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Family Circle Cup’s Main Draw Player Field Announced
The main player draw for the 42nd Family Circle Cup was officially announced today. The field includes three of the top ten women tennis players in the world. Those three – Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Sara Errani – are just the beginning of the top flight participants. The draw includes players representing 26 countries, 24 players from the top 50 in the world, four Grand Slam champions, and five past Family Circle Cup champs.
Here’s a look at the full field:
Player, Country, Current Rank
- Serena Williams, USA ,1
- Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 7
- Sara Errani, Italy,10
- Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 15
- Samantha Stosur, Australia, 17
- Sloane Stephens, USA, 18
- Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 19
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 21
- Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 23
- Alize Cornet, France, 26
- Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 27
- Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 29
- Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 31
- Elena Vesnina, Russia, 33
- Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 36
- Madison Keys, USA, 37
- Bethanie Mattek-Sand, USA, 40
- Shuai Peng, China, 41
- Venus Williams, USA, 44
- Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 45
- Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 46
- Alison Riske, USA, 47
- Shuai Zhang, China, 49
- Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 52
- Varvara Lepchenko, USA, 54
- Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, 55 SR
- Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 61
- Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 64
- Paula Ormaechea, Argentina, 65
- Lauren Davis, USA, 66
- Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 67
- Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 68
- Vania King, USA, 69
- Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 70
- Christina McHale, USA, 71
- Anna K. Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 73
- Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 75
- Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 78
- Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 79
- Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 80
- Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 81
- Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 83
The tournament will be held from March 29th until April 6th. Tickets to the 2014 Family Circle Cup are on sale at http://www.FamilyCircleCup.com or by calling the box office at (800) 677-2293. Patrons can purchase single session tickets, or choose from a variety of ticket packages.