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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Family Circle Cup Tennis

 
The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated Professional Tennis Tournament for Women, held every year since 1973 and being the oldest professional women's tournament with a $750,000 purse

The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston,South Carolina,USA

 From its inception in 1973 to 2000, the tournament was held at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island with the exception of 1975 and 1976 when it was played on Amelia Island off the coast of Florida

It moved to Charleston in 2001. From 1990 to 2008, the Family Circle Cup was classified as a WTA Tier I Event

In 2009, it was downgraded to a WTA Premier Tournament.

Defending Champions

Women's Singles
Andrea Petkovic(Germany)beating Jana Cepelova(Slovakia)7-5,6-2

Women's Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues(Spain)and Yarosalva Shvedova(Kazakhstan)beating Chinese Taipei's Chan Hao ching & Chan Yung jan 7-6,6-2

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