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.
Finals
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
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.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles195137884925111.756.7541 Doubles 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$95,500$51,000$27,300$14,600$7,820$4,175$2,230$1,195$640Doubles *$30,000$16,120$8,620$4,610$2,465 * per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank SeedLindsay Davenport 3 1Justine Henin 7 2 Jelena Dokic 10 3 Nathalie Tauziat 11 4 Elena Dementieva 13 5 Sandrine Testud 14 6 Magdalena Maleeva 16 7 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 SeedElena LikhovtsevaAi Sugiyama741Kimberly Po-MesseliNathalie Tauziat932Virginia Ruano PascualPaola Suárez853Barbara SchettCaroline Vis18214 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
References
External links WTA tournament draws ITF tournament edition details