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Family Circle Cup Announces 2015 Player Field
The preliminary main player draw for the 43rd Family Circle Cup was officially announced last week. The field includes eight of the top 20 players in the world, four past champions, and nine Americans.Five additional players will join the field through a wild card entry. They will be announced at a later date.
Here’s a look at the full field:
Player, Country, (ordered by ranking as of 3/11)
- Ekaterina Makarova, Russia
- Andrea Petkovic, Germany (2014 FCC Tournament Champion)
- Luci Safarova, Czech Republic
- Sara Errani, Italy
- Anqelique Kerber, Germany
- Madison Keys, USA
- Shuai Peng, China
- Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic
- Jelena Jankovic, Serbia (2007 FCC Tournament Champion)
- Samantha Stosur, Australia (2011 FCC Tournament Champion)
- Caroline Garcia, France
- Sabine Lisicki, Germany (2009 FCC Tournament Champion)
- Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan
- Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania
- Casey Dellacqua, Australia
- Belinda Bencic, Switzerland
- Anastasia Pavyluchenkova, Russia
- Mona Barthel, Germany
- Sloane Stephens, USA
- Heather Watson, United Kingdom
- Alison Riske, USA
- Madison Brengle, USA
- Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia
- Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia
- Lauren Davis, USA
- Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia
- Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan
- Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain
- Elena Vesnina, Russia
- Jana Cepelova, Slovakia
- Christina McHale, USA
- Alexanda Dulgheru, Romania
- Saisai Zheng, China
- Shuai Zhang, China
- Marina Erakovic, New Zealand
- Shelby Rogers, USA (From Charleston)
- Donna Vekic, Croatia
- Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine
- Timea Babos, Hungary
- Nicole Gibbs, USA
- Lara Arruabarrena, Spain
- Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa
- Taylor Townsend, USA
The tournament will be held from April 4th through 12th. Tickets 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.
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