# 2001 Brasil Open – Women's singles

Rita Kuti-Kis was the defending champion but chose to compete at Waikoloa during the same week, losing in the first round to Adrienn Hegedűs.
Monica Seles won the title by defeating Jelena Dokic 6–3, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Jelena Dokic (final)
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Silvia Farina Elia (quarterfinals)
* Henrieta Nagyová (semifinals)
* Cristina Torrens Valero (second round)
* Patty Schnyder (first round)
* Tatiana Panova (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1/WC | Monica Seles | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Henrieta Nagyová | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Henrieta Nagyová | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1/WC | Monica Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Jelena Dokic | 3 | 3 |
| | Rossana de los Ríos | 0 | 2 | | 2 | Jelena Dokic | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Jelena Dokic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| | | | | | 1/WC | M Seles | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | J Husárová | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 1/WC | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | J Cortez | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | T Panova | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| LL | C Fernández | 6$^4$ | 2 | | WC | J Cortez | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | T Panova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Panova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | M Seles | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H Nagyová | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Marrero | 1 | 6 | 3 | Q | S Noorlander | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Noorlander | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | A Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Glass | 4 | 1 | | Q | A Myskina | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MJ Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 0 | | 5 | H Nagyová | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | P Schnyder | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J Kruger | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R de los Ríos | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | R de los Ríos | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Lamade | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | R de los Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G León García | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | S Farina Elia | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | N Dechy | 6 | 6 | | | N Dechy | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Farina Elia | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R de los Ríos | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | C Torrens Valero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Dokic | 6 | 6 |
| | M Díaz Oliva | 4 | 2 | | 6 | C Torrens Valero | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6$^2$ | 0 | Q | S Reeves | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Reeves | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | Q | S Reeves | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | ME Salerni | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | J Dokic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | I Majoli | 6 | 5 | 6 | WC | I Majoli | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Dokic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |