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 41 4
  • 1 Rankings as of March 17, 2014

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

Retirements[]

  • China Peng Shuai (abdominal strain)
  • Australia Anastasia Rodionova (concussion)

Champions[]

Singles[]

Main article: 2014 Family Circle Cup – Singles

Doubles[]

Main article: 2014 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

References[]

  1. ^ Gene Sapakoff (August 30, 2015). "Tourney to take a ride with Volvo Tennis cup's new sponsor might help draw big names". The Post and Courier.
  2. ^ a b "Family Circle match notes" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Family Circle Cup".

External links[]

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