2001 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

2001 Sparkassen Cup
Date	September 24 – September 30
Edition	12th
Category	Tier II
Surface	Hard / Indoor
Location	Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
Kim Clijsters
Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva / Nathalie Tauziat

The 2001 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from September 24th, through September 30th, 2002.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
BEL	Kim Clijsters	5	1
FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	10	2
FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	11	3
USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	12	4
ITA	Silvia Farina Elia	15	5
BUL	Magdalena Maleeva	16	6
RUS	Elena Dementieva	17	7
AUT	Barbara Schett	18	8
RUS	Anna Kournikova	21	9

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Květa Hrdlickova
• Jana Kandarr
• Iva Majoli

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Daniela Hantuchová
• Tatiana Panova
• Barbara Rittner
• Barbara Schwartz

The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:

• Anastasia Myskina

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	12	1
BEL	Kim Clijsters	FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	42	2
SVK	Henrieta Nagyová	AUT	Barbara Schett	55	3
SVK	Karina Habšudová	UKR	Elena Tatarkova	80	4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Martina Müller / Silvija Talaja

The following pairs received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Marta Marrero / Francesca Schiavone

Champions

Singles

• Kim Clijsters def. Magdalena Maleeva, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

• Elena Likhovtseva / Nathalie Tauziat def. Květa Hrdlickova / Barbara Rittner, 6–4, 6–2

External links

• 2001 Sparkassen Cup Draw