2013 Family Circle Cup

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.

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

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	Ranking^1	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	Rank^1	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

1. "Family Circle match notes" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
2. "Serena Williams to play in Family Circle Cup 2013". Live Tennis Guide. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
3. "Rising American Star Sloane Stephens Enters Family Circle Cup Field". Live 5 News. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
4. "Player Field". Family Circle Cup. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

External links

• Official Website