# 2001 ASB Classic > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2001_ASB_Classic > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2001_ASB_Classic.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_ASB_Classic > Source revision: 1321242592 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2001 ASB Classic Date 1–6 January Edition 16th Category Tier V Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $110,000 Surface Hard / outdoor Location Auckland, New Zealand Venue ASB Tennis Centre Champions Singles Meilen Tu Doubles Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande ← 2000 · WTA Auckland Open · 2002 → The **2001 ASB Classic** was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court) at the [ASB Tennis Centre](/source/ASB_Tennis_Centre) in [Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand, and was part of [Tier V](/source/WTA_Tier_IV_tournaments) of the [2001 WTA Tour](/source/2001_WTA_Tour). It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 1 January until 6 January 2001. Unseeded [Meilen Tu](/source/Meilen_Tu) won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.[1] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2001 ASB Classic – Singles](/source/2001_ASB_Classic_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Meilen Tu](/source/Meilen_Tu) defeated [Paola Suárez](/source/Paola_Su%C3%A1rez) 7–6(12–10), 6–2 - It was Tu's only title of the year and the 1st of her career. ### Doubles Main article: [2001 ASB Classic – Doubles](/source/2001_ASB_Classic_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Alexandra Fusai](/source/Alexandra_Fusai) / [Rita Grande](/source/Rita_Grande) defeated [Emmanuelle Gagliardi](/source/Emmanuelle_Gagliardi) / [Barbara Schett](/source/Barbara_Schett) 7–6(7–4), 6–3 - It was Fusai's only title of the year and the 12th of her career. It was Grande's 1st title of the year and the 4th of her career. ## WTA entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed FRA Sandrine Testud 17 1 AUT Barbara Schett 22 2 FRA Nathalie Dechy 26 3 USA Kristina Brandi 27 4 LUX Anne Kremer 33 5 ARG Paola Suárez 36 6 ZIM Cara Black 41 7 USA Lilia Osterloh 43 8 - Rankings are as of December 25, 2000. ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Leanne Baker](/source/Leanne_Baker) - [María Emilia Salerni](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Emilia_Salerni) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Lenka Dlhopolcova](/source/Lenka_Dlhopolcova) - [Jill Craybas](/source/Jill_Craybas) - [Alexandra Fusai](/source/Alexandra_Fusai) - [Allison Bradshaw](/source/Allison_Bradshaw) ## See also - [2001 Heineken Open](/source/2001_Heineken_Open) – men's tournament ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tennis: Tu wins ASB Classic"](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/tennis/tennis-tu-wins-asb-classic/3R6LI46SSENGSPOHPOGLQS5GB4/). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2025. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/auckland/nzl/2001/w-t5-nzl-01a-2001) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2001/1049.pdf) v t e WTA Auckland tournaments 1985 NH 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 NH NH 2023 2024 2025 2026 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) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2001 ASB Classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_ASB_Classic) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_ASB_Classic?action=history)). 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