Tennis · International
Monica Seles advanced past Brie Rippner at the 2001 Australian Open
Monica Seles advanced after leading 1-0 (ret.) when Brie Rippner retired. The result put Monica Seles into the second round of the 2001 Australian Open women's singles draw.
15–17 January 2001 · Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Event date:
The match
Monica Seles advanced after leading 1-0 (ret.) when Brie Rippner retired. The completed women's singles draw records Monica Seles as the advancing player from this first-round match at Melbourne Park.
Recorded result
The recorded result contains 1 set and an official retirement finish. This report treats the match as one underlying sporting development and does not split its sets or participants into filler reports.
Date precision and sources
The completed-results log groups this first-round result under 17 January 2001 and marks that day with an asterisk. Because the exact court-day assignment was not independently available, iintroo discloses a 15–17 January first-round window and uses 17 January only as the reported round-completion day.
The official ITF and WTA pages establish the 15–28 January tournament interval, Melbourne hard-court setting and 128-player singles draw. The completed-results log and published draw were reconciled for the advancing player, opponent and set sequence.
Set by set
| Set | Monica Seles | Brie Rippner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the league record and independent results index used to verify this completed fixture.