The 2001 Canberra International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Sports Club in Canberra, Australia and was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 7 through 13 January 2001.[1] The Belgian player Justine Henin won the singles title[1] and earned $27,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2001 Canberra International – Singles

Belgium Justine Henin defeated France Sandrine Testud 6–2, 6–2

  • It was Henin's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2001 Canberra International – Doubles

United States Nicole Arendt / Japan Ai Sugiyama defeated South Africa Nannie de Villiers / Australia Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

  • It was Arendt's 1st title of the year and the 14th of her career. It was Sugiyama's 1st title of the year and the 21st of her career.

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FRA Mary Pierce 7 1
 RUS Elena Dementieva 11 2
 USA Chanda Rubin 13 3
 FRA Sandrine Testud 17 4
 BUL Magdalena Maleeva 23 5
  SUI Patty Schnyder 25 6
 FRA Nathalie Dechy 26 7
 CRO Silvija Talaja 29 8
  • Rankings are as of January 1, 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

References

  1. ^ a b "Non ITF Tournamants; Canberra 2001". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

References

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Canberra_International
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