FAMILY CIRCLE CUP

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 in Amelia Island, Florida. It moved to Charleston in 2001. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament.

Contents

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

Trivia

External links

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	'Rosemary Casals	Nancy Richey-Gunter	3-6, 6-1, 7-5
1974	'Chris Evert	Kerry Melville	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	7-63, 7-67
1980	'Tracy Austin	Regina Maršíková	3-6, 6-1, 6-0
1981	'Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver	6-3, 6-2
1982	'Martina Navrátilová	Andrea Jaeger	6-4, 6-2
1983	'Martina Navrátilová	Tracy Austin	5-7, 6-1, 6-0
1984	'Chris Evert-Lloyd	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6-2, 6-3
1985	'Chris Evert-Lloyd	Gabriela Sabatini	6-4, 6-0
1986	'Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6-4, 7-5
1987	'Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1988	'Martina Navrátilová	Gabriela Sabatini	6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1989	'Steffi Graf	Natalia Zvereva	6-1, 6-1
1990	'Martina Navrátilová	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 Vicario	7-68, 6-1
1994	'Conchita Martínez	Natasha Zvereva	6-4, 6-0
1995	'Conchita Martínez	Magdalena Maleeva	6-1, 6-1
1996	'Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Barbara Paulus	6-2, 2-6, 6-2
1997	'Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	3-6, 6-3, 7-65
1998	'Amanda Coetzer	Irina Spîrlea	6-3, 6-4
1999	'Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6-4, 6-3
2000	'Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-1, 6-0
2001	'Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-0, 4-6, 6-4
2002	'Iva Majoli	Patty Schnyder	7-65, 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

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-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 Karen Krantzcke	6-2, 6-1
1975	'Evonne Goolagong 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 Navrátilová Pam Shriver	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6-1, 6-2
1983	'Martina Navrátilová 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-Lloyd Anne White	Steffi Graf Catherine Tanvier	6-3, 6-3
1987	'Mercedes Paz Eva Pfaff	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	7-66, 7-5
1988	'Lori McNeil Martina Navrátilová	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Gabriela Sabatini	6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1989	'Hana Mandlíková Martina Navrátilová	Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White	6-4, 6-1
1990	'Martina Navrátilová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	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 Vicario 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 Vicario	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 Vicario	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 Pascual Paola Suárez	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	7-5, 6-3
2001	'Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5-7, 7-65, 6-3
2002	'Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis	6-4, 3-6, 7-64
2003	'Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6-0, 6-3
2004	'Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Martina Navrátilová Lisa Raymond	6-4, 6-1
2005	'Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	Iveta Benesova Květa Hrdličková-Peschke	6-1, 6-4
2006	'Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
2007	'Zi Yan Jie Zheng	Shuai Peng Tiantian Sun	7-5, 6-0

Trivia

★ Only four 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), and Jelena Janković (2007).

External links

★ Official site