Singles | |
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2001 WTA Tour Championships | |
Champion | Serena Williams |
Runner-up | Lindsay Davenport |
Final score | walkover |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 8 |
Serena Williams won the singles tennis title at the 2001 WTA Tour Championships by default, after Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the final. [1] It was her first Tour Finals title.
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but withdrew due to ankle surgery. [2] [3]
This was the last professional tournament for former world No. 4 Anke Huber. [4]
Notes
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Jennifer Capriati | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Magdalena Maleeva | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Jennifer Capriati | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sandrine Testud | 5 | 7 | 6 | Sandrine Testud | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Amélie Mauresmo | 7 | 5 | 1 | Sandrine Testud | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Justine Henin | 6 | 6 | 7 | Serena Williams | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Anke Huber | 1 | 2 | 4 | Justine Henin | 3 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Silvia Farina Elia | 0 | 2 | 7 | Serena Williams | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Serena Williams | 6 | 6 | 7 | Serena Williams | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Nathalie Tauziat | 3 | 4 | 2 | Lindsay Davenport | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elena Dementieva | 3 | 62 | 3 | Kim Clijsters | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Kim Clijsters | 6 | 77 | 3 | Kim Clijsters | 6 | 3 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Jelena Dokić | 77 | 6 | 2 | Lindsay Davenport | 1 | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
Meghann Shaughnessy | 64 | 2 | 6 | Jelena Dokić | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Amanda Coetzer | 3 | 3 | 2 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 |
Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2000 US Open. With the win, she became the second woman to win Wimbledon, the Olympics, and the US Open in the same season, after Steffi Graf in 1988.
Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. Davenport did not drop a set during the tournament. This was the final major in which Graf appeared; she was also attempting to complete the Channel Slam.
Venus Williams defeated the defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first major singles title. Williams lost only one set during the entire tournament, to Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals.
Lindsay Davenport defeated the three-time defending champion Martina Hingis in the final 6–1, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2000 Australian Open. This was her only Australian Open title and also her third and final Grand Slam singles title. She did not lose a set during the tournament. The loss ended Hingis' 27-match win streak at the Australian Open, dating back to 1997.
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