2001 Canberra International

2001 Canberra International
Date 7–13 January
Edition 1st
Category Tier III
Draw 30S / 16D
Prize money $170,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Canberra, Australia
Venue National Sports Club
Champions
Singles
Belgium Justine Henin
Doubles
United States Nicole Arendt / Japan Ai Sugiyama

The 2001 Canberra International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Sports Club in Canberra, Australia and was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 7 through 13 January 2001. Unseeded Justine Henin won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Belgium Justine Henin defeated France Sandrine Testud 6–2, 6–2

  • It was Henin's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

Doubles

United States Nicole Arendt / Japan Ai Sugiyama defeated South Africa Nannie de Villiers / Australia Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

  • It was Arendt's 1st title of the year and the 14th of her career. It was Sugiyama's 1st title of the year and the 21st of her career.

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
 FRAMary Pierce71
 RUSElena Dementieva112
 USAChanda Rubin133
 FRASandrine Testud174
 BULMagdalena Maleeva235
  SUIPatty Schnyder256
 FRANathalie Dechy267
 CROSilvija Talaja298
  • Rankings are as of January 1, 2001.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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