# 2001 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles

Henrieta Nagyová was the defending champion, but chose to compete at Vienna during the same week.
Anabel Medina Garrigues won the title by defeating Cristina Torrens Valero 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Magüi Serna (quarterfinals)
* Tatiana Panova (quarterfinals)
* Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals)
* Gala León García (semifinals)
* Tathiana Garbin (quarterfinals)
* Bianka Lamade (withdrew)
* Cristina Torrens Valero (final)
* Janette Husárová (first round)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues (champion)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Cristina Torrens Valero | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 4 | Gala León García | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| 4 | Gala León García | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | 7 | Cristina Torrens Valero | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 9 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 |
| | Åsa Carlsson | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Serna | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Koukalová | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | M Serna | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bacheva | 6 | 6 | | | L Bacheva | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | N Viérin | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | M Serna | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | C Castaño | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | 7 | C Torrens Valero | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | ME Salerni | 1 | 6 | 3 | | C Castaño | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Pizzichini | 2 | 3 | | 7 | C Torrens Valero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Torrens Valero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Torrens Valero | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | G León García | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G León García | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ |
| | S Načuk | 3 | 4 | | 4 | G León García | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Suchá | 3 | 2 | | | ME Camerin | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | ME Camerin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | G León García | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | T Garbin | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Ad Serra Zanetti | 0 | 2 | | | V Ruano Pascual | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | An Barna | 1 | 5 | | 5 | T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Garbin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | J Husárová | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MJ Martínez Sánchez | 2 | 7 | 5 | | R de los Ríos | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R de los Ríos | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Ľ Cervanová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | F Schiavone | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | T Poutchek | 6 | 2 | 2 | | Ľ Cervanová | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Plischke | 5 | 1 | | 3 | F Schiavone | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | F Schiavone | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Å Carlsson | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Q | E Daniilidou | 3 | 5 | | 9 | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Kulikovskaya | 6 | 1 | 6 | Q | E Kulikovskaya | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | 9 | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Llagostera Vives | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | T Panova | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | A Fusai | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Fusai | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Casoni | 3 | 4 | | 2 | T Panova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Panova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |