2014 Family Circle Cup

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.

2014 Family Circle Cup
Date	March 31 – April 6
Edition	42nd
Category	Premier level
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$710,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Charleston, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance	87,997 [1]
Champions
Singles
Andrea Petkovic
Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova

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]	Ranking^1	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:

• Melanie Oudin
• Nadia Petrova
• Shelby Rogers

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

• Petra Cetkovská

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Kiki Bertens
• Jarmila Gajdošová
• Alla Kudryavtseva
• Michelle Larcher de Brito
• Grace Min
• Lesia Tsurenko
• Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet → replaced by Caroline Garcia
• Casey Dellacqua → replaced by Dinah Pfizenmaier
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Virginie Razzano
• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Anabel Medina Garrigues
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands (hip injury) → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Julia Glushko
• Galina Voskoboeva → replaced by Julia Görges

Retirements

• Kiki Bertens (lower back injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	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:

• Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend
• Sorana Cîrstea / Maria Kirilenko
• Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Jarmila Gajdošová / Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (left wrist injury)

Retirements

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

Champions

Singles

• Andrea Petkovic defeated Jana Čepelová 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

• Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan 7–6^(7–4), 6–2

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. "Family Circle match notes" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
3. http://www.familycirclecup.com/players/field/

External links

• Official website