Tina Pisnik was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Ángeles Montolio.
Montolio won in the final 3 - 6, 6 - 2, 6 - 4 against Mariana Díaz Oliva.
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.
Kim Clijsters (finals)
Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
Ángeles Montolio (champion)
Meilen Tu (second round)
Ai Sugiyama (second round) Nathalie Dechy (second round)