2001 Generali Ladies Linz

2001 Generali Ladies Linz
Date	22–28 October
Edition	15th
Category	Tier II Series
Prize money	USD $565,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	Design Center Linz
Champions
Singles
Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova

The 2001 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2001 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from October 22–28, 2001 at the Design Center Linz. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	195	137	88	49	25	1	11.75	6.75	4	1
Doubles					1	—		—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$95,500	$51,000	$27,300	$14,600	$7,820	$4,175	$2,230	$1,195	$640
Doubles *	$30,000	$16,120	$8,620	$4,610	$2,465	—	—	—	—

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
USA	Lindsay Davenport	3	1
BEL	Justine Henin	7	2
FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	10	3
FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	11	4
RUS	Elena Dementieva	13	5
FRA	Sandrine Testud	14	6
BUL	Magdalena Maleeva	16	7
ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	18	8

Rankings are as of 15 October 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lindsay Davenport
• Evelyn Fauth
• Barbara Schwartz

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anastasia Myskina
• Tatiana Panova
• Rossana de los Ríos
• Alexandra Stevenson

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Denisa Chládková

Withdrawals

• Venus Williams → replaced by Denisa Chládková

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Player 1 Rank	Player 2 Rank	Seed
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	7	4	1
USA	Kimberly Po-Messeli	FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	9	3	2
ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual	ARG	Paola Suárez	8	5	3
AUT	Barbara Schett	NED	Caroline Vis	18	21	4

Rankings are as of 15 October 2001.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Denisa Chládková / Barbara Schwartz

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Petra Mandula / Patricia Wartusch

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Lindsay Davenport defeated Jelena Dokic, 6–4, 6–1.

• It was Davenport's 37th WTA singles title, and 7th title of the year. Davenport was also the defending champion.

Doubles

Main article: 2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova defeated Els Callens / Chanda Rubin, 6–1, 6–4.

• It was Dokic's 1st WTA doubles title. It was Petrova's 2nd WTA doubles title, and second of the year. This was their first doubles title together as a pair.