WTA Tour 2001

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WTA Tour 2001
Period: December 2000 - November 2001
Edition: 31
Number of tournaments: 63
Categories: Grand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
Tier I (9)
Tier II (17)
Tier III (17)
Tier IV&V (15)
successes
Most tournament victories: United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport (7)
Most of the finals: United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport (11)
Most prize money: United StatesUnited States Venus Williams
Most points: United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Awards
Player of the year: United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati
Double team of the year: United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Newcomer of the year: BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin
Newcomer of the year: SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Returner of the year: AustriaAustria Barbara Schwartz
The 2001 Grand Slam winners
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Australian Open and French Open :
Jennifer Capriati
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Wimbledon Championships and US Open :
Venus Williams


The WTA Tour 2001 (officially: Sanex WTA Tour 2001 ) was the 31st year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

The team competitions Hopman Cup and Fed Cup are not part of the WTA Tour. They are listed here, however, as the top players usually play at these tournaments.

Tournament schedule

category
Grand Slam
Tour Championships
Tier I.
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V
Others
Hopman Cup
Fed Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32Q / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32Q = 32 pairings play the qualification
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
01.01. Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - $ 1,000,000 hard court
AustraliaAustralia 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Roger Federer
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Jan-Michael Gambill
United StatesUnited States 
2: 1
Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts Gold Coast , Australia Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
AustraliaAustralia 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
ItalyItaly Giulia Casoni Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
United StatesUnited States Katie Schlukebir Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6 9 , 7: 5
ASB Bank Classic Auckland , New Zealand Tier V - $ 110,000 Hard Court - 32E / 29Q / 16D / 8Q
New ZealandNew Zealand 

United StatesUnited States Miles Tu ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suarez 7: 6 10 , 6: 2
FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
7: 6 4 , 6: 3
08.01. Adidas International Sydney , Australia Tier II - $ 426,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 6Q
AustraliaAustralia 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 7: 5
Canberra International Canberra , Australia Tier III - 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 5Q
AustraliaAustralia 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin FranceFrance Sandrine Testud 6: 2, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
South AfricaSouth Africa Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 7: 6 2
ANZ Tasmanian International Hobart , Australia Tier V - 110,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D / 5Q
AustraliaAustralia 

ItalyItaly Rita Grande United StatesUnited States Jennifer Hopkins 0: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Paxcual
SpainSpain 
6: 4, 6: 1
15.01. Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 3,569,290 Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
AustraliaAustralia 

United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 6: 4, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu Ellis Ferreira
South AfricaSouth Africa 
AustriaAustria Barbara Schett Joshua Eagle
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 1, 6: 3
29.01. Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Tier I - $ 1,188,000 Carpet (Hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
JapanJapan 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Iroda Tulyaganova
UzbekistanUzbekistan 
7: 6 5 , 2: 6, 7: 6 6

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.02. Open Gaz de France Paris , France Tier II - $ 565,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
FranceFrance 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo GermanyGermany Anke Huber 7: 6 2 , 6: 1
CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 3, 7: 5
02/12 Terazura - Nice Nice , France Tier II - $ 565,000 Carpet - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
FranceFrance 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa 6: 2, 6: 0
FranceFrance Émilie Loit Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
1.6, 6: 2, 6: 0
Qatar Total Fina Elf Open Doha , Qatar Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 29Q / 16D / 5Q
QatarQatar 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis FranceFrance Sandrine Testud 6: 3, 6: 2
FranceFrance Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
7: 5, 7: 6 4
19.02. Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai , UAE Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat 6: 4, 6: 4
IndonesiaIndonesia Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Karina Habšudová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 2
IGA US Indoor Championships Oklahoma City , United States Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 16Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 2
South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil
United StatesUnited States 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia 
6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0
Copa Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
ColombiaColombia 

ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suarez HungaryHungary Rita Kuti-Kis 6: 2, 6: 4
ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
ArgentinaArgentina Laura Montalvo Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
02/26 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso Acapulco , Mexico Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
MexicoMexico 

South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues
SpainSpain 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 7: 5
State Farm Classic Scottsdale , United States Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court - 28E / 25Q / 16D / 6Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy 6: 2, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
without a fight

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.03. Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells , United States Tier I - $ 2,050,000 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 6: 4
19.03. Ericsson Open Miami , United States Tier I - $ 2,278,200 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati 4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 4
SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6-0, 6-4

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04/02 Porto Open Porto , Portugal Tier IV - $ 140,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
PortugalPortugal 

SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario SpainSpain Magüi Serna 6: 3, 6: 1
SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues
SpainSpain 
FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
6: 1, 6: 7 5 , 7: 5
04/09 Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island , United States Tier II - $ 565,000 Clay (Green) - 48E / 16Q / 16D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer 6: 4, 7: 5
SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
6: 4, 6: 2
Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal Tier IV - $ 140,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
PortugalPortugal 

SpainSpain Ángeles Montolio RussiaRussia Jelena Bowina 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner
GermanyGermany 
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
04/16 Colorotex Budapest Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary Tier V - $ 110,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
HungaryHungary 

BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa LuxembourgLuxembourg Anne Kremer 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
HungaryHungary Zsófia Gubacsi Dragana Zarić
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia 
6: 1, 6: 3
Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Tier I - $ 1,188,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 31Q / 28D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
5: 7, 7: 6 5 , 6: 3
04/30 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Bol , Croatia Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 28Q / 16D / 3Q
CroatiaCroatia 

SpainSpain Ángeles Montolio ArgentinaArgentina Mariana Díaz-Oliva 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues
SpainSpain 
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Tina Pisnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
7: 5, 6: 4
Betty Barclay Cup Hamburg , Germany Tier II - $ 565,000 Clay Court (red) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy 6: 3, 6: 0
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner
GermanyGermany 
6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.05. Eurocard Ladies German Open Berlin , Germany Tier I - $ 1,185,000 Clay Court (red) - 56E / 48Q / 28D
GermanyGermany 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 6: 3
14.05. Italian Open Rome , Italy Tier I - $ 1,200,000 Clay (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 8Q
ItalyItaly 

Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 7: 6 3 , 6: 1
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 1, 6: 1
Tennis Cup Vlaanderen Antwerp , Belgium Tier V - $ 110,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 5Q
BelgiumBelgium 

GermanyGermany Barbara Rittner Czech RepublicCzech Republic Klára Koukalová 6: 3, 6: 2
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
05/21 Les Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D
FranceFrance 

ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia GermanyGermany Anke Huber 7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 4
ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia Iroda Tulyaganova
UzbekistanUzbekistan 
South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 7: 6 0
Open de España Villa de Madrid Madrid , Spain Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SpainSpain 

SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario SpainSpain Ángeles Montolio 7: 5, 6: 0
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 6 4
05/28 French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 3,745,147 Clay Court (Red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
FranceFrance 

United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 1: 6, 6: 4, 12:10
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez
SpainSpain 
6: 2, 6: 1
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pasqual Tomás Carbonell
SpainSpain 
ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suarez Jaime Oncins
BrazilBrazil 
7: 5, 6: 3

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07/11 Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan Tier IV - $ 140,000 Hard Court - 32E / 31Q / 16D / 6Q
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

GermanyGermany Bianka Lamade NetherlandsNetherlands Seda Noorlander 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
HungaryHungary Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria 
UkraineUkraine Tetjana Perebyjnis Tatiana Putschek
Belarus 1995Belarus 
6: 1, 6: 4
DFS Classic Birmingham , UK Tier III - $ 170,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 8Q
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat NetherlandsNetherlands Miriam Oremans 6: 3, 7: 5
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 1, 6: 2
06/18 Britannic Asset Management International Championships Eastbourne , UK Tier II - $ 565,000 Turf - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 6Q
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport SpainSpain Magüi Serna 6: 2, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 6: 2
Heineken Trophy ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands Tier III - $ 170,000 Turf - 30E / 16D
NetherlandsNetherlands 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
7: 6 5 , 6: 7 5 , 6: 4
25.06. Wimbledon Championships London , UK Grand Slam - $ 4,545,319 Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 16Q / 64M
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 4, 6: 3
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Leoš Friedl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
09.07. Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo Palermo , Italy Tier V - $ 110,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 28Q / 16D / 7Q
ItalyItaly 

SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues SpainSpain Cristina Torrens Valero 6: 4, 6: 4
ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues
SpainSpain 
4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
Uniqa Grand Prix Vienna , Austria Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court (red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 5Q
AustriaAustria 

UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 6: 3, 6: 2
ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
GermanyGermany Vanessa Henke Lenka Němečková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 4, 6: 2
July 16 Sanex Trophy Knokke-Heist , Belgium Tier IV - $ 150,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 5Q
BelgiumBelgium 

UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova SpainSpain Gala León García 6: 2, 6: 3
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Magüi Serna
SpainSpain 
RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Vanc
RomaniaRomania 
6: 4, 6: 3
07/23 Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 6: 1
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Casablanca , Morocco Tier V - $ 110,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 26Q / 16D / 6Q
MoroccoMorocco 

HungaryHungary Zsófia Gubacsi ItalyItaly Maria Elena Camerin 1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 5
BulgariaBulgaria Ljubomira Batschewa Åsa Carlsson
SwedenSweden 
SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez María Emilia Salerni
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 3, 6: 7 4 , 6: 1
Idea Prokom Open Sopot , Poland Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 2Q
PolandPoland 

SpainSpain Cristina Torrens Valero SpainSpain Gala León García 6: 2, 6: 2
South AfricaSouth Africa Joannette Kruger Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
UkraineUkraine Julija Bejhelsymer Anastassija Rodionova
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 6: 0
07/30 Acura Classic San Diego , United States Tier II - $ 750,000 Hard Court - 48E / 16Q / 16D / 7Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 6: 2, 6: 3
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
PreCon Ladies Open Basel , Switzerland Tier IV - $ 140,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 2Q
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Adriana Gerši SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6: 4, 6: 1
SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues
SpainSpain 
South AfricaSouth Africa Joannette Kruger Marta Marrero
SpainSpain 
7: 6 5 , 6: 2

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.08. estyle.com Classic Manhattan Beach , United States Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court - 48E / 16Q / 15D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 6: 3, 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 3, 7: 5
08/13 Rogers AT&T Cup Toronto , Canada Tier I - $ 1,200,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 8Q
CanadaCanada 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati 6: 1, 6: 7 7 , 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po-Messerli Nicole Pratt
AustraliaAustralia 
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 3, 6: 1
08/20 Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven , United States Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court - 28E / 48Q / 16D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 7: 6 6 , 6: 4
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2
08/27 US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 6,628,000 Hard Court - 128E / 128Q / 64D / 16Q / 32M
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 6: 2, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 5
AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6 9

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
10.09. Brasil Open Costa do Sauípe , Brazil Tier II - $ 625,000 Hard Court - 28E / 19Q / 16D / 4Q
BrazilBrazil 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 6: 3, 6: 3
South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 7 8 , 6: 2, 6: 4
Big Island Championships Waikoloa , United States Tier IV - $ 140,000 Hard Court - 32E / 19Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

FranceFrance Sandrine Testud BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 6: 3, 2: 0 task
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Nicole Pratt
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 6: 3
17.09. Challenge Bell Québec , Canada Tier III - $ 170,000 Carpet (indoor) - 30E / 24Q / 16D
CanadaCanada 

United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli 6: 1, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti
ItalyItaly 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Klára Koukalová Alena Vašková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
Toyota Princess Cup Tokyo , Japan Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
JapanJapan 

Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 4, 6: 2
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 1, 6: 3
24.09. Sparkassen Cup Leipzig , Germany Tier II - $ 565,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa 6: 1, 6: 1
RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner
GermanyGermany 
6: 4, 6: 2
Wismilak International Bali , Indonesia Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 11Q / 16D / 2Q
IndonesiaIndonesia 

IndonesiaIndonesia Angelique Widjaja South AfricaSouth Africa Joannette Kruger 7: 6 2 , 7: 6 4
AustraliaAustralia Evie Dominikovic Tamarine Tanasugarn
ThailandThailand 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia 
6: 7 4 , 6: 2, 6: 3

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
01.10. Kremlin Cup Moscow , Russia Tier I - $ 1,185,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
RussiaRussia 

Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 6: 3, 6: 3
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Lina Krasnoruzkaja
RussiaRussia 
7: 6 1 , 6: 3
AIG Japan Open Tokyo , Japan Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
JapanJapan 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn 6: 3, 6: 2
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Rachel McQuillan
AustraliaAustralia 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia 
6.2, 6: 0
08.10. Kiwi Open Shanghai , China Tier IV - $ 140,000 Hard Court - 32E / 30Q / 16D / 6Q
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles AustraliaAustralia Nicole Pratt 6: 2, 6: 3
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Lenka Němečková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
AustraliaAustralia Evie Dominikovic Tamarine Tanasugarn
ThailandThailand 
6-0, 7-5
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt , Germany Tier II - $ 565,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin 7: 5, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 7: 5
15.10. Swisscom Challenge Zurich , Switzerland Tier I - $ 1,185,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 6: 3, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
FranceFrance Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
Eurotel Slovak Indoors Bratislava , Slovakia Tier V - $ 110,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SlovakiaSlovakia 

ItalyItaly Rita Grande SlovakiaSlovakia Martina Suchá 6: 1, 6: 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Dája Bedáňová Jelena Bowina
RussiaRussia 
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Miles Tu
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 4
10/22 Generali Ladies Linz Linz , Austria Tier II - $ 535,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
AustriaAustria 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 6: 4, 6: 1
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Chanda Ruby
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 6: 4
Seat Open Luxembourg , Luxembourg Tier III - $ 170,000 Carpet (hall) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
LuxembourgLuxembourg 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond 6: 2, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Jelena Bowina Daniela Hantuchová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
GermanyGermany Bianka Lamade Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
6: 3, 6: 3
29.10. Sanex Championships Munich , Germany Masters - $ 3,000,000 Carpet (Hall) - 16E / 8D
GermanyGermany 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport without a fight
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 3

November

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.11. Volvo Women's Open Pattaya , Thailand Tier V - $ 110,000 Hard Court - 32E / 25Q / 16D / 8Q
ThailandThailand 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder SlovakiaSlovakia Henrieta Nagyová 6-0, 6-4
SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Iroda Tulyaganova
UzbekistanUzbekistan 
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia 
4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
Fed Cup Final Madrid , Spain , Clay Court
SpainSpain 
BelgiumBelgium Belgium RussiaRussia Russia 2: 1
1 the date indicates the Monday of the corresponding week

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).