2014 Family Circle Cup

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox tennis event|2014|Family Circle Cup| | date = March 31 – April 6 | edition = 42nd | category=[[WTA Premier tournaments#Premier|Premier level]] | draw = 56S / 16D | surface = [[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | prize_money = $710,000 | attendance = 87,997 <ref>{{cite web|author1=Gene Sapakoff|title=Tourney to take a ride with Volvo Tennis cup's new sponsor might help draw big names|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/tourney-to-take-a-ride-with-volvo-tennis-cup-s/article_fe5b51fc-a71c-5074-8dfb-fc4630874531.html|publisher=[[The Post and Courier]]|date=August 30, 2015}}</ref> | location = [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], SC, United States | venue = [[Family Circle Tennis Center]] | champs = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]] | champd = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] }}

The '''2014 Family Circle Cup''' was a women's [[tennis]] event on the [[2014 WTA Tour]]. The event took place from March 31 to April 6, 2014. It was the 42nd edition of the [[Family Circle Cup|tournament]] and a [[WTA Premier tournaments#Premier|Premier level]] tournament. The event was hosted at the [[Family Circle Tennis Center]], on [[Daniel Island]], [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], United States. It is the only event of the [[clay court]] season played on green clay.

== Finals ==

=== Singles === {{main|2014 Family Circle Cup – Singles}} * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]] defeated {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jana Čepelová]] 7–5, 6–2

=== Doubles === {{main|2014 Family Circle Cup – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] / {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] defeated {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Hao-ching]] / {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] 7–6(7–4), 6–2

==Points and prize money==

=== Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style="background:#f6f6f6;"|Singles |rowspan=2|470 |rowspan=2|305 |rowspan=2|185 |rowspan=2|100 |55 |30 |1 |25 |13 |1 |- !style="background:#f6f6f6;"|Doubles |1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000 {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |width=130 bgcolor=#efefef|'''Event''' |width=80 bgcolor=lime|'''W''' |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 64 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style=background:#f6f6f6|Singles<ref name="WTA points">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/MatchNotes/2013/804.pdf|access-date=31 March 2013|title=Family Circle match notes|publisher=WTA}}</ref> |$120,000 |$64,000 |$31,510 |$16,200 |$8,400 |$4,300 |$2,200 |$1,000 |$600 |- !style=background:#f6f6f6|Doubles<ref name="WTA points"/> |$38,000 |$20,000 |$11,000 |$5,600 |$3,035 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

== Singles main draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.familycirclecup.com/players/field/|title=Family Circle Cup}}</ref> ! Ranking1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Serena Williams]] |1 |1 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Jelena Janković]] |6 |2 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Sara Errani]] |10 |3 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Sabine Lisicki]] |15 |4 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Sloane Stephens]] |16 |5 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Eugenie Bouchard]] |19 |6 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |20 |7 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Sorana Cîrstea]] |26 |8 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Lucie Šafářová]] |27 |9 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Maria Kirilenko]] |29 |10 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Venus Williams]] |31 |11 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Daniela Hantuchová]] |33 |12 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Elena Vesnina]] |35 |13 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Andrea Petkovic]] |37 |14 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Madison Keys]] |38 |15 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Zhang Shuai (tennis)|Zhang Shuai]] |41 |16 |} *1 Rankings as of March 17, 2014

=== Other entrants === The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcards]] into the main draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Melanie Oudin]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shelby Rogers]]

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Cetkovská]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Belinda Bencic]] * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jarmila Gajdošová]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] * {{flagicon|POR}} [[Michelle Larcher de Brito]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Grace Min]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Garcia]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Casey Dellacqua]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dinah Pfizenmaier]] * {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Polona Hercog]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Virginie Razzano]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] (hip injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirjana Lučić-Baroni]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Julia Glushko]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Galina Voskoboeva]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]]

=== Retirements === * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] (lower back injury)

== Doubles main draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Hsieh Su-wei]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Peng Shuai]] |3 |1 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Květa Peschke]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Lucie Šafářová]] |24 |2 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Raquel Kops-Jones]] |{{flag|USA}} |[[Abigail Spears]] |36 |3 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Julia Görges]] |{{flag|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: * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eugenie Bouchard]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Townsend (tennis)|Taylor Townsend]] * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]]

The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jarmila Gajdošová]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]] (left wrist injury)

=== Retirements === * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] (abdominal strain) * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] (concussion)

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.familycirclecup.com/}} * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2014/804.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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