# 2001 Qatar Total Fina Elf Open – Singles

2001 Qatar Total Fina Elf Open was a WTA tier III tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar from 12 – 18 February 2001. Martina Hingis won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Sandrine Testud.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Martina Hingis (champion)
* Mary Pierce (second round)
* Sandrine Testud (final)
* Barbara Schett (semifinals)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round)
* Iva Majoli (withdrew)
* Rita Grande (first round)
* Joannette Kruger (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sandrine Testud | 3 | 2 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Vento | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | 6 | WC | M Vento | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R de los Ríos | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | J Kruger | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | A Ellwood | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Ellwood | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Torrens Valero | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6$^2$ | 8 | J Kruger | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Kruger | 7$^8$ | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Schett | 1 | 2 |
| | N Ostrovskaya | 1 | 3 | | 4 | B Schett | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Tulyaganova | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | I Tulyaganova | 7$^7$ | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 4 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Poutchek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | L Krasnoroutskaya | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| LL | A Molik | 2 | 2 | | | T Poutchek | 6 | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | L Krasnoroutskaya | 2 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Grande | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Q | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 1 | 2 | | Q | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Weingärtner | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Weingärtner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Parkinson | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | Q | H Nagyová | 3 | r | | | | | |
| | L Bacheva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | S Testud | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | S Sfar | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Sfar | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 5 | 1 | | 3 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Testud | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Testud | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Gerši | 1 | 1 |
| | P Nola | 2 | 3 | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Načuk | 2 | 4 | | | K Boogert | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Boogert | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Gerši | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | L Horn | 1 | 4 | | | A Gerši | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 4 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |