2012 Family Circle Cup

The 2012 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event in the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place from March 31 to April 8, 2012. It was the 40th edition of the tournament and a Premier level tournament. 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 courts season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$749,160.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi
 * 🇺🇸 Jamie Hampton
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇿 Akgul Amanmuradova
 * 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová
 * 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas
 * 🇭🇺 Melinda Czink
 * 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque-Mariño
 * 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi
 * Mirjana Lučić
 * 🇦🇷 Paula Ormaechea
 * 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin
 * 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková
 * 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova
 * Stefanie Vögele

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
 * Chan Yung-jan
 * 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková

Withdrawals

 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu (right elbow injury)
 * 🇩🇪 Julia Görges (illness)
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (low back injury)
 * 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita
 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (back injury)
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)

Retirements

 * 🇦🇺 Jelena Dokić
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Emily J. Harman / 🇺🇸 Simone Kalhorn
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová

Singles
It was Serena's 40th career singles title and her 4th overall on clay.
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams defeated 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1.

Doubles

 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová defeated 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]