2011 Family Circle Cup

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}} {{TennisEventInfo|2011|Family Circle Cup| | date=April 4–10 | edition=39th | category= [[WTA Premier tournaments#Premier|Premier level]] | prize_money=$721,000 | draw=56S / 16D | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | location=[[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina|SC]], US | venue=[[Family Circle Tennis Center]] | attendance=94,241 | champs={{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]] | champd={{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] }}

The '''2011 Family Circle Cup''' was a women's [[tennis]] event on the [[2011 WTA Tour]]. It took place from April 4 to April 10, 2011. It was the 39th edition of the [[Family Circle Cup|tournament]] and one of the [[WTA Premier tournaments#Premier|Premier level]] tournaments. The event was hosted at the [[Family Circle Tennis Center]], on [[Daniel Island]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]], United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was {{currency|711,000.}}<ref name="PrizeMoney">{{cite web | url=http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/articles/20120203143437.html | title=Family Cirlce Cup to Expand Qualifying Draw | publisher=familycirclecup.com | accessdate=February 5, 2012 | pages=1 | archive-date=March 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326211109/http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/articles/20120203143437.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The field was led by top seed and World No. 1 [[Caroline Wozniacki]] and defending champion [[Samantha Stosur]]. They were joined by former champions [[Jelena Janković]], [[Nadia Petrova]], and [[Sabine Lisicki]].

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2011 Family Circle Cup – Singles}} * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]] defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]], 6–2, 6–3 It was Wozniacki's 3rd title of the year and 15th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 4th of her career.

===Doubles=== {{main|2011 Family Circle Cup – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meghann Shaughnessy]], 6–4, 6–4

==Prize money & points distribution==

===Points distribution=== {| class=wikitable ! width=150|Stage ! width=200|Women's singles<ref name="WTA Tour">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf|title=WTA ranking System|accessdate=January 8, 2011|publisher=wtatour.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312231756/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf|archive-date=March 12, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ! style="width:200px;"|Women's doubles<ref name="WTA Tour"/> |- style=text-align:center ! Champion |colspan=2| '''470''' |- style=text-align:center ! Runner up |colspan=2| '''320''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Semifinals |colspan=2| '''200''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Quarterfinals |colspan=2| '''120''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 16 | '''60''' || '''1''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 32 | '''40''' ||rowspan=5| '''–''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 64 | '''1''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifier | '''12''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifying final round | '''8''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifying first round | '''1''' |}

===Prize money=== The total commitment prize money for this year's event is $721,000. {| class=wikitable ! width=150|Stage ! width=200|Women's singles<ref name="Prize Money">{{cite web|url=http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/FCC_Media/FactSheet.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323055247/http://www.familycirclecup.com/pages/FCC_Media/FactSheet.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 23, 2010|title=MEDIA / FACT SHEET|accessdate=April 10, 2011|publisher=familycirclecup.com}}</ref> ! style="width:200px;"|Women's doubles <br> (per team)<ref name="Prize Money"/> |- style=text-align:center ! Champion | $111,000 || $35,500 |- style=text-align:center ! Runner up | $57,350 || $19,000 |- style="text-align:center;" !Semifinals | $29,205 || $9,500 |- style="text-align:center;" !Quarterfinals | $15,200 || $4,900 |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 16 | $7,850 || $2,500 |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 32 | $4,000 ||rowspan=4| – |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 64 | $2,025 |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifying final round | $1,035 |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifying first round | $535 |}

==Entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="185"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{flag|DEN}} |[[Caroline Wozniacki]] |1 |1 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |5 |2 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Jelena Janković]] |7 |3 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Marion Bartoli]] |10 |4 |- |{{flag|ISR}} |[[Shahar Pe'er]] |11 |5 |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[Yanina Wickmayer]] |20 |6 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Nadia Petrova]] |22 |7 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Alisa Kleybanova]] |26 |8 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Maria Kirilenko]] |27 |9 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Daniela Hantuchová]] |30 |10 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Peng Shuai]] |32 |11 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Julia Görges]] |35 |12 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Patty Schnyder]] |41 |13 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] |43 |14 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]] |50 |15 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Vera Dushevina]] |53 |16  |} *Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.

=== Other entrants === The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamie Hampton]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Sabine Lisicki]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shelby Rogers]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: {{Main|2011 Family Circle Cup – Singles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Eva Birnerová]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irina Falconi]] * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] * {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Monica Puig]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sloane Stephens]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexandra Stevenson]] * {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Anna Tatishvili]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Akgul Amanmuradova]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Viktoriya Kutuzova]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] (foot injury & pulmonary embolism)

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100922055525/http://familycirclecup.com/ Official website] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2011/804.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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