# 2013 Family Circle Cup

The 2013 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event in the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place from March 30 to April 7, 2013. It was the 41st 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 courts season played on green clay. First-seeded Serena Williams won the singles title

## Finals
### Singles

* Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

### Doubles

* Kristina Mladenovic / Lucie Šafářová defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Liezel Huber 6–3, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 60 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Doubles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $795,707
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $125,000 | $65,000 | $32,825 | $16,990 | $8,645 | $4,480 | $2,275 | $1,300 | $700 |
| Doubles | $40,000 | $21,137 | $10,830 | $5,420 | $2,810 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 9 | 2 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 10 | 3 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 16 | 4 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 18 | 5 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 19 | 6 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 21 | 7 |
| GER | Mona Barthel | 23 | 8 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 24 | 9 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 26 | 10 |
| ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 27 | 11 |
| USA | Varvara Lepchenko | 29 | 12 |
| AUT | Tamira Paszek | 31 | 13 |
| KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 35 | 14 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 37 | 15 |
| GBR | Laura Robson | 43 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of March 18, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Andrea Petkovic
* Taylor Townsend
* Caroline Wozniacki
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Eugenie Bouchard
* Mallory Burdette
* Nastassja Burnett
* Caroline Garcia
* Vania King
* Grace Min
* Jessica Pegula
* Teliana Pereira

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Petra Cetkovská
* Sara Errani (thigh injury)
* Polona Hercog
* Lucie Hradecká
* Kaia Kanepi
* Pauline Parmentier
* Ksenia Pervak
* Elena Vesnina
* Lourdes Domínguez Lino
* Heather Watson (left adductor injury)

#### During the tournament

* Anabel Medina Garrigues (right knee injury)
* Andrea Petkovic (right calf injury)

### Retirements
#### During the tournament

* Tamira Paszek (left neck injury)
* Samantha Stosur (right calf strain)

## Doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | USA | Liezel Huber | 16 | 1 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 29 | 2 |
| USA | Vania King | USA | Lisa Raymond | 41 | 3 |
| GER | Julia Görges | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 49 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of March 18, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Jaklin Alawi / Dominika Kaňáková
* Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Marina Erakovic / Jessica Pegula

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Anabel Medina Garrigues (right knee injury)