2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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.

Women's singles
2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
ChampionUnited States Monica Seles
Runner-upThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
Score6–3, 6–2
Draw30 (4 Q / 2 WC )
Seeds8

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.

  1. United States Monica Seles (champion)
  2. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (final)
  3. Japan Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
  4. United States Meilen Tu (first round)
  5. Germany Marlene Weingärtner (second round)
  6. Italy Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
  7. France Nathalie Dechy (second round)
  8. South Africa Joannette Kruger (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Monica Seles 7 6
3 Japan Ai Sugiyama 5 4
1 United States Monica Seles 6 6
2 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 2
8 South Africa Joannette Kruger 3 5
2 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 7

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States M Seles 6 6
Australia A Molik 4 77 5 Q South Korea Y-j Cho 2 3
Q South Korea Y-j Cho 6 63 7 1 United States M Seles 6 6
Paraguay R de los Ríos 3 2 6 Italy R Grande 1 2
Austria B Schwartz 6 6 Austria B Schwartz 4 4
Slovenia T Pisnik 7 63 4 6 Italy R Grande 6 6
6 Italy R Grande 5 77 6 1 United States M Seles 7 6
3 Japan A Sugiyama 6 6 3 Japan A Sugiyama 5 4
Hungary Z Gubacsi 4 1 3 Japan A Sugiyama 6 3 6
Slovakia Ľ Cervanová 4 2 Slovenia K Srebotnik 2 6 1
Slovenia K Srebotnik 6 6 3 Japan A Sugiyama 6 6
Q South Korea Y-j Choi 6 3 2 New Zealand P Nola 1 4
New Zealand P Nola 4 6 6 New Zealand P Nola 6 4 77
Australia R McQuillan 1 4 7 France N Dechy 3 6 65
7 France N Dechy 6 6

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 South Africa J Kruger 7 7
Chinese Taipei J Lee 5 5 8 South Africa J Kruger 4 6 77
Australia N Pratt 6 6 Australia N Pratt 6 3 63
WC Japan R Fujiwara 2 4 8 South Africa J Kruger 0 6 6
Japan S Asagoe 6 67 4 Switzerland E Gagliardi 6 4 1
Indonesia W Prakusya 3 79 6 Indonesia W Prakusya 3 6 5
Switzerland E Gagliardi 3 6 6 Switzerland E Gagliardi 6 1 7
4 United States M Tu 6 2 1 8 South Africa J Kruger 3 5
5 Germany M Weingärtner 3 7 6 2 Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 7
Australia E Dominikovic 6 5 3 5 Germany M Weingärtner 1 7 3
Q France A Fusai 3 2 WC Japan S Obata 6 5 6
WC Japan S Obata 6 6 WC Japan S Obata 0 2
Q Japan M Saeki 6 63 2 2 Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 6
United States J Craybas 0 77 6 United States J Craybas 4 6 3
2 Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 4 6

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