2001 Indian Wells Masters – Women's Singles


was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.
Williams won in the final 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 against Kim Clijsters. This would be the final time Williams would attend the Indian Wells Masters until 2015, due to a boycott of the tournament by both Williams sisters. Venus Williams would not attend the Indian Wells Masters until 2016.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.
  1. Martina Hingis '
  2. Lindsay Davenport '
  3. Venus Williams '
  4. Monica Seles '
  5. Conchita Martínez '
  6. n/a
  7. Serena Williams
  8. Elena Dementieva '
  9. Nathalie Tauziat '
  10. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario '
  11. Anke Huber '
  12. Magdalena Maleeva '
  13. Sandrine Testud '
  14. Kim Clijsters '
  15. Amy Frazier '
  16. Barbara Schett '
  17. Justine Henin '
  18. Paola Suárez '
  19. Tamarine Tanasugarn '
  20. Lisa Raymond '
  21. Meghann Shaughnessy '
  22. Elena Likhovtseva '
  23. Nathalie Dechy '
  24. Magüi Serna '
  25. Anne Kremer '
  26. Gala León García '
  27. Patty Schnyder '
  28. Anne-Gaëlle Sidot '
  29. Tatiana Panova '
  30. Ai Sugiyama '
  31. Silvia Farina Elia '
  32. Cara Black '
  33. Silvija Talaja

    Draw

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom Half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8