The 2001 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2001 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from October 22–28, 2001 at the Design Center Linz. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 | |||
| Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 |
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | Lindsay Davenport | 3 | 1 | |
 Belgium | Justine Henin | 7 | 2 | |
| Jelena Dokic | 10 | 3 | ||
 France | Nathalie Tauziat | 11 | 4 | |
 Russian Federation | Elena Dementieva | 13 | 5 | |
| France | Sandrine Testud | 14 | 6 | |
| Magdalena Maleeva | 16 | 7 | ||
 Spain | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 18 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Anastasia Myskina Tatiana Panova Alexandra StevensonThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Venus Williams → replaced by 
Denisa Chládková| Country | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | Elena Likhovtseva |  Japan | Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| United States | Kimberly Po-Messeli | France | Nathalie Tauziat | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
| Spain | Virginia Ruano Pascual |  Argentina | Paola Suárez | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
 Austria | Barbara Schett | Caroline Vis | 18 | 21 | 4 |
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: 2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles. Lindsay Davenport defeated Jelena Dokic, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
See main article: 2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles. Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova defeated Els Callens / Chanda Rubin, 6–1, 6–4.
