2001 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2001 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2001 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from October 22–28, 2001 at the TipsArena Linz. Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.

2001 Generali Ladies Linz
Date22 October – 28 October
Edition15th
CategoryTier II Series
Prize moneyUSD $565,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465 N/A N/A N/A N/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Lindsay Davenport 3 1
 BEL Justine Henin 7 2
 FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 10 3
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 11 4
 RUS Elena Dementieva 13 5
 FRA Sandrine Testud 14 6
 BUL Magdalena Maleeva 16 7
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 18 8

Rankings are as of 15 October 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Player 1 Rank Player 2 Rank Seed
 RUS Elena Likhovtseva  JPN Ai Sugiyama 7 4 1
 USA Kimberly Po-Messeli  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 9 3 2
 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual  ARG Paola Suárez 8 5 3
 AUT Barbara Schett  NED Caroline Vis 18 21 4

Rankings are as of 15 October 2001.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

It was Davenport's 37th WTA singles title, and 7th title of the year. Davenport was also the defending champion.

Doubles
Main article: 2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

It was Dokic's 1st WTA doubles title. It was Petrova's 2nd WTA doubles title, and second of the year. This was their first doubles title together as a pair.

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References
  1. "Linz win for Davenport". BBC Sport. Linz. 28 October 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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