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2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Julie Halard-Decugis was the defending champion but did not compete this year, as she retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season.

Women's singles
2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Monica Seles
Runner-upThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
Score6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw30 (4 Q / 2 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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First-seeded Monica Seles won the title by defeating second-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds

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The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1.   Monica Seles (champion)
  2.   Tamarine Tanasugarn (final)
  3.   Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
  4.   Meilen Tu (first round)
  5.   Marlene Weingärtner (second round)
  6.   Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
  7.   Nathalie Dechy (second round)
  8.   Joannette Kruger (semifinals)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Monica Seles 7 6
3   Ai Sugiyama 5 4
1   Monica Seles 6 6
2   Tamarine Tanasugarn 3 2
8   Joannette Kruger 3 5
2   Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 7

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   M Seles 6 6
  A Molik 4 77 5 Q   Y-j Cho 2 3
Q   Y-j Cho 6 63 7 1   M Seles 6 6
  R de los Ríos 3 2 6   R Grande 1 2
  B Schwartz 6 6   B Schwartz 4 4
  T Pisnik 7 63 4 6   R Grande 6 6
6   R Grande 5 77 6 1   M Seles 7 6
3   A Sugiyama 6 6 3   A Sugiyama 5 4
  Z Gubacsi 4 1 3   A Sugiyama 6 3 6
  Ľ Cervanová 4 2   K Srebotnik 2 6 1
  K Srebotnik 6 6 3   A Sugiyama 6 6
Q   Y-j Choi 6 3 2   P Nola 1 4
  P Nola 4 6 6   P Nola 6 4 77
  R McQuillan 1 4 7   N Dechy 3 6 65
7   N Dechy 6 6

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8   J Kruger 7 7
  J Lee 5 5 8   J Kruger 4 6 77
  N Pratt 6 6   N Pratt 6 3 63
WC   R Fujiwara 2 4 8   J Kruger 0 6 6
  S Asagoe 6 67 4   E Gagliardi 6 4 1
  W Prakusya 3 79 6   W Prakusya 3 6 5
  E Gagliardi 3 6 6   E Gagliardi 6 1 7
4   M Tu 6 2 1 8   J Kruger 3 5
5   M Weingärtner 3 7 6 2   T Tanasugarn 6 7
  E Dominikovic 6 5 3 5   M Weingärtner 1 7 3
Q   A Fusai 3 2 WC   S Obata 6 5 6
WC   S Obata 6 6 WC   S Obata 0 2
Q   M Saeki 6 63 2 2   T Tanasugarn 6 6
  J Craybas 0 77 6   J Craybas 4 6 3
2   T Tanasugarn 6 4 6

References

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