2001 Indian Wells Open – Women's singles

January 2025 2001 Indian Wells Open USA Serena Williams BEL Kim Clijsters 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 96 32 Indian Wells Masters – Women's singles Pacific Life Open – Women's singles Serena Williams defeated Kim Clijsters in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2001 Indian Wells Open. This would be the final time Williams would attend the Indian Wells Open until 2015, due to a boycott of the tournament by both Williams sisters in protest of alleged racist remarks by crowd members. Venus Williams would not return to the tournament until 2016. Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams. 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. SUI Martina Hingis (semifinals) USA Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals) USA Venus Williams (semifinals, withdrew) USA Monica Seles (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez (second round) FRA Mary Pierce (withdrew) USA Serena Williams (champion) RUS Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (second round) ESP Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (third round) GER Anke Huber (fourth round) BUL Magdalena Maleeva (fourth round) FRA Sandrine Testud (third round) BEL Kim Clijsters (final) USA Amy Frazier (second round) AUT Barbara Schett (fourth round) BEL Justine Henin (third round) ARG Paola Suárez (third round) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round) USA Lisa Raymond (fourth round) USA Meghann Shaughnessy (third round) RUS Elena Likhovtseva (second round) FRA Nathalie Dechy (fourth round) ESP Magüi Serna (third round) LUX Anne Kremer (third round) ESP Gala León García (third round) SUI Patty Schnyder (second round) FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (third round) RUS Tatiana Panova (second round) JPN Ai Sugiyama (fourth round) ITA Silvia Farina Elia (quarterfinals) ZIM Cara Black (third round) CRO Silvija Talaja (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SUI Martina Hingis 6 6   31 ITA Silvia Farina Elia 0 1   14 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 6     RUS Elena Bovina 2 2   8 RUS Elena Dementieva 0 3   3 USA Venus Williams 6 6   7 USA Serena Williams 6 6   2 USA Lindsay Davenport 1 2   1 SUI Martina Hingis 2 6 1 14 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 2 6 3 USA Venus Williams       7 USA Serena Williams w/o     14 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 4 2 7 USA Serena Williams 4 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   JPN S Asagoe 3 6 2   CZE K Hrdličková 6 3 6 Q ESP C Torrens Valero 6 7     SUI E Gagliardi 3 5     CZE D Bedáňová 63 6 66   GER J Kandarr 77 3 78 Q CZE S Kleinová 6 6     ESP M Marrero 4 3   1 SUI M Hingis 7 6     CZE K Hrdličková 5 0   Q ESP C Torrens Valero 7 7   29 RUS T Panova 5 5   18 ARG P Suárez 6 4 6   GER J Kandarr 4 6 4   CZE S Kleinová 2 1   16 AUT B Schett 6 6   1 SUI M Hingis 6 6   Q ESP C Torrens Valero 3 0   18 ARG P Suárez 3 3   16 AUT B Schett 6 6   1 SUI M Hingis 6 77   16 AUT B Schett 3 64   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round WC USA S Cacic 6 6   WC SLO K Srebotnik 4 3   Q USA T Snyder 6 3 3   SUI M Vavrinec 3 6 6   USA B Rippner 1 7 66 WC FR Yugoslavia J Janković 6 5 78   USA M Tu 2 3   Q AUS E Dominikovic 6 6   11 GER A Huber 7 7   WC USA S Cacic 5 5     SUI M Vavrinec 2 5   19 THA T Tanasugarn 6 7   31 ITA S Farina Elia 6 6   WC FR Yugoslavia J Janković 2 4   Q AUS E Dominikovic 6 4 7 9 FRA N Tauziat 4 6 5 11 GER A Huber 3 6 6 19 THA T Tanasugarn 6 4 3 31 ITA S Farina Elia 6 6   Q AUS E Dominikovic 1 3   11 GER A Huber 3 6 4 31 ITA S Farina Elia 6 3 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   BLR O Barabanschikova 62 3     ITA T Garbin 77 6   Q SVK J Husárová 5 6 6   CAN J Nejedly 7 3 3   GER B Rittner 6 6     RSA M de Swardt 1 2     CZE D Chládková 64 2     AUT S Plischke 77 6   4 USA M Seles 66 6 4   ITA T Garbin 78 3 6 Q SVK J Husárová 5 0   30 JPN A Sugiyama 7 6   17 BEL J Henin 6 6     GER B Rittner 3 4     AUT S Plischke 2 3   14 BEL K Clijsters 6 6     ITA T Garbin 4 2   30 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   17 BEL J Henin 6 4 3 14 BEL K Clijsters 1 6 6 30 JPN A Sugiyama 4 6 2 14 BEL K Clijsters 6 4 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   USA J Hopkins 6 6     POL M Grzybowska 1 2     ROM R Dragomir 1 6 5   USA L Osterloh 6 3 7   ITA F Schiavone 6 6   Q GER A Glass 4 1     UZB I Tulyaganova 4 3     RUS E Bovina 6 6   10 ESP A Sánchez-Vicario 6 65 6   USA J Hopkins 0 77 4   USA L Osterloh 1 1   23 FRA N Dechy 6 6   27 SUI P Schnyder 4 5     ITA F Schiavone 6 7     RUS E Bovina 6 6   5 ESP C Martínez 4 4   10 ESP A Sánchez-Vicario 69 6 2 23 FRA N Dechy 711 3 6   ITA F Schiavone 3 7 3   RUS E Bovina 6 5 6 23 FRA N Dechy 3 6 5   RUS E Bovina 6 2 7 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   USA K Brandi 6 6     ITA G Casoni 2 1     SWE Å Carlsson 2 2     SLO T Pisnik 6 6   Q RUS L Krasnoroutskaya 7 6   Q USA D Buth 5 3     RUS N Petrova 6 6     BUL P Nola 4 3   8 RUS E Dementieva 6 6     USA K Brandi 2 0     SLO T Pisnik 5 1   25 LUX A Kremer 7 6   22 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 3 2 Q RUS L Krasnoroutskaya 3 6 6   RUS N Petrova 6 6   33 CRO S Talaja 3 3   8 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   25 LUX A Kremer 1 4   Q RUS L Krasnoroutskaya 6 6     RUS N Petrova 3 3   8 RUS E Dementieva 6     Q RUS L Krasnoroutskaya 3 r   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round LL AUS R McQuillan 4 6 6   CAN S Jeyaseelan 6 1 3   ISR A Smashnova 3 77 3 LL FRA É Loit 6 64 6   ITA R Grande 6 6     CHN F Li 2 2   WC USA A Stevenson 6 4 4   FRA S Pitkowski 4 6 6 15 USA A Frazier 5 5   LL AUS R McQuillan 7 7   LL FRA É Loit 2 1   21 USA M Shaughnessy 6 6   32 ZIM C Black 6 4 6   ITA R Grande 2 6 1   FRA S Pitkowski 0 1   3 USA V Williams 6 6   LL AUS R McQuillan 6 6   21 USA M Shaughnessy 3 4   32 ZIM C Black 4 6 0 3 USA V Williams 6 3 6 LL AUS R McQuillan 4 2   3 USA V Williams 6 6   Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   CZE A Gerši 6 6     RUS A Jidkova 3 3     PAR R de los Ríos 77 77   Q BUL L Bacheva 63 62     HUN R Kuti-Kis 6 6   Q SVK D Hantuchová 1 4     NED M Oremans 6 2 3 Q BLR T Poutchek 1 6 6 7 USA S Williams 6 6     CZE A Gerši 3 2     PAR R de los Ríos 2 2   26 ESP G León García 6 6   24 ESP M Serna 6 6     HUN R Kuti-Kis 2 3   Q BLR T Poutchek 6 62 1 12 BUL M Maleeva 4 77 6 7 USA S Williams 6 6   26 ESP G León García 3 1   24 ESP M Serna 5 2   12 BUL M Maleeva 7 6   7 USA S Williams 7 6   12 BUL M Maleeva 5 2   Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   ESP Á Montolio 7 3 6   ESP V Ruano Pascual 5 6 3   GER M Weingärtner 4 2     CRO I Majoli 6 6     AUT P Wartusch 2 6 3   BEL L Courtois 6 3 6   USA C Morariu 3 1     AUS N Pratt 6 6   13 FRA S Testud 6 6     ESP Á Montolio 1 3     CRO I Majoli 2 5   20 USA L Raymond 6 7   28 FRA A-G Sidot 5 77 6   BEL L Courtois 7 63 0   AUS N Pratt 2 1   2 USA L Davenport 6 6   13 FRA S Testud 79 4 5 20 USA L Raymond 67 6 7 32 FRA A-G Sidot 4 4   2 USA L Davenport 6 6   20 USA L Raymond 4 2   2 USA L Davenport 6 6   External links 2001 Indian Wells Open Draw (Archived 2009-07-22) Category:2001 Indian Wells Open Singles