| 2012 Family Circle Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | March 31 – April 8 | |||
| Edition | 40th | |||
| Draw | 56S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $740,000 | |||
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
| Location | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | |||
| Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center | |||
| Attendance | 87,972 | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Serena Williams | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová | ||||
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The2012 Family Circle Cup was a women'stennis event in the2012 WTA Tour. It took place from March 31 to April 8, 2012. It was the 40th edition of thetournament and aPremier level tournament. The event was hosted at theFamily Circle Tennis Center, onDaniel Island,Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the only event of theclay courts season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament wasUS$749,160[1]
Serena Williams defeatedLucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1.It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova /Lucie Šafářová defeated
Anabel Medina Garrigues /
Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 POL | |||
 AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 2 |
 FRA | Marion Bartoli | 7 | 3 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 9 | 4 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 11 | 5 |
 GER | Sabine Lisicki | 13 | 6 |
 SRB | Jelena Janković | 15 | 7 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 8 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 25 | 9 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 27 | 10 |
| USA | Christina McHale | 32 | 11 |
 BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 33 | 12 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 35 | 13 |
 SLO | Polona Hercog | 38 | 14 |
 RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 15 |
| AUS | Jarmila Gajdošová | 45 | 16 |
 NZL | Marina Erakovic | 49 | 17 |
The following players receivedwildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Akgul AmanmuradovaIveta BenešováJill Craybas
Melinda Czink
Mariana Duque-Mariño
Camila Giorgi
Mirjana Lučić
Paula OrmaecheaMelanie OudinKarolína PlíškováYaroslava Shvedova
Stefanie VögeleThe following players received entry as lucky losers:
Irina-Camelia Begu (right elbow injury)Julia Görges (illness)
Zheng Jie (low back injury)
Ayumi MoritaAgnieszka Radwańska (back injury)Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)Jelena DokićSabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 7 | 2 |
 IND | Sania Mirza | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 15 | 3 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 19 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
