Tournament Info
Tier: Premier, Prize Money: $710,900, Surface: Clay, Director: Bob Moran
The Family Circle Cup has a rich history on green clay that dates back to 1973, the year all of women's professional tennis was united in becoming the WTA. It is the largest women's-only tournament in the world, and Family Circle magazine is the longest running title sponsor in men's or women's pro tennis.
At its maiden staging in Hilton Head, South Carolina, the Family Circle Cup was the first women's tennis event to offer $100,000 in prize money and the first to be broadcast on network TV. It moved to Amelia Island, Florida, in 1975, back to Hilton Head in 1977 and settled in its current home of Charleston in 2001.
The Family Circle Cup's list of champions reads like a roster of all-time greats, with names such as Tracy Austin, Jennifer Capriati, four-time winner Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Conchita Martínez, four-time champ Martina Navratilova, Gabriela Sabatini, Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, three-time titlist Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Chris Evert was the most dominant, collecting a tournament-record eight titles.
The Original 9, the nine players who signed $1 contracts with World Tennis publications publisher Gladys Heldman in 1970 to compete in what would become the Virginia Slims Series, reunited at the Family Circle Cup's 40th anniversary in April 2012. One of them, Billie Jean King, had the stadium court named after her.
The draw REVISED
KEYS, Madison
BYE
QUALIFIER
ROGERS, Shelby
OSAKA, Naomi
LARSSON, Johanna
DOI, Misaki
ZHANG, Shuai
LUCIC-BARONI, Mirjana
QUALIFIER
BRADY, Jennifer
BARTHEL, Mona
BONDARENKO, Kateryna
RODINA, Evgeniya
BYE
BERTENS, Kiki
VESNINA, Elena
BYE
QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER
OSTAPENKO, Jelena
SAKKARI, Maria
DAVIS, Lauren
Min, Grace
ERRANI, Sara
DUAN, Ying-Ying
QUALIFIER
CHIRICO, Louisa
BECK, Annika
BYE
WOZNIACKI, Caroline
SEVASTOVA, Anastasija
BYE
ARRUABARRENA, Lara
PETKOVIC, Andrea
ERAKOVIC, Marina
Jabeur,Ons
LINETTE, Magda
PUTINTSEVA, Yulia
SAFAROVA, Lucie
LEPCHENKO, Varvara
QUALIFIER
MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie
TSURENKO, Lesia
SIEGEMUND, Laura
BYE
WILLIAMS, Venus
STOSUR, Samantha
BYE
JANKOVIC, Jelena
ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina
KUCOVA, Kristina
CARTER, Hayley
BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla
BEGU, Irina-Camelia
SINIAKOVA, Katerina
PUIG, Monica
KASATKINA, Daria
KOVINIC, Danka
DAY, Kayla
RISKE, Alison
BYE
Gavrilova, Daria Konta withdrawn
