2001 ANZ Tasmanian International
# 2001 ANZ Tasmanian International

The 2001 ANZ Tasmanian International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, [Australia and was part of Tier V of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from 7 January until 13 January 2001. Unseeded Rita Grande won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.

## Finals

### Singles

Rita Grande defeated Jennifer Hopkins 0–6, 6–3, 6–3

* It was Grande's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of her career.

### Doubles

Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva defeated Ruxandra Dragomir / Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 6–1

* It was Black's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was Likhovtseva's 1st title of the year and the 10th of her career.

## Entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Amy Frazier | 20 | 1 |
| RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 21 | 2 |
| USA | Kristina Brandi | 27 | 3 |
| FRA | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 35 | 4 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | 41 | 5 |
| ROM | Ruxandra Dragomir | 44 | 6 |
| ISR | Anna Smashnova | 46 | 7 |
| FRA | Sarah Pitkowski | 65 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of 1 January 2001.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Rachel McQuillan
* Lisa McShea

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Saori Obata
* Katarina Srebotnik
* Stéphanie Foretz
* Anabel Medina Garrigues
