2001 WTA Tour

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The 2001 Sanex WTA Tour is the thirty-first full season since the WTA began. It commenced on January 1, 2001 and ended on November 5 after sixty-three events. Lindsay Davenport finished the season as the best-ranked player in the world for the second time in her career. Australian and French Open champion Jennifer Capriati finished second, ahead of Wimbledon and US Open champion Venus Williams. Martina Hingis had her worst year for results in five years, finishing fourth.

[edit] Schedule

Date	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Score
01/01/01	Gold Coast, Australia	Tier III	Justine Henin	Silvia Farina Elia	7-6, 6-4
01/01/01	Auckland, New Zealand	Tier V	Meilen Tu	Paola Suárez	7-6, 6-2
08/01/01	Sydney, Australia	Tier II	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6-3, 4-6, 7-5
08/01/01	Canberra, Australia	Tier III	Justine Henin	Sandrine Testud	6-2, 6-2
08/01/01	Hobart, Australia	Tier V	Rita Grande	Jennifer Hopkins	0-6, 6-3, 6-3
15/01/01	Melbourne, Australia	Slam	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-4, 6-3
29/01/01	Tokyo, Japan	Tier I	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6-7, 6-4, 6-2
05/02/01	Paris, France	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo	Anke Huber	7-6, 6-1
12/02/01	Nice, France	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo	Magdalena Maleeva	6-2, 6-0
12/02/01	Doha, Qatar	Tier III	Martina Hingis	Sandrine Testud	6-3, 6-2
19/02/01	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Tier II	Martina Hingis	Nathalie Tauziat	6-4, 6-4
19/02/01	Oklahoma City, United States	Tier III	Monica Seles	Jennifer Capriati	6-3, 5-7, 6-2
19/02/01	Bogotá, Colombia	Tier III	Paola Suárez	Rita Kuti-Kis	6-2, 6-4
26/02/01	Scottsdale, United States	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-2, 6-3
26/02/01	Acapulco, Mexico	Tier III	Amanda Coetzer	Elena Dementieva	2-6, 6-1, 6-2
05/03/01	Indian Wells, United States	Tier I	Serena Williams	Kim Clijsters	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
19/03/01	Key Biscayne, United States	Tier I	Venus Williams	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-1, 7-6
02/04/01	Porto, Portugal	Tier IV	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Magüi Serna	6-3, 6-1
09/04/01	Amelia Island, United States	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo	Amanda Coetzer	6-4, 7-5
09/04/01	Estoril, Portugal	Tier IV	Angeles Montolio	Elena Bovina	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
16/04/01	Charleston, United States	Tier I	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-0, 4-6, 6-4
16/04/01	Budapest, Hungary	Tier V	Magdalena Maleeva	Anne Kremer	3-6, 6-2, 6-4
30/04/01	Hamburg, Germany	Tier II	Venus Williams	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-3, 6-0
30/04/01	Bol, Croatia	Tier III	Angeles Montolio	Mariana Diaz-Oliva	3-6, 6-2, 6-4
07/05/01	Berlin, Germany	Tier I	Amélie Mauresmo	Jennifer Capriati	6-4, 2-6, 6-3
14/05/01	Rome, Italy	Tier I	Jelena Dokić	Amélie Mauresmo	7-6, 6-1
14/05/01	Antwerp, Belgium	Tier V	Barbara Rittner	Klára Zakopalová	6-3, 6-2
21/05/01	Madrid, Spain	Tier III	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Angeles Montolio	7-5, 6-0
21/05/01	Strasbourg, France	Tier III	Silvia Farina Elia	Anke Huber	7-5, 0-6, 6-4
28/05/01	Paris, France	Slam	Jennifer Capriati	Kim Clijsters	1-6, 6-4, 12-10
11/06/01	Birmingham, Great Britain	Tier III	Nathalie Tauziat	Miriam Oremans	6-3, 7-5
11/06/01	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Tier IV	Bianka Lamade	Seda Noorlander	6-3, 2-6, 6-2
18/06/01	Eastbourne, Great Britain	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Magüi Serna	6-2, 6-0
18/06/01	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Tier III	Justine Henin	Kim Clijsters	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
25/06/01	Wimbledon, Great Britain	Slam	Venus Williams	Justine Henin	6-1, 3-6, 6-0
09/07/01	Vienna, Austria	Tier III	Iroda Tulyaganova	Patty Schnyder	6-3, 6-2
09/07/01	Palermo, Italy	Tier V	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Cristina Torrens Valero	6-4, 6-4
16/07/01	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Tier IV	Iroda Tulyaganova	Gala León García	6-2, 6-3
23/07/01	Stanford, United States	Tier II	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 6-7, 6-1
23/07/01	Sopot, Poland	Tier III	Cristina Torrens Valero	Gala León García	6-2, 6-2
23/07/01	Casablanca, Morocco	Tier V	Zsofia Gubacsi	Maria Elena Camerin	1-6, 6-3, 7-6
30/07/01	San Diego, United States	Tier II	Venus Williams	Monica Seles	6-2, 6-3
30/07/01	Basel, Switzerland	Tier IV	Adriana Gerši	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6-4, 6-1
06/08/01	Manhattan Beach, United States	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Monica Seles	6-3, 7-5
13/08/01	Toronto, Canada	Tier I	Serena Williams	Jennifer Capriati	6-1, 6-7, 6-3
20/08/01	New Haven, United States	Tier II	Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport	7-6, 6-4
27/08/01	New York, United States	Slam	Venus Williams	Serena Williams	6-2, 6-4
10/09/01	Bahia, Brazil	Tier II	Monica Seles	Jelena Dokić	6-3, 6-3
10/09/01	Hawaii, United States	Tier IV	Sandrine Testud	Justine Henin	6-3, 2-0 ret.
17/09/01	Tokyo, Japan	Tier II	Jelena Dokić	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-4, 6-2
17/09/01	Quebec City, Canada	Tier III	Meghann Shaughnessy	Iva Majoli	6-1, 6-3
24/09/01	Leipzig, Germany	Tier II	Kim Clijsters	Magdalena Maleeva	6-1, 6-1
24/09/01	Bali, Indonesia	Tier III	Angelique Widjaja	Joannette Kruger	7-6, 7-6
01/10/01	Moscow, Russia	Tier I	Jelena Dokić	Elena Dementieva	6-3, 6-3
01/10/01	Tokyo, Japan	Tier III	Monica Seles	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-3, 6-2
08/10/01	Filderstadt, Germany	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Justine Henin	7-5, 6-4
08/10/01	Shanghai, China	Tier IV	Monica Seles	Nicole Pratt	6-2, 6-3
15/10/01	Zurich, Switzerland	Tier I	Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Dokić	6-3, 6-1
15/10/01	Bratislava, Slovakia	Tier V	Rita Grande	Martina Suchá	6-1, 6-1
22/10/01	Linz, Austria	Tier II	Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Dokić	6-4, 6-1
22/10/01	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Tier III	Kim Clijsters	Lisa Raymond	6-2, 6-2
29/10/01	Munich, Germany	Masters	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	Walkover
05/11/01	Pattaya City, Thailand	Tier V	Patty Schnyder	Henrieta Nagyová	6-0, 6-4

[edit] Rankings

Below are the 2001 WTA year-end rankings:

No	Player Name	Nation	Points	2000	Change
1	Lindsay Davenport	USA	4,902	2	+1
2	Jennifer Capriati	USA	4,892	14	+12
3	Venus Williams	USA	4,128	3	=
4	Martina Hingis	SUI	3,944	1	-3
5	Kim Clijsters	BEL	3,265	18	+13
6	Serena Williams	USA	3,004	6	=
7	Justine Henin	BEL	2,989	48	+41
8	Jelena Dokić	YUG	2,780	26	+18
9	Amélie Mauresmo	FRA	2,765	16	+7
10	Monica Seles	USA	2,306	4	-6
11	Sandrine Testud	FRA	2,056	17	+6
12	Meghann Shaughnessy	USA	1,833	39	+27
13	Nathalie Tauziat	FRA	1,754	10	-3
14	Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	1,738	63	+49
15	Elena Dementieva	RUS	1,576	11	-4
16	Magdalena Maleeva	BUL	1,571	22	+6
17	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP	1,548	8	-9
18	Anke Huber	GER	1,444	19	+1
19	Amanda Coetzer	RSA	1,426	12	-7
20	Iroda Tulyaganova	UZB	1,295	75	+55

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Most titles won

Player	Titles	Country
Lindsay Davenport	7	USA
Venus Williams	6	USA
Monica Seles	4	USA
Amélie Mauresmo	4	FRA
Jennifer Capriati	3	USA
Martina Hingis	3	SUI
Kim Clijsters	3	BEL
Justine Henin	3	BEL
Jelena Dokić	3	YUG
Serena Williams	3	USA

[edit] Most finals reached

Player	Titles	Country
Lindsay Davenport	11	USA
Jennifer Capriati	7	USA
Venus Williams	6	USA
Monica Seles	6	USA
Martina Hingis	6	SUI
Kim Clijsters	6	BEL
Justine Henin	6	BEL
Jelena Dokić	6	YUG
Amélie Mauresmo	5	FRA
Serena Williams	4	USA

[edit] See also

• 2001 ATP Tour
• WTA Tour
• List of female tennis players
• List of tennis tournaments

[edit] External links

• Official WTA Tour website