2001 Generali Ladies Linz
Date22–28 October
Edition15th
CategoryTier II Series
Prize moneyUSD $565,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueDesign Center Linz
Champions
Singles
United States Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic / Russia Nadia Petrova

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 Design Center Linz. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.

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

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

* 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:

Finals

Singles

United States Lindsay Davenport defeated Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic, 6–4, 6–1.[1]

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

Doubles

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic / Russia Nadia Petrova defeated Belgium Els Callens / United States Chanda Rubin, 6–1, 6–4.

  • 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.

References

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