2001 Generali Ladies Linz

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	195	137	88	49	1	—	11.75	—	—	—

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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

Lindsay Davenport defeated Jelena Dokic, 6–4, 6–1.^[1]

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

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.