2001 Challenge Bell

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2001 Challenge Bell
DateSeptember 17 – September 23
Edition9th
Category WTA Tier III
Draw30S (24Q) / 16D (0Q)
Prize money US$170,000
Surface Carpet – indoors
Location Quebec City, Canada
VenueClub Avantage Multi-Sports
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Reeves / Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti
  2000  · Tournoi de Québec ·  2002  

The 2001 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Club Avantage Multi-Sports in Quebec City in Canada that was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 9th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was held from September 17 through September 23, 2001. Meghann Shaughnessy won the singles title.

Contents

Champions

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy def. Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Majoli, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Reeves / Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti def. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Koukalová / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Vašková, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3

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