| 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 | ||||
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The2014 Family Circle Cup was a women'stennis event on the2014 WTA Tour. The event took place from March 31 to April 6, 2014. It was the 42nd edition of thetournament and aPremier level tournament. The event was hosted at theFamily Circle Tennis Center, onDaniel Island,Charleston, United States. It is the only event of theclay court season played on green clay.
Andrea Petkovic defeated
Jana Čepelová 7–5, 6–2Anabel Medina Garrigues /Yaroslava Shvedova defeated
Chan Hao-ching /Chan Yung-jan 7–6(7–4), 6–2| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
| Singles[2] | $120,000 | $64,000 | $31,510 | $16,200 | $8,400 | $4,300 | $2,200 | $1,000 | $600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles[2] | $38,000 | $20,000 | $11,000 | $5,600 | $3,035 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
The following players receivedwildcards 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:
Belinda Bencic
Kiki BertensJarmila GajdošováAlla Kudryavtseva
Michelle Larcher de BritoGrace Min
Lesia TsurenkoZheng Saisai
Alizé Cornet → replaced byCaroline GarciaCasey Dellacqua → replaced byDinah Pfizenmaier
Polona Hercog → replaced byVirginie RazzanoSvetlana Kuznetsova → replaced byAnabel Medina GarriguesBethanie Mattek-Sands (hip injury) → replaced by
Mirjana Lučić-BaroniAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by
Julia GlushkoGalina Voskoboeva → replaced byJulia GörgesKiki Bertens (lower back injury)| 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 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (left wrist injury)Peng Shuai (abdominal strain)Anastasia Rodionova (concussion)