2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
ChampionUnited States Monica Seles
Runner-upThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
Final score6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw30 (4 Q / 2 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Julie Halard-Decugis was the defending champion but did not compete this year, as she retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season.

First-seeded Monica Seles won the title by defeating second-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds[]

The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. United States Monica Seles (Champion)
  2. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (Final)
  3. Japan Ai Sugiyama (Semifinals)
  4. United States Meilen Tu (First round)
  5. Germany Marlene Weingärtner (Second round)
  6. Italy Rita Grande (Quarterfinals)
  7. France Nathalie Dechy (Second round)
  8. South Africa Joannette Kruger (Semifinals)

Draw[]

Key[]

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • SE = Special exempt
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Finals[]

Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Monica Seles 7 6
3 Japan Ai Sugiyama 5 4
1 United States Monica Seles 6 6
2 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 2
8 South Africa Joannette Kruger 3 5
2 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 7

Top Half[]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States M Seles 6 6
Australia A Molik 4 77 5 Q South Korea Y-j Cho 2 3
Q South Korea Y-j Cho 6 63 7 1 United States M Seles 6 6
Paraguay R de los Ríos 3 2 6 Italy R Grande 1 2
Austria B Schwartz 6 6 Austria B Schwartz 4 4
Slovenia T Pisnik 7 63 4 6 Italy R Grande 6 6
6 Italy R Grande 5 77 6 1 United States M Seles 7 6
3 Japan A Sugiyama 6 6 3 Japan A Sugiyama 5 4
Hungary Z Gubacsi 4 1 3 Japan A Sugiyama 6 3 6
Slovakia Ľ Cervanová 4 2 Slovenia K Srebotnik 2 6 1
Slovenia K Srebotnik 6 6 3 Japan A Sugiyama 6 6
Q South Korea Y-j Choi 6 3 2 New Zealand P Nola 1 4
New Zealand P Nola 4 6 6 New Zealand P Nola 6 4 77
Australia R McQuillan 1 4 7 France N Dechy 3 6 65
7 France N Dechy 6 6

Bottom Half[]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 South Africa J Kruger 7 7
Chinese Taipei J Lee 5 5 8 South Africa J Kruger 4 6 77
Australia N Pratt 6 6 Australia N Pratt 6 3 63
WC Japan R Fujiwara 2 4 8 South Africa J Kruger 0 6 6
Japan S Asagoe 6 67 4 Switzerland E Gagliardi 6 4 1
Indonesia W Prakusya 3 79 6 Indonesia W Prakusya 3 6 5
Switzerland E Gagliardi 3 6 6 Switzerland E Gagliardi 6 1 7
4 United States M Tu 6 2 1 8 South Africa J Kruger 3 5
5 Germany M Weingärtner 3 7 6 2 Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 7
Australia E Dominikovic 6 5 3 5 Germany M Weingärtner 1 7 3
Q France A Fusai 3 2 WC Japan S Obata 6 5 6
WC Japan S Obata 6 6 WC Japan S Obata 0 2
Q Japan M Saeki 6 63 2 2 Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 6
United States J Craybas 0 77 6 United States J Craybas 4 6 3
2 Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 4 6

References[]

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