2001 ANZ Tasmanian International

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2001 ANZ Tasmanian International
Date 7 – 13 January
Edition 8th
Category Tier V
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $110,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Hobart, Australia
Venue Hobart International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of Italy.svg Rita Grande
Doubles
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva
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The 2001 ANZ Tasmanian International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, [Australia and was part of Tier V of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from 7 January until 13 January 2001. Unseeded Rita Grande won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Hardcourt Type of tennis court surface

A hardcourt is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. They are typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic material to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now.

Hobart International Tennis Centre tennis centre

The Domain Tennis Centre is the premiere tennis facility in the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is located on the Queens Domain less than 1 kilometre from the CBD of Hobart.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Italy.svg Rita Grande defeated Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Hopkins 0–6, 6–3, 6–3

Rita Grande Italian tennis player

Rita Grande is a former tennis player from Italy.

Jennifer Dent is an American former professional tennis player.

Doubles

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva defeated Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir / Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 6–1

Cara Black Zimbabwean tennis player

Cara Black is a professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA and 11 ITF titles in that discipline. A former no. 1 ranked women's doubles player in the WTA Rankings, she has won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles combined. By winning the mixed doubles title at the 2010 Australian Open, Black became the third woman in the Open Era to complete a Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. Having won one singles title on tour, she also peaked at no. 31 in the singles rankings in March 1999.

Elena Likhovtseva Russian tennis player

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.

Ruxandra Dragomir Romanian tennis player

Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired professional tennis player from Romania.

Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amy Frazier 20 1
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 21 2
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristina Brandi 27 3
Flag of France.svg  FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 35 4
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  ZIM Cara Black 41 5
Flag of Romania.svg  ROM Ruxandra Dragomir 44 6
Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Anna Smashnova 46 7
Flag of France.svg  FRA Sarah Pitkowski 65 8


Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Saori Obata is a retired tennis player from Japan. She turned professional in April 1996, and on February 9, 2004, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 39, and on the same day she reached her career-high doubles ranking of 98.

Katarina Srebotnik Slovenian tennis player

Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on August 7, 2006. On July 4, 2011, she reached No. 1 of the WTA doubles ranking.

Anabel Medina Garrigues Spanish tennis player

Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues is a Spanish tennis coach and former player. As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hard courts. She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came in Palermo in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.


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