Women's singles Champion Serena Williams Runner-up Kim Clijsters Final score 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 Draw 96 Seeds 32
2001 tennis event results
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams .
Williams won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 against Kim Clijsters . This would be the final time Williams would attend the Indian Wells Masters until 2015 , due to a boycott of the tournament by both Williams sisters. Venus Williams would not attend the Indian Wells Masters until 2016 .
Seeds [ ]
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.
Martina Hingis (Semifinals)
Lindsay Davenport (Quarterfinals)
Venus Williams (Semifinals, withdrew)
Monica Seles (Second Round)
Conchita Martínez (Second Round)
n/a
Serena Williams (Champion)
Elena Dementieva (Quarterfinals)
Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (Third Round)
Anke Huber (Fourth Round)
Magdalena Maleeva (Fourth Round)
Sandrine Testud (Third Round)
Kim Clijsters (Final)
Amy Frazier (Second Round)
Barbara Schett (Fourth Round)
Justine Henin (Third Round)
Paola Suárez (Third Round)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (Third Round)
Lisa Raymond (Fourth Round)
Meghann Shaughnessy (Third Round)
Elena Likhovtseva (Second Round)
Nathalie Dechy (Fourth Round)
Magüi Serna (Third Round)
Anne Kremer (Third Round)
Gala León García (Third Round)
Patty Schnyder (Second Round)
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (Third Round)
Tatiana Panova (Second Round)
Ai Sugiyama (Fourth Round)
Silvia Farina Elia (Quarterfinals)
Cara Black (Third Round)
Silvija Talaja (Second Round)
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 [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Martina Hingis
6
6
31
Silvia Farina Elia
0
1
1
Martina Hingis
2
6
1
14
Kim Clijsters
6
2
6
14
Kim Clijsters
6
6
Elena Bovina
2
2
14
Kim Clijsters
6
4
2
7
Serena Williams
4
6
6
8
Elena Dementieva
0
3
3
Venus Williams
6
6
3
Venus Williams
7
Serena Williams
w/o
7
Serena Williams
6
6
2
Lindsay Davenport
1
2
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
11
A Huber
7
7
WC
S Cacic
6
6
WC
S Cacic
5
5
WC
K Srebotnik
4
3
11
A Huber
3
6
6
Q
T Snyder
6
3
3
19
T Tanasugarn
6
4
3
M Vavrinec
3
6
6
M Vavrinec
2
5
19
T Tanasugarn
6
7
11
A Huber
3
6
4
31
S Farina Elia
6
3
6
31
S Farina Elia
6
6
B Rippner
1
7
66
WC
J Janković
2
4
WC
J Janković
6
5
78
31
S Farina Elia
6
6
M Tu
2
3
Q
E Dominikovic
1
3
Q
E Dominikovic
6
6
Q
E Dominikovic
6
4
7
9
N Tauziat
4
6
5
Section 3 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
4
M Seles
66
6
4
O Barabanschikova
62
3
T Garbin
78
3
6
T Garbin
77
6
T Garbin
4
2
Q
J Husárová
5
6
6
30
A Sugiyama
6
6
J Nejedly
7
3
3
Q
J Husárová
5
0
30
A Sugiyama
7
6
30
A Sugiyama
4
6
2
14
K Clijsters
6
4
6
17
J Henin
6
6
B Rittner
6
6
B Rittner
3
4
M de Swardt
1
2
17
J Henin
6
4
3
D Chládková
64
2
14
K Clijsters
1
6
6
S Plischke
77
6
S Plischke
2
3
14
K Clijsters
6
6
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
8
E Dementieva
6
6
K Brandi
6
6
K Brandi
2
0
G Casoni
2
1
8
E Dementieva
6
6
Å Carlsson
2
2
25
A Kremer
1
4
T Pisnik
6
6
T Pisnik
5
1
25
A Kremer
7
6
8
E Dementieva
6
Q
L Krasnoroutskaya
3
r
22
E Likhovtseva
6
3
2
Q
L Krasnoroutskaya
7
6
Q
L Krasnoroutskaya
3
6
6
Q
D Buth
5
3
Q
L Krasnoroutskaya
6
6
N Petrova
6
6
N Petrova
3
3
P Nola
4
3
N Petrova
6
6
33
S Talaja
3
3
Section 6 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
15
A Frazier
5
5
LL
R McQuillan
4
6
6
LL
R McQuillan
7
7
S Jeyaseelan
6
1
3
LL
R McQuillan
6
6
A Smashnova
3
77
3
21
M Shaughnessy
3
4
LL
É Loit
6
64
6
LL
É Loit
2
1
21
M Shaughnessy
6
6
LL
R McQuillan
4
2
3
V Williams
6
6
32
C Black
6
4
6
R Grande
6
6
R Grande
2
6
1
F Li
2
2
32
C Black
4
6
0
WC
A Stevenson
6
4
4
3
V Williams
6
3
6
S Pitkowski
4
6
6
S Pitkowski
0
1
3
V Williams
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
13
S Testud
6
6
Á Montolio
7
3
6
Á Montolio
1
3
V Ruano Pascual
5
6
3
13
S Testud
79
4
5
M Weingärtner
4
2
20
L Raymond
67
6
7
I Majoli
6
6
I Majoli
2
5
20
L Raymond
6
7
20
L Raymond
4
2
2
L Davenport
6
6
28
A-G Sidot
5
77
6
P Wartusch
2
6
3
L Courtois
7
63
0
L Courtois
6
3
6
32
A-G Sidot
4
4
C Morariu
3
1
2
L Davenport
6
6
N Pratt
6
6
N Pratt
2
1
2
L Davenport
6
6
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