WTA Indian Wells 2001 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Serena Williams won the 2001 Indian Wells, defeating Kim Clijsters 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played on hard courts in Indian Wells, United States, from March 8 to March 14, 2001.

Champion
Serena Williams
def. Kim Clijsters , 4-6 6-4 6-2
Dates
Mar 8 — Mar 14
Location
Indian Wells, United States
Category
WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Mar 14, 2001* F Serena Williams #10 4-6 6-4 6-2 Kim Clijsters #19 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Mar 13, 2001* SF Kim Clijsters #19 6-2 2-6 6-1 Martina Hingis #1 H2H Match data
Mar 13, 2001* SF Serena Williams #10 (w/o) Venus Williams #3 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Mar 13, 2001* QF Kim Clijsters #19 6-2 6-2 Elena Bovina #141 H2H Match data
Mar 13, 2001* QF Venus Williams #3 6-0 6-3 Elena Dementieva #11 H2H Match data
Mar 13, 2001* QF Serena Williams #10 6-1 6-2 Lindsay Davenport #2 H2H Match data
Mar 13, 2001* QF Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-1 Silvia Farina Elia #38 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Lindsay Davenport #2 6-4 6-2 Lisa Raymond #25 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Serena Williams #10 6-3 6-2 Magdalena Maleeva #16 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Elena Bovina #141 6-3 2-6 7-5 Nathalie Dechy #36 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Silvia Farina Elia #38 6-3 4-6 6-4 Anke Huber #15 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Venus Williams #3 6-4 6-2 Rachel Mcquillan #71 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Kim Clijsters #19 6-4 4-6 6-2 Ai Sugiyama #44 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Elena Dementieva #11 6-3 (ret.) Lina Krasnoroutskaya #72 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2001* R16 Martina Hingis #1 6-3 7-6(4) Barbara Schett #22 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Lina Krasnoroutskaya #72 6-4 6-4 Nadia Petrova #67 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Rachel Mcquillan #71 6-3 6-4 Meghann Shaughnessy #24 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Anke Huber #15 3-6 6-4 6-3 Tamarine Tanasugarn #26 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Nathalie Dechy #36 7-6(9) 3-6 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #14 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Elena Dementieva #11 6-1 6-4 Anne Kremer #31 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Ai Sugiyama #44 6-4 6-2 Tathiana Garbin #54 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Lisa Raymond #25 6-7(7) 6-4 7-5 Sandrine Testud #18 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Magdalena Maleeva #16 7-5 6-2 Magui Serna #29 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Barbara Schett #22 6-3 6-3 Paola Suarez #23 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Venus Williams #3 6-4 3-6 6-0 Cara Black #37 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Martina Hingis #1 6-3 6-0 Cristina Torrens Valero #82 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Lindsay Davenport #2 6-4 6-4 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #34 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Silvia Farina Elia #38 6-1 6-3 Evie Dominikovic #99 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Kim Clijsters #19 1-6 6-4 6-3 Justine Henin #21 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Elena Bovina #141 6-3 5-7 6-3 Francesca Schiavone #84 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2001* R32 Serena Williams #10 6-3 6-1 Gala Leon Garcia #30 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Sandrine Testud #18 6-1 6-3 Angeles Montolio #49 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Elena Bovina #141 6-4 6-4 Conchita Martínez #6 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Lina Krasnoroutskaya #72 3-6 6-3 6-2 Elena Likhovtseva #28 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Serena Williams #10 6-3 6-2 Adriana Rikl Gersi #59 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Gala Leon Garcia #30 6-2 6-2 Rossana De Los Ríos #69 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Meghann Shaughnessy #24 6-2 6-1 Emilie Loit #94 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Tamarine Tanasugarn #26 6-2 7-5 Miroslava Vavrinec #91 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Cristina Torrens Valero #82 7-5 7-5 Tatiana Panova #35 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Tathiana Garbin #54 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 Monica Seles #4 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Venus Williams #3 6-0 6-1 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #95 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Elena Dementieva #11 6-2 6-0 Kristina Brandi #39 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Evie Dominikovic #99 6-4 4-6 7-5 Nathalie Tauziat #12 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Lindsay Davenport #2 6-2 6-1 Nicole Pratt #66 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Barbara Schett #22 6-2 6-1 Sandra Kleinova #110 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Magdalena Maleeva #16 4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 Tatiana Poutchek #83 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #34 5-7 7-6(3) 6-0 Laurence Courtois #137 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Kim Clijsters #19 6-2 6-3 Sylvia Plischke #90 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Nadia Petrova #67 6-3 6-3 Silvija Talaja #40 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Ai Sugiyama #44 7-5 6-0 Janette Husarova #111 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Silvia Farina Elia #38 6-2 6-4 Jelena Jankovic H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Rachel Mcquillan #71 7-5 7-5 Amy Frazier #20 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Justine Henin #21 6-3 6-4 Barbara Rittner #75 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #14 6-0 6-7(5) 6-4 Jennifer Hopkins #63 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Anke Huber #15 7-5 7-5 Sandra Cacic #112 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Lisa Raymond #25 6-2 7-5 Iva Majoli #47 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Magui Serna #29 6-2 6-3 Rita Kuti-Kis #57 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Nathalie Dechy #36 6-1 6-1 Lilia Osterloh #51 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Francesca Schiavone #84 6-4 7-5 Patty Schnyder #33 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Anne Kremer #31 7-5 6-1 Tina Pisnik #60 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Paola Suarez #23 6-4 4-6 6-4 Jana Kandarr #79 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Cara Black #37 6-2 4-6 6-1 Rita Grande #53 H2H Match data
Mar 10, 2001* R64 Martina Hingis #1 7-5 6-0 Kveta Peschke #50 H2H Match data
R128 (32)
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Angeles Montolio #49 7-5 3-6 6-3 Virginia Ruano Pascual #76 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Kveta Peschke #50 6-3 3-6 6-2 Shinobu Asagoe #52 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Cristina Torrens Valero #82 6-3 7-5 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #87 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Sylvia Plischke #90 7-6(4) 6-2 Denisa Chladkova #64 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Janette Husarova #111 5-7 6-3 6-3 Jana Nejedly #74 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Jelena Jankovic 6-1 5-7 7-6(6) Brie Rippner #70 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Nadia Petrova #67 6-4 6-3 Pavlina Nola #77 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #95 4-6 6-4 6-4 Alexandra Stevenson #117 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Evie Dominikovic #99 6-2 6-3 Meilen Tu #45 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Adriana Rikl Gersi #59 6-3 6-3 Alina Jidkova #98 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Miroslava Vavrinec #91 3-6 6-3 6-3 Tara Snyder #127 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Laurence Courtois #137 6-2 3-6 6-3 Patricia Wartusch #129 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Lilia Osterloh #51 6-1 3-6 7-5 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Jana Kandarr #79 7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(6) Daja Bedanova #43 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Iva Majoli #47 6-4 6-2 Marlene Weingartner #61 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Nicole Pratt #66 6-3 6-1 Corina Morariu #42 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Barbara Rittner #75 6-1 6-2 Mariaan De Swardt H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Rita Grande #53 6-2 6-2 Fang Li #421 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Rossana De Los Ríos #69 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Lubomira Bacheva #103 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Tathiana Garbin #54 7-6(2) 6-3 Olga Barabanschikova #116 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Elena Bovina #141 6-4 6-3 Iroda Tulyaganova #65 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Rachel Mcquillan #71 4-6 6-1 6-3 Sonya Jeyaseelan #78 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Jennifer Hopkins #63 6-2 6-1 Magdalena Grzybowska #96 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Rita Kuti-Kis #57 6-1 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova #88 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Lina Krasnoroutskaya #72 7-5 6-3 Dawn Buth #100 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Sandra Cacic #112 6-4 6-3 Katarina Srebotnik #140 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Tina Pisnik #60 6-2 6-2 Asa Carlsson #68 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Sandra Kleinova #110 6-4 6-3 Marta Marrero #55 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Emilie Loit #94 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 Anna Smashnova #56 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Kristina Brandi #39 6-2 6-1 Giulia Casoni #93 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Francesca Schiavone #84 6-4 6-1 Andrea Glass #89 H2H Match data
Mar 9, 2001* R128 Tatiana Poutchek #83 1-6 6-2 6-3 Miriam Oremans #80 H2H Match data

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Indian Wells held?
Indian Wells is held in Indian Wells, United States.
Who won the most recent Indian Wells?
The 2026 Indian Wells was won by Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-3 7-6(6).
Who has won the most Indian Wells titles?
Daniela Hantuchova has won 2 Indian Wells titles, the most by any player.
When was the first Indian Wells played?
The first edition of Indian Wells was held in 1989.
What surface is Indian Wells played on?
Indian Wells is played on hard courts.