Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion and won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against

Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four

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received a bye to the second round. # Lindsay Davenport (champion) #

''(final)'' #

Conchita Martínez "Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, doing so in 1994 Wimbledon Championships � ...

''(second round)'' #

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...

''(semifinals)'' # Patty Schnyder ''(second round)'' # Amanda Coetzer ''(quarterfinals)'' # Mary Pierce ''(quarterfinals)'' # Dominique Van Roost ''(quarterfinals)''

Seeds

Draw

Final

Section 1

Section 2

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