Family Circle Cup
Family Circle Cup | |
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Tournament information | |
Founded | 1973 |
Location |
Charleston, South Carolina United States |
Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center |
Category | Premier |
Surface | Green Clay / outdoors |
Draw | 56M/32Q/16D |
Prize money | $740,000 |
Website | familycirclecup.com |
Current champions | |
Women's singles | Angelique Kerber |
Women's doubles |
Martina Hingis Sania Mirza |
The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973.[1] It is sponsored by Family Circle magazine. It is the oldest professional women's tournament with a $750,000 purse.[2] The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.[3] From its inception in 1973 to 2000, the tournament was held at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island with the exception of 1975 and 1976 when it was played on Amelia Island off the coast of Florida. It moved to Charleston in 2001.
From 1990 to 2008, the Family Circle Cup was classified as a WTA Tier I event. In 2009, it was downgraded to a WTA Premier tournament. It celebrated its 40th year in 2012[4] by naming the court in honor of Billie Jean King.[5][6]
The current champion is Angelique Kerber, who won the singles tournament in April 2015.[7]
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
Trivia
- In nearly forty years of tournament play, only eight champions of the Family Circle Cup never won or have not yet won a Grand Slam singles title during their careers: Rosie Casals (1973), Amanda Coetzer (1998), Nadia Petrova (2006), Jelena Janković (2007), Sabine Lisicki (2009), Caroline Wozniacki (2011), Andrea Petkovic (2014) & Angelique Kerber (2015).[8]
References
- ↑ "WTA Tournaments - Family Circle Cup". WTA. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Agnieszka Radwanska pulls out of Family Circle Cup". Top News Today. April 2, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Family Circle Cup (Tennis Tournament)". Daniel Island, South Carolina. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Family Circle Cup celebrates 40th year". ABC News. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Family Circle Cup names its stadium court after women’s pioneer Billie Jean King". Washington Post. April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Family Circle names court after King". The News Tribune. 04/07/2012. Retrieved 04/08/2012. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Hartsell, Jeff (7 April 2013). "On-court tiff turning point as Serena claims 3rd Family Circle Cup". postandcourier.com (Charleston Post & Courier). Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "When Freedom Rang: Natasha Zvereva and the Family Circle Cup". Tennis.com. 4/2/2012. Retrieved 04/08/2012. Check date values in:
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External links
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