2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts

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Tennis tournament

Date

31 December – 6 January 2001

Edition

5th

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles

Justine Henin defeated Silvia Farina Elia 7–6, 6–4

It was Henin's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

Giulia Casoni / Janette Husárová defeated Katie Schlukebir / Meghann Shaughnessy 7–6, 7–5

It was Casoni's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was Husárová's 1st title of the year and the 6th of her career.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ESP	Conchita Martínez	5	1
SUI	Patty Schnyder	25	2
CRO	Silvija Talaja	29	3
RUS	Tatiana Panova	34	4
ESP	Magüi Serna	37	5
USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	38	6
SVK	Henrieta Nagyová	40	7
BEL	Justine Henin	45	8

Rankings are as of 25 December 2000.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Tournament draws

Gold Coast tournaments

v t e 2001 WTA Tour « 2000 2002 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Tokyo (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Zürich (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Nice (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Scottsdale (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Manhattan Beach (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Bahia (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Linz (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Gold Coast (S, D) Canberra (S, D) Doha (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Bol (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Vienna (S, D) Sopot (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Bali (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D)
Tier IV tournaments	Porto (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Knokke-Heist (S, D) Basel (S, D) Waikoloa (S, D) Shanghai (S, D)
Tier V tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Bratislava (S, D) Pattaya (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup
WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles (S, D)

Justine Henin

45 WTA Tour-Level Titles: 43 SGL & 2 DBL

Entourage

Carlos Rodriguez (former coach; 1995–2008, 2010–2011)
Pat Etcheberry (former fitness coach)
Gilles Cervara (former hitting partner)

Pierre-Yves Hardenne (former boyfriend & assistant, 1998—2006; fiancé: 2001—2002; husband: 2002—2006)

Title-winning doubles partners

Career

Rivalries

Year-end No.1

SGL
2003
2006
2007

Grand Slam titles

Australian Open	SGL 2004
French Open	SGL 2003 2005 2006 2007 Junior SGL 1997
Wimbledon	Nil
US Open	SGL 2003 2007

WTA Tour titles

WTA Finals

WTA 1000 &
analogues

Dubai Open	Nil
Indian Wells Open	SGL 2004
Miami Open	Nil
Charleston & Berlin Open → Madrid Open	SGL 2002 (B) 2003 (C) 2003 (B) 2005 (C) 2005 (B)
Italian Open	Nil
Canadian Open	SGL 2003 (T) 2007 (T)
San Diego → Cincinnati Open	Nil
Japan Open	Nil
Zurich & Moscow Open → China Open	SGL 2003 (Z) 2007 (Z) DBL with Elena Bovina 2002 (Z)