2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships USA Monica Seles THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2 30 (4 Q Qualifiers / 2 WC Wild Cards) 8 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open Julie Halard-Decugis was the defending champion but did not compete this year, as she retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season. First-seeded Monica Seles won the title by defeating second-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Seeds The top two seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em USA Monica Seles (champion) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (final) JPN Ai Sugiyama (semifinals) USA Meilen Tu (first round) GER Marlene Weingärtner (second round) ITA Rita Grande (quarterfinals) FRA Nathalie Dechy (second round) RSA Joannette Kruger (semifinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Monica Seles 7 6 3 JPN Ai Sugiyama 5 4 8 RSA Joannette Kruger 3 5 2 THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 7 1 USA Monica Seles 6 6 2 THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 2 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals AUS A Molik 4 77 5 Q KOR Y-j Cho 6 63 7 PAR 1990 R de los Ríos 3 2 AUT B Schwartz 6 6 SLO T Pisnik 7 63 4 6 ITA R Grande 5 77 6 3 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6 HUN Z Gubacsi 4 1 SVK Ľ Cervanová 4 2 SLO K Srebotnik 6 6 Q KOR Y-j Choi 6 3 2 NZL P Nola 4 6 6 AUS R McQuillan 1 4 7 FRA N Dechy 6 6 1 USA M Seles 6 6 Q KOR Y-j Cho 2 3 AUT B Schwartz 4 4 6 ITA R Grande 6 6 3 JPN A Sugiyama 6 3 6 SLO K Srebotnik 2 6 1 NZL P Nola 6 4 77 7 FRA N Dechy 3 6 65 1 USA M Seles 6 6 6 ITA R Grande 1 2 3 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6 NZL P Nola 1 4 1 USA M Seles 7 6 3 JPN A Sugiyama 5 4 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 RSA J Kruger 7 7 TPE J Lee 5 5 AUS N Pratt 6 6 WC JPN R Fujiwara 2 4 JPN S Asagoe 6 67 4 INA W Prakusya 3 79 6 SUI E Gagliardi 3 6 6 4 USA M Tu 6 2 1 5 GER M Weingärtner 3 7 6 AUS E Dominikovic 6 5 3 Q FRA A Fusai 3 2 WC JPN S Obata 6 6 Q JPN M Saeki 6 63 2 USA J Craybas 0 77 6 8 RSA J Kruger 4 6 77 AUS N Pratt 6 3 63 INA W Prakusya 3 6 5 SUI E Gagliardi 6 1 7 5 GER M Weingärtner 1 7 3 WC JPN S Obata 6 5 6 USA J Craybas 4 6 3 2 THA T Tanasugarn 6 4 6 8 RSA J Kruger 0 6 6 SUI E Gagliardi 6 4 1 WC JPN S Obata 0 2 2 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6 8 RSA J Kruger 3 5 2 THA T Tanasugarn 6 7 References ITF tournament profile https://web.archive.org/web/20160625182925/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100001225 2016-06-25 Singles Category:2001 WTA Tour Category:2001 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan