# Japan Women's Open 2001

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/sackmann_wta:8c06af406c7a560e493aa28bf8de7cbd97533483d976817f0909bb77c073d643/japan-womens-open
Tour: WTA

Monica Seles won the 2001 Japan Women's Open, defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3 6-2 in the final. The WTA 250 event was played on hard courts in Japan Open, Japan, from October 1 to October 7, 2001. The match log contains 29 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Japan Women's Open is a hard-court WTA tournament in Osaka.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open, Osaka Open, Japan Women's Tennis Open
- Category: Tier III -> WTA 250
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Japan Open
- Start date: 2001-10-01
- End date: 2001-10-07

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
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## Champion
- Winner: Monica Seles
- Runner-up: Tamarine Tanasugarn
- Final score: 6-3 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Monica Seles def. Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3 6-2

### SF
- Monica Seles def. Ai Sugiyama 7-5 6-4
- Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Joannette Kruger 6-3 7-5

### QF
- Ai Sugiyama def. Pavlina Nola 6-1 6-4
- Monica Seles def. Rita Grande 6-1 6-2
- Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Saori Obata 6-0 6-2
- Joannette Kruger def. Emmanuelle Gagliardi 0-6 6-4 6-1

### R16
- Saori Obata def. Marlene Weingartner 6-1 5-7 6-3
- Rita Grande def. Barbara Schwartz 6-4 6-4
- Joannette Kruger def. Nicole Pratt 4-6 6-3 7-6(3)
- Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Wynne Prakusya 6-3 1-6 7-5
- Ai Sugiyama def. Katarina Srebotnik 6-2 3-6 6-1
- Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Jill Craybas 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Pavlina Nola def. Nathalie Dechy 6-3 4-6 7-6(5)
- Monica Seles def. Yoon Jeong Cho 6-2 6-3

### R32
- Marlene Weingartner def. Evie Dominikovic 3-6 7-5 6-3
- Yoon Jeong Cho def. Alicia Molik 6-4 6-7(3) 7-5
- Barbara Schwartz def. Rossana De Los Ríos 6-3 6-2
- Joannette Kruger def. Janet Lee 7-5 7-5
- Jill Craybas def. Miho Saeki 0-6 7-6(3) 6-2
- Katarina Srebotnik def. Ludmila Cervanova 6-4 6-2
- Saori Obata def. Alexandra Fusai 6-3 6-2
- Nicole Pratt def. Rika Fujiwara 6-2 6-4
- Rita Grande def. Tina Pisnik 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4
- Pavlina Nola def. Young-Ja Choi 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Ai Sugiyama def. Zsofia Gubacsi 6-4 6-1
- Wynne Prakusya def. Shinobu Asagoe 3-6 7-6(7) 6-4
- Nathalie Dechy def. Rachel Mcquillan 6-1 6-4
- Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Meilen Tu 3-6 6-2 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 29
- Players: 30

Other editions available: 2001

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