The Family Circle Cup is the first WTA Tour event of the season to be played on clay, and Erakovic scored what was described as one of her finest wins on that surface when beating former world No. 3, Nadia Petrova, in three sets in the first round. However, she was well-beaten by the No. 1 ranked junior in the world, Belinda Bencic. In the doubles, she and new partner Arantxa Parra Santonja were leading 5-4 over the No. 1 pair in the world, Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai, before Peng suffered an abdominal strain and was forced to retire. Their second round (quarterfinal) was the complete opposite, as they quickly lost to Medina Garrigues and Shvedova.