2010 Family Circle Cup

The 2010 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2010 WTA Tour, which took place from April 12 to April 18. It was the 38th edition of the event and was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$700,000. Samantha Stosur won the singles title.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of April 5, 2010.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Mallory Cecil
 * 🇺🇸 Carly Gullickson
 * 🇺🇸 Alison Riske

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇦🇺 Monique Adamczak ''(as a lucky loser)
 * 🇨🇴 Catalina Castaño
 * 🇦🇺 Sophie Ferguson
 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Ivanova
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * Chanelle Scheepers
 * Anna Tatishvili
 * 🇺🇸 Mashona Washington
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

Notable withdrawals
The following players withdrew from the tournament for various reasons:
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko (left knee injury)
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (right groin injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Alisa Kleybanova (bilateral plantar fasciitis)
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova (right elbow bone bruise)
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (left knee injury)

Singles
🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur defeated 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva, 6–0, 6–3
 * It was Stosur's first title of the year and second of her career.

Doubles
🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova defeated 🇺🇸 Vania King / Michaëlla Krajicek, 6–3, 6–4