| 2001 Generali Ladies Linz | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22–28 October | 
| Edition | 15th | 
| Category | Tier II Series | 
| Prize money | USD $565,000 | 
| Surface | Hard (indoor) | 
| Location | Linz, Austria | 
| Venue | Design Center Linz | 
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
|  Lindsay Davenport | |
| Doubles | |
| .svg.png.webp) Jelena Dokic /  Nadia Petrova | |
The 2001 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2001 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from October 22–28, 2001 at the Design Center Linz. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | 
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 | 
| Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 | — | — | — | — | 
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  USA | Lindsay Davenport | 3 | 1 | 
| .svg.png.webp) BEL | Justine Henin | 7 | 2 | 
| .svg.png.webp) FR Yugoslavia | Jelena Dokic | 10 | 3 | 
|  FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 11 | 4 | 
|  RUS | Elena Dementieva | 13 | 5 | 
|  FRA | Sandrine Testud | 14 | 6 | 
|  BUL | Magdalena Maleeva | 16 | 7 | 
|  ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 18 | 8 | 
Rankings are as of 15 October 2001.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
 Venus Williams → replaced by Venus Williams → replaced by Denisa Chládková Denisa Chládková
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  RUS | Elena Likhovtseva |  JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 4 | 1 | 
|  USA | Kimberly Po-Messeli |  FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 9 | 3 | 2 | 
|  ESP | Virginia Ruano Pascual |  ARG | Paola Suárez | 8 | 5 | 3 | 
|  AUT | Barbara Schett |  NED | Caroline Vis | 18 | 21 | 4 | 
Rankings are as of 15 October 2001.
Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
Finals
Singles
 Lindsay Davenport defeated
 Lindsay Davenport defeated .svg.png.webp) Jelena Dokic, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
 Jelena Dokic, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
- It was Davenport's 37th WTA singles title, and 7th title of the year. Davenport was also the defending champion.
Doubles
.svg.png.webp) Jelena Dokic /
 Jelena Dokic /  Nadia Petrova defeated
 Nadia Petrova defeated .svg.png.webp) Els Callens /
 Els Callens /  Chanda Rubin, 6–1, 6–4.
 Chanda Rubin, 6–1, 6–4.
- It was Dokic's 1st WTA doubles title. It was Petrova's 2nd WTA doubles title, and second of the year. This was their first doubles title together as a pair.
References
- ↑ "Linz win for Davenport". BBC Sport. Linz. 28 October 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

