Defending champion
Venus Williams defeated
Justine Henin in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.
It was her second
Wimbledon singles title and third
major
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singles title overall.
This tournament saw world No. 1
Martina Hingis lose in the opening round to world No. 83
Virginia Ruano Pascual.
Seeds
Martina Hingis ''(first round)''
Venus Williams (champion)
Lindsay Davenport ''(semifinals)''
Jennifer Capriati ''(semifinals)''
Serena Williams ''(quarterfinals)''
Amélie Mauresmo ''(third round)''
Kim Clijsters ''(quarterfinals)''
Justine Henin ''(final)''
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 ...
''(quarterfinals)''
Elena Dementieva ''(third round)''
Amanda Coetzer ''(third round)''
Magdalena Maleeva
Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...
''(fourth round)''
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(second round)''
Jelena Dokić ''(fourth round)''
Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Career
Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, N ...
''(fourth round)''
Silvia Farina Elia ''(third round)''
Meghann Shaughnessy ''(fourth round)''
Anke Huber ''(fourth round)''
Conchita Martínez ''(quarterfinals)''
Amy Frazier ''(third round)''
Barbara Schett
Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, ...
''(third round)''
Paola Suárez ''(first round)''
Magüi Serna ''(first round)''
Henrieta Nagyová ''(first round)''
Chanda Rubin ''(first round)''
Anne Kremer ''(first round)''
Ángeles Montolio
Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain.
Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as ...
''(third round)''
Lisa Raymond ''(third round)''
Elena Likhovtseva ''(third round)''
Patty Schnyder ''(third round)''
Tamarine Tanasugarn ''(fourth round)''
Tatiana Panova
Tatiana Urayevna Panova (born 13 August 1976, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ''(third round)''
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
*
2001 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation
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Women's Singles
Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles
Wimbledon Championships
Wimbledon Championships