2001 Canberra International

2001 Canberra International
Date	7 – 13 January
Edition	1st
Category	Tier III
Surface	Hard / Outdoor
Location	Canberra, Australia
Champions
Singles
Justine Henin
Doubles
Nicole Arendt / Ai Sugiyama

The 2001 Canberra International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Sports Club in Canberra in Australia and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and ran from 7 through 13 January 2001. Justine Henin won the singles title.

Champions

Women's Singles

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

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

Women's Doubles

Nicole Arendt / Ai Sugiyama defeated Nannie de Villiers / 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	Rank^1	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:

• Annabel Ellwood
• Amanda Grahame

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Wynne Prakusya
• Selima Sfar
• Yuka Yoshida
• Lenka Němečková

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