Venus Williams defeated Jennifer Capriati in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2001 Miami Open. Williams saved eight championship points in the third set. Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. • # Martina Hingis (semifinals) • # 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals) • # 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (champion) • # 🇺🇸 Jennifer Capriati (final) • # 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (quarterfinals) • # Amanda Coetzer (fourth round) • # 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva (semifinals) • # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round) • # 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round) • # 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (quarterfinals) • # 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters (fourth round) • # 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (fourth round) • # 🇧🇪 Justine Henin (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier (third round) • # 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (second round) • # 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (second round) • # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round) • # 🇹🇭 Tamarine Tanasugarn (fourth round) • # 🇪🇸 Magüi Serna (fourth round) • # Jelena Dokić (quarterfinals) • # 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Gala León García (third round) • # 🇱🇺 Anne Kremer (third round) • # 🇸🇰 Henrieta Nagyová (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (second round) • # Patty Schnyder (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Tatiana Panova (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Kristina Brandi (second round) • # Cara Black (second round) • # Silvija Talaja (third round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Seeds

• # 🇦🇺 Rachel McQuillan (first round) • # 🇷🇺 Lina Krasnoroutskaya (champion) • # 🇦🇷 Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualified) • # 🇦🇺 Evie Dominikovic (qualifying competition) • # 🇺🇸 Dawn Buth (first round) • # 🇧🇬 Lubomira Bacheva (qualifying competition) • # 🇨🇿 Sandra Kleinová (first round) • # 🇷🇺 Alina Jidkova (qualifying competition) • # Kristie Boogert (first round) • # 🇸🇰 Janette Husárová (first round) • # 🇻🇪 María Vento (qualifying competition) • # 🇨🇴 Catalina Castaño (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Allison Bradshaw (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Sandra Cacic (qualified) • # 🇹🇳 Selima Sfar (first round) • # Amanda Hopmans (first round) • # 🇸🇰 Ľudmila Cervanová (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas (qualified) • # 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano (qualified) • # 🇸🇰 Martina Suchá (first round) • # 🇩🇪 Bianka Lamade (qualifying competition) • # 🇧🇾 Olga Barabanschikova (first round) • # 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez (qualified) • # Sandra Načuk (first round)

Qualifiers

• # 🇭🇺 Anikó Kapros • # 🇷🇺 Lina Krasnoroutskaya • # 🇦🇷 Mariana Díaz Oliva • # 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez • # 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz • # 🇺🇦 Tatiana Perebiynis • # 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik • # Maja Palaveršić • # 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano • # 🇨🇳 Yi Jing-Qian • # 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas • # 🇺🇸 Sandra Cacic

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier