2014_Family_Circle_Cup
2014 Family Circle Cup
Tennis tournament
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 / outdoor | |||
| Location | Charleston, SC, United States | |||
| Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center | |||
| Attendance | 87,997 [1] | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Andrea Petkovic | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Anabel Medina Garrigues /  Yaroslava Shvedova | ||||
| ||||
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000
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:
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
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)
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:
Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend
Sorana Cîrstea / Maria Kirilenko
Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (left wrist injury)
Retirements
Peng Shuai (abdominal strain)- Anastasia Rodionova (concussion)
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
- 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.
- "Family Circle match notes" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.