Amélie Mauresmo defeated Jennifer Capriati in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2001 WTA German Open. Conchita Martínez was the reigning champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Capriati.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

• # 🇨🇿 Denisa Chládková (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Jana Kandarr (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Jennifer Hopkins (qualifying competition) • # Rossana de los Ríos (first round) • # 🇩🇪 Barbara Rittner (withdrew) • # 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual (qualified) • # 🇸🇪 Åsa Carlsson (qualified) • # 🇷🇺 Anastasia Myskina (first round) • # 🇳🇿 Pavlina Nola (qualifying competition) • # 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (qualified) • # Miriam Oremans (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Andrea Glass (first round) • # 🇧🇬 Lubomira Bacheva (qualifying competition) • # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (qualifying competition) • # 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit (first round) • # 🇸🇰 Ľudmila Cervanová (qualified) • # 🇸🇰 Janette Husárová (qualifying competition, withdrew) • # 🇧🇾 Tatiana Poutchek (qualified) • # Miroslava Vavrinec (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas (qualified) • # 🇦🇹 Sylvia Plischke (first round) • # Emmanuelle Gagliardi (first round, retired) • # 🇨🇦 Jana Nejedly (first round) • # 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

• # 🇨🇿 Denisa Chládková • # 🇩🇪 Jana Kandarr • # 🇧🇾 Tatiana Poutchek • # 🇩🇪 Martina Müller • # 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová • # 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual • # 🇸🇪 Åsa Carlsson • # 🇮🇹 Gloria Pizzichini • # 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas • # 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone • # Miriam Oremans • # 🇸🇰 Ľudmila Cervanová

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