# 2001 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Singles

Martina Hingis won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Nathalie Tauziat.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Martina Hingis (champion)
* Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat (final)
* Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (second round)
* Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
* Barbara Schett (second round)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
* Henrieta Nagyová (second round)

## 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 | Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 4 | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 4 | | | | J Kruger | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Majoli | 0 | r | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 6 | 5 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | 5 | S Testud | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | A Molik | 3 | 7 | 6$^6$ | | M Oremans | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 3 | 2 | | 5 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | T Tanasugarn | 6$^6$ | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 4 | | Q | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 0 | 1 | r | | | | | | Q | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Weingärtner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | T Tanasugarn | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 2 | 3 | | | M Weingärtner | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Nola | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 6 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Mouhtassine | 4 | 1 | 6 | B Schett | 6$^5$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Talaja | 1 | 3 | WC | S Sfar | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Sfar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | S Sfar | 6$^3$ | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Grande | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | N Tauziat | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 2 | 1 | | R Grande | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | N Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Tauziat | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 8 | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | R McQuillan | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| | O Barabanschikova | 4 | 2 | 8 | H Nagyová | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | Q | R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Parkinson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Q | R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R de los Ríos | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | I Tulyaganova | 6 | 6 | | I Tulyaganova | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |