She turned professional in January 2000 at the age of 17. After just one year of playing on the tour, she had gone up to No. 127 in the world. As the world No. 534 in her main-draw debut, she upset world No. 26 Sabine Appelmans. In 2001, she won her first and only WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open, where she defeated Seda Noorlander in the final. Her ranking rose to No. 59 with these results, which is her career-high ranking. She also reached two doubles finals, at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2002 and Luxembourg in 2001 with Magdalena Maleeva and Patty Schnyder.
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most common search strings on Google Search.
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, four in singles and two in doubles.
Nathalie Tauziat is a French former professional tennis player and coach. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberly Po-Messerli. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in both singles and doubles.
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three WTA Tour titles as well as reaching two major quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles.
Zhang Yining is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 2009. She is considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history. In terms of achievements, she is one of the most successful female table tennis players having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games. She is also the first player overall, and the first female, to have completed a Double Grand Slam.
Sandrine Testud is a former professional tennis player from France.
Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Seda Noorlander is a former tennis player from the Netherlands.
Marion Maruska is an Austrian former tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and reached her career-high singles ranking on October 6, 1997, when she became the No. 50 of the world.
The 2002 Ordina Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands that was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from June 17 through June 23, 2002.
Martina Hingis defeated Anna Kournikova in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2000 Kremlin Cup.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to tournament winners Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the women's singles event at the 2001 Australian Open.
Teryn Ashley-Fitch is an American former professional tennis player. She won 17 titles in her career, four in singles. In July 2004, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 95. Her career-high doubles ranking is 59, achieved in October 2003.
The 2000 Swisscom Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. It took place at the Schluefweg in Zürich, Switzerland, from 8 through 15 October 2000. Martina Hingis won the singles title.
The 2001 SEAT Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg which was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 6th edition of the tournament and was held from 22 October until 28 October 2001. First-seeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title, her second at the event after 1999, and earned $27,000 first-prize money.
The 2001 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on hard courts at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 11 June through 17 June 2001. Sixth-seeded Bianka Lamade won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but Tauziat did not compete this year. Fusai teamed up with Rita Grande and lost in the first round to Anne Kremer and Virginie Razzano.
Bianka Lamade was the defending champion from 2001, but she chose not to compete in 2002.
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