2015 Family Circle Cup Explained

Main Name:	Charleston Open
After Name:	Volvo Car Open
Date:	April 6 – 12
Edition:	43rd
Category:	WTA Premier
Draw:	56S / 16D
Surface:	Clay / outdoor
Prize Money:	$731,000
Attendance:	86,176 ^[1]
Location:	Charleston, United States
Venue:	Family Circle Tennis Center
Champs:	Angelique Kerber
Champd:	Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

The 2015 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place between April 6–12, 2015. It was the 43rd edition of the tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$124,000	$66,000	$32,525	$16,725	$8,670	$4,440	$2,280	$1,035	$620
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$39,000	$20,650	$11,360	$5,785	$3,140

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking^1	Seed
Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	7	1
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	9	2
	Andrea Petkovic	10	3
Italy	Sara Errani	13	4
	Angelique Kerber	15	5
Serbia	Jelena Janković	17	6
United States	Madison Keys	18	7
France	Caroline Garcia	25	8
Australia	Samantha Stosur	26	9
United States	Varvara Lepchenko	31	10
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	32	11
	Belinda Bencic	34	12
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	35	13
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	38	14
	Mona Barthel	39	15
United Kingdom	Heather Watson	41	16

• ¹ Rankings as of 23 March 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
  • Varvara Lepchenko Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Sachia Vickery

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Edina Gallovits-Hall

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Lucie Hradecká
• Sesil Karatancheva
• Danka Kovinić
• Kristína Kučová
• Jessica Pegula
• Laura Siegemund
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jarmila Gajdošová →replaced by Stefanie Vögele
• Sabine Lisicki →replaced by Andreea Mitu
• Peng Shuai →replaced by Grace Min
• Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay
• Lesia Tsurenko →replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
• Taylor Townsend →replaced by Tatjana Maria
• Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová →replaced by Edina Gallovits-Hall
• Zheng Saisai →replaced by Irina Falconi

During the tournament

• Jelena Janković (right foot injury)
• Ekaterina Makarova (gastrointestinal illness)

Retirements

• Mona Barthel (dizziness)
• Varvara Lepchenko (lower back injury)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left shoulder injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Martina Hingis	India	Sania Mirza	8	1
United States	Raquel Kops-Jones	United States	Abigail Spears	20	2
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	52	3
Hungary	Tímea Babos		Anna-Lena Grönefeld	55	4

• ¹ Rankings as of March 23, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Madison Keys / Lisa Raymond
• Alison Riske / Shelby Rogers

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2015 Family Circle Cup – Singles.

• Angelique Kerber defeated Madison Keys, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles

See main article: 2015 Family Circle Cup – Doubles.

• Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza defeated Casey Dellacqua / Darija Jurak, 6–0, 6–4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gene Sapakoff. Tourney to take a ride with Volvo Tennis cup’s new sponsor might help draw big names. The Post and Courier. August 30, 2015.