Family Circle Cup

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The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973 on green clay courts in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament. The event was held in Hilton Head for many years before moving to Charleston in 2001 [1].

The tournament is known for its strong player fields.

Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score in final
2006 Flag of Russia Nadia Petrova Flag of Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
2005 Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne Flag of Russia Elena Dementieva 7-5, 6-4
2004 Flag of United States Venus Williams Flag of Spain Conchita Martínez 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
2003 Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne Flag of United States Serena Williams 7-6(5), 6-4
2002 Flag of Croatia Iva Majoli Flag of Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6-3, 6-4
2001 Flag of United States Jennifer Capriati Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
2000 Flag of France Mary Pierce Flag of Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-1, 6-0
1999 Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of Russia Anna Kournikova 6-4, 6-3
1998 Flag of South Africa Amanda Coetzer Flag of Romania Irina Spîrlea 6-3, 6-4
1997 Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Flag of United States Monica Seles 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
1996 Flag of Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Flag of Austria Barbara Paulus 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
1995 Flag of Spain Conchita Martínez Flag of Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6-1, 6-1
1994 Flag of Spain Conchita Martínez Flag of Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-4, 6-0
1993 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7-6(8), 6-1
1992 Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Flag of Spain Conchita Martínez 6-1, 6-4
1991 Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Flag of Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi 6-1, 6-1
1990 Flag of United States Martina Navratilova Flag of United States Jennifer Capriati 6-2, 6-4
1989 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-1, 6-1
1988 Flag of United States Martina Navratilova Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1987 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1986 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Flag of United States Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 7-5
1985 Flag of United States Chris Evert Lloyd Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6-4, 6-0
1984 Flag of United States Chris Evert Lloyd Flag of Germany Claudia Kohde 6-2, 6-3
1983 Flag of United States Martina Navratilova Flag of United States Tracy Austin 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
1982 Flag of United States Martina Navratilova Flag of United States Andrea Jaeger 6-4, 6-2
1981 Flag of United States Chris Evert Lloyd Flag of United States Pam Shriver 6-3, 6-2
1980 Flag of United States Tracy Austin Flag of Czech Republic Regina Maršíková 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
1979 Flag of United States Tracy Austin Flag of Australia Kerry Melville Reid 7-6(3), 7-6(7)
1978 Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of Australia Kerry Melville Reid 6-2, 6-0
1977 Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of United States Billie Jean King 6-0, 6-1
1976 Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of Australia Kerry Melville Reid 6-2, 6-2
1975 Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of United States Martina Navrátilová 7-5, 6-4
1974 Flag of United States Chris Evert Flag of Australia Kerry Melville Reid 6-1, 6-3
1973 Flag of United States Rosemary Casals Flag of United States Nancy Richey 3-6, 6-1, 7-5


  • Only three 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) and Nadia Petrova (2006).
WTA Tier I Tournaments
Tokyo | Indian Wells | Miami | Charleston | Berlin | Rome | San Diego | Montreal/Toronto | Moscow | Zürich
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