# 2015 Family Circle Cup

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 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $620 |
| Women's doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking$^1$ | Seed |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 7 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 9 | 2 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 10 | 3 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 13 | 4 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 15 | 5 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 17 | 6 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 18 | 7 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 25 | 8 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 26 | 9 |
| USA | Varvara Lepchenko | 31 | 10 |
| KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 32 | 11 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 34 | 12 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 35 | 13 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 38 | 14 |
| GER | Mona Barthel | 39 | 15 |
| GBR | 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 |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 8 | 1 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 20 | 2 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 52 | 3 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | GER | 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

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

### Doubles

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