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2001 Canberra International

The 2001 Canberra International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Sports Club in Canberra, Australia and was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 7 through 13 January 2001. The Belgian player Justine Henin won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2001 Canberra International – Singles

BEL Justine Henin defeated FRA Sandrine Testud 6–2, 6–2

It was Henin's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2001 Canberra International – Doubles

USA Nicole Arendt / JPN Ai Sugiyama defeated RSA Nannie de Villiers / AUS Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

It was Arendt's 1st title of the year and the 14th of her career. It was Sugiyama's 1st title of the year and the 21st of her career.

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Mary Pierce	7	1
RUS	Elena Dementieva	11	2
USA	Chanda Rubin	13	3
FRA	Sandrine Testud	17	4
BUL	Magdalena Maleeva	23	5
SUI	Patty Schnyder	25	6
FRA	Nathalie Dechy	26	7
CRO	Silvija Talaja	29	8

Rankings are as of January 1, 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

AUS Annabel Ellwood
AUS Amanda Grahame

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

INA Wynne Prakusya
TUN Selima Sfar
JPN Yuka Yoshida
CZE Lenka Němečková

References

"Non ITF Tournamants; Canberra 2001".

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