2001 DFS Classic – Singles

November 2019 2001 DFS Classic FRA Nathalie Tauziat NED Miriam Oremans 6–3, 7–5 56 (8 Q Qualifiers / 3 WC Wild Cards) 16 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic In the 2001 DFS Classic women's tennis tournament, Lisa Raymond was the defending singles champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Nathalie Tauziat. Tauziat went on to win the title, defeating Miriam Oremans in the final 6–3, 7–5. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em FRA Nathalie Tauziat (champion) FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić (second round) ESP Magüi Serna (second round) USA Lisa Raymond (semifinals) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round) LUX Anne Kremer (quarterfinals) RUS Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals) JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round) ZIM Cara Black (third round) GER Marlene Weingärtner (first round) USA Meilen Tu (second round) PUR Kristina Brandi (quarterfinals) CZE Dája Bedáňová (first round) FRA Nathalie Dechy (first round) FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (second round) USA Lilia Osterloh (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 6   6 LUX Anne Kremer 4 0   4 USA Lisa Raymond 77 6   7 RUS Elena Likhovtseva 65 4     FRA Virginie Razzano 4 0     SVK Daniela Hantuchová 6 6   12 PUR Kristina Brandi 4 3     NED Miriam Oremans 6 6   1 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 77   4 USA Lisa Raymond 0 65     SVK Daniela Hantuchová 6 4 5   NED Miriam Oremans 2 6 7 1 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 7     NED Miriam Oremans 3 5   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   SVK Ľ Cervanová 4 6 77   TUN S Sfar 6 4 62   RUS L Krasnoroutskaya 4 5   Q USA A Stevenson 6 7   LL JPN S Obata 3 4   15 FRA A-G Sidot 6 6   10 GER M Weingärtner 3 4     AUS R McQuillan 6 6     USA J Hopkins 6 5 64 WC GBR L Ahl 2 7 77   AUT S Plischke 7 6   Q GBR H Collin 5 4   1 FRA N Tauziat 6 6     SVK Ľ Cervanová 4 1   Q USA A Stevenson 6 6   15 FRA A-G Sidot 3 2     AUS R McQuillan 6 611 61 WC GBR L Ahl 1 713 77   AUT S Plischke 5 77 1 6 LUX A Kremer 7 65 6 1 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   Q USA A Stevenson 3 3   WC GBR L Ahl 3 0   6 LUX A Kremer 6 6   1 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   6 LUX A Kremer 4 0   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ITA R Grande 6 6     RUS N Petrova 4 4   LL NED K Boogert 4 4   Q ITA A Serra Zanetti 6 6     RUS A Myskina 6 4 6 16 USA L Osterloh 3 6 3 11 USA M Tu 7 2 6 Q CAN M Drake 5 6 3 WC GBR J Pullin 3 6 2   SLO T Pisnik 6 3 6 Q JPN R Fujiwara 6 2 6 Q JPN Y Yoshida 3 6 1 4 USA L Raymond 6 6     ITA R Grande 3 3   Q ITA A Serra Zanetti 6 65 3   RUS A Myskina 1 77 6 11 USA M Tu 4 6 64   SLO T Pisnik 6 1 77 Q JPN R Fujiwara 3 2   7 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   4 USA L Raymond 1 6 77   RUS A Myskina 6 2 65   SLO T Pisnik 6 4 3 7 RUS E Likhovtseva 4 6 6 4 USA L Raymond 77 6   7 RUS E Likhovtseva 65 4   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA V Razzano 6 77     GER J Kandarr 4 65   Q CAN V Webb 6 7     VEN 1930 M Vento 3 5     USA J Craybas 62 3   9 ZIM C Black 77 6   14 FRA N Dechy 6 4 3   SVK D Hantuchová 4 6 6 Q GRE E Daniilidou 6 6     JPN S Asagoe 3 3     CRO S Talaja 2 1     AUS N Pratt 6 6   8 JPN A Sugiyama 2 4     FRA V Razzano 6 6   Q CAN V Webb 4 4   9 ZIM C Black 6 6     SVK D Hantuchová 6 6   Q GRE E Daniilidou 2 3     AUS N Pratt 6 6   3 ESP M Serna 4 2     FRA V Razzano 6 64 77 9 ZIM C Black 3 77 63   SVK D Hantuchová 6 6     AUS N Pratt 4 4     FRA V Razzano 4 0     SVK D Hantuchová 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC GBR L Woodroffe 6 5 77   BUL L Bacheva 2 7 65   USA M Irvin 5 5     ITA F Schiavone 7 7     RUS E Bovina 4 3   12 PUR K Brandi 6 6   13 CZE D Bedáňová 3 6 61   NED M Oremans 6 4 77   AUS E Dominikovic 6 2 6   SUI M Vavrinec 3 6 2   AUS A Molik 6 7     USA D Buth 2 5   5 THA T Tanasugarn 6 3   WC GBR L Woodroffe 4 0 r   ITA F Schiavone 3 6 2 12 PUR K Brandi 6 2 6   NED M Oremans 6 6     AUS E Dominikovic 1 4     AUS A Molik 4 6 6 2 FR Yugoslavia J Dokić 6 3 3 5 THA T Tanasugarn 2 5   12 PUR K Brandi 6 7     NED M Oremans 68 6 77   AUS A Molik 710 2 64 12 PUR K Brandi 4 3     NED M Oremans 6 6   External links 2001 DFS Classic draw DFS Classic Singles Singles