Émilie Loit was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended her title by defeating Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–1 in the final.
The 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts singles was a tennis competition within the 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 31 December 2000 through 6 January 2001.
The 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts doubles was a tennis competition within the 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 31 December 2000 through 6 January 2001.
Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams.
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martina Hingis.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but withdrew before her third round match against Laura Granville due to a wrist injury which would ultimately sideline her for the remainder of the season.
Jelena Dokic was the defending champion, but lost in third round to Anastasia Myskina.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the women's singles event at the 2001 Australian Open.
The 1999 Tashkent Open singles was the singles event of the first edition of the Tashkent Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Central Asia.
The 1999 Sanex Trophy singles was the singles event of the first edition of the Sanex Trophy; a WTA Tier IV tournament and one of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's singles at the 2005 Australian Open.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's singles at the 2000 Australian Open.
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's singles at the 2004 Australian Open.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2005 US Open.
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1997 Australian Open.
Lindsay Davenport was the two-time defending champion, but she withdrew due to injury.
Giulia Casoni (qualified)
Cătălina Cristea (qualified)
Marta Marrero (qualified)
Jennifer Hopkins (qualified)
Nadejda Ostrovskaya (second round)
Li Fang (first round)
Magdalena Grzybowska (qualified)
Shinobu Asagoe (first round)
Lina Krasnoroutskaya (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Janet Lee (second round)
Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualifying competition)
Annabel Ellwood (second round)
Ľudmila Cervanová (first round)
Louise Latimer (qualifying competition)
Anna Földényi (qualified)
Angelika Bachmann (qualified)
Eva Dyrberg (second round)
