The 2014
Family Circle Cup was a women's
tennis event on the
2014 WTA Tour
The 2014 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fe ...
. 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
Charleston most commonly refers to:
* Charleston, South Carolina
* Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital
* Charleston (dance)
Charleston may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Charleston, South Australia
Canada
* Charleston, Newfoundlan ...
, United States. It is the only event of the
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
...
season played on green clay.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $710,000
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of March 17, 2014
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Melanie Oudin
*
Nadia Petrova
*
Shelby Rogers
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
*
Petra Cetkovská
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Belinda Bencic
*
Kiki Bertens
*
Jarmila Gajdošová
*
Alla Kudryavtseva
*
Michelle Larcher de Brito
*
Grace Min
*
Lesia Tsurenko
*
Zheng Saisai
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Alizé Cornet → replaced by
Caroline Garcia
*
Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
→ replaced by
Dinah Pfizenmaier
*
Polona Hercog → replaced by
Virginie Razzano
*
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
→ 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
Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...
Retirements
*
Kiki Bertens (lower back injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
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:
*
Jarmila Gajdošová /
Zheng Saisai
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (left wrist injury)
Retirements
*
Peng Shuai (abdominal strain)
*
Anastasia Rodionova (concussion)
Champions
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
References
External links
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2014 WTA Tour
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Charleston Open