Family Circle Cup
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location	Charleston, South Carolina  United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Category	Premier
Surface	Green Clay / Outdoors
Draw	56M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$1,000,000
Website	familycirclecup.com

The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center 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. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Premier tournament (before 2009: Tier I).

Contents 1 Past finals 1.1 Singles 1.2 Doubles 2 Trivia 3 External links

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Rosemary Casals	Nancy Richey Gunter	3-6, 6-1, 7-5
1974	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	6-1, 6-3
1975	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	7-5, 6-4
1976	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	6-2, 6-2
1977	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6-0, 6-1
1978	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	6-2, 6-0
1979	Tracy Austin	Kerry Melville Reid	7-6(3), 7-6(7)
1980	Tracy Austin	Regina Maršíková	3-6, 6-1, 6-0
1981	Chris Evert	Pam Shriver	6-3, 6-2
1982	Martina Navratilova	Andrea Jaeger	6-4, 6-2
1983	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	5-7, 6-1, 6-0
1984	Chris Evert	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6-2, 6-3
1985	Chris Evert	Gabriela Sabatini	6-4, 6-0
1986	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6-4, 7-5
1987	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
↓  Tier II event  ↓
1988	Martina Navratilova	Gabriela Sabatini	6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1989	Steffi Graf	Natalia Zvereva	6-1, 6-1
↓  Tier I event  ↓
1990	Martina Navratilova	Jennifer Capriati	6-2, 6-4
1991	Gabriela Sabatini	Leila Meskhi	6-1, 6-1
1992	Gabriela Sabatini	Conchita Martínez	6-1, 6-4
1993	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez	7-6(8), 6-1
1994	Conchita Martínez	Natasha Zvereva	6-4, 6-0
1995	Conchita Martínez	Magdalena Maleeva	6-1, 6-1
1996	Arantxa Sánchez	Barbara Paulus	6-2, 2-6, 6-2
1997	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
1998	Amanda Coetzer	Irina Spîrlea	6-3, 6-4
1999	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6-4, 6-3
2000	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez	6-1, 6-0
2001	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-0, 4-6, 6-4
2002	Iva Majoli	Patty Schnyder	7-6(5), 6-4
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Serena Williams	6-3, 6-4
2004	Venus Williams	Conchita Martínez	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
2005	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Elena Dementieva	7-5, 6-4
2006	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	6-3, 4-6, 6-1
2007	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina	6-2, 6-2
2008	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
↓  Premier event  ↓
2009	Sabine Lisicki	Caroline Wozniacki	6-2, 6-4

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1974	Rosemary Casals Olga Morozova	Helen Gourlay Cawley Karen Krantzcke	6-2, 6-1
1975	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Virginia Wade	Rosemary Casals Olga Morozova	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1976	Ilana Kloss Linky Boshoff	Kathy Kuykendall Valerie Ziegenfuss	6-3, 6-2
1977	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	1-6, 6-2, 6-3
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Mona Anne Schallau-Guerrant Greer Stevens	6-3, 7-5
1979	Rosemary Casals Martina Navrátilová	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6-4, 7-5
1980	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6-2, 6-1
1981	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	Mima Jaušovec Pam Shriver	7-5, 7-5
1982	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6-1, 6-2
1983	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	Andrea Jaeger Paula Smith	6-2, 6-3
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	Anne Hobbs Sharon Walsh	7-5, 6-2
1985	Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	6-4, 6-1
1986	Chris Evert Anne White	Steffi Graf Catherine Tanvier	6-3, 6-3
1987	Mercedes Paz Eva Pfaff	Zina Garrison Jackson Lori McNeil	7-6(6), 7-5
1988	Lori McNeil Martina Navratilova	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Gabriela Sabatini	6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1989	Hana Mandlíková Martina Navratilova	Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White	6-4, 6-1
↓  Tier I event  ↓
1990	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez	Mercedes Paz Natalia Zvereva	6-2, 6-2
1991	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natalia Zvereva	Mary Lou Daniels Lise Gregory	6-4, 6-0
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Natalia Zvereva	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Jana Novotná	6-4, 6-2
1993	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	6-3, 6-1
1994	Lori McNeil Arantxa Sánchez	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6-4, 4-1, retired
1995	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	0-6, 6-3, 6-4
1996	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández	6-2, 6-3
1997	Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7-5, 4-6, 6-1
1998	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1999	Jana Novotná Elena Likhovtseva	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6-1, 6-4
2000	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7-5, 6-3
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3
2002	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis	6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4)
2003	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6-0, 6-3
2004	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6-4, 6-1
2005	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano	Iveta Benesova Květa Hrdličková-Peschke	6-1, 6-4
2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Virginia Ruano Meghann Shaughnessy	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
2007	Zi Yan Jie Zheng	Shuai Peng Tiantian Sun	7-5, 6-0
2008	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	Edina Gallovits Olga Govortsova	6-2, 6-2
↓  Premier event  ↓
2009	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova	Liga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder	6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]

[edit] Trivia

• In nearly years of tournament play, only five champions of the Family Circle Cup never won/have not yet won a Grand Slam singles title during their careers: Rosie Casals (1973), Amanda Coetzer (1998), Nadia Petrova (2006), Jelena Janković (2007) and Sabine Lisicki (2009).

[edit] External links

• Official site

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Coordinates: 32°51′41″N 79°54′13″W / 32.86139°N 79.90361°W / 32.86139; -79.90361