2001 ATP Tour
Lleyton Hewitt finished the year ranked world No. 1 for the first time in his career, becoming the then-youngest man to do so. He won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, as well as the Tennis Masters Cup.
Details
DurationDecember 30, 2000 – November 12, 2001
Edition32nd
Tournaments70
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesAustralia Lleyton Hewitt (6)
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (6)
Most finalsBrazil Gustavo Kuerten (8)
Prize money
leader
Australia Lleyton Hewitt ($3,770,618)
Points leaderAustralia Lleyton Hewitt (4,365)
Awards
Player of the yearAustralia Lleyton Hewitt
Doubles team
of the year
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Most improved
player of the year
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Newcomer
of the year
United States Andy Roddick
Comeback
player of the year
Argentina Guillermo Cañas
2000
2002

The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 2001 ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Tennis Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series.

Schedule and results

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This is the complete schedule of events on the 2001 ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinal stage.[1]

Key
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
Tennis Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series
Team Events

January

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Jan Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia
ITF Mixed Team Championships
Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)
 Switzerland
2–1
 United States
Round Robin losers (Group A)
 South Africa
 Thailand
 Australia
Round Robin losers (Group B)
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Belgium
2001 AAPT Championships
Adelaide, Australia
ATP International Series
$375,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Germany Tommy Haas
6–3, 6–1
Chile Nicolás Massú Australia Jason Stoltenberg
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Spain Alberto Martín
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Australia David MacPherson
South Africa Grant Stafford
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Todd Woodbridge
2001 Gold Flake Open
Chennai, India
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Michal Tabara
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Russia Andrei Stoliarov Denmark Kristian Pless
Spain Tommy Robredo
Romania Adrian Voinea
France Cédric Pioline
France Cyril Saulnier
Netherlands Peter Wessels
Zimbabwe Byron Black
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
6–4, 6–3
United Kingdom Barry Cowan
Italy Mosé Navarra
2001 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Doha, Qatar
ATP International Series
$1,000,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Chile Marcelo Ríos
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach France Nicolas Escudé
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Morocco Hicham Arazi
Spain Fernando Vicente
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–1, 6–3
Spain Juan Balcells
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
8 Jan 2001 Heineken Open
Auckland, New Zealand
ATP International Series
$375,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Spain Francisco Clavet United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Spain Juan Balcells
Austria Stefan Koubek
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Glenn Weiner
Sweden Thomas Johansson
South Africa Marius Barnard
United States Jim Thomas
7–6(12–10), 6–4
South Africa David Adams
Argentina Martín García
2001 Adidas International
Sydney, Australia
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–4, 6–1
Sweden Magnus Norman Sweden Jonas Björkman
France Sébastien Grosjean
Switzerland George Bastl
Germany Rainer Schüttler
Switzerland Roger Federer
France Fabrice Santoro
Canada Daniel Nestor
Australia Sandon Stolle
2–6, 7–6, 7–6
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
15 Jan
22 Jan
2001 Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
$3,568,313 – hard
128S/128Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoubles
Mixed doubles
United States Andre Agassi
6–4, 6–2, 6–2
France Arnaud Clément France Sébastien Grosjean
Australia Patrick Rafter
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Spain Carlos Moyà
United States Todd Martin
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–1, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Zimbabwe Byron Black
Germany David Prinosil
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Corina Morariu
6–1, 6–3
Australia Joshua Eagle
Austria Barbara Schett
29 Jan 2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open
Bogotá, Colombia
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Fernando Vicente
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Spain Juan Albert Viloca
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
Colombia Mauricio Hadad
Argentina David Nalbandian
Argentina Guillermo Coria
Russia Andrei Stoliarov
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
6–2, 6–4
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
Brazil André Sá
2001 Milan Indoor
Milan, Italy
ATP International Series
$400,000 – carpet (i)
SinglesDoubles
Switzerland Roger Federer
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
France Julien Boutter United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russia Marat Safin
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Sweden Johan Landsberg
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt

February

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Feb Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round
Perth, Australia – grass
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – clay (red)
Helsingborg, Sweden – carpet (i)
Bratislava, Slovakia – hard (i)
Ghent, Belgium – clay (red) (i)
Basel, Switzerland – hard (i)
Braunschweig, Germany – carpet (i)
Eindhoven, Netherlands – carpet (i)
First-round winners
 Australia 4–1
 Brazil 4–1
 Sweden 3–2
 Russia 3–2
 France 5–0
  Switzerland 3–2
 Germany 3–2
 Netherlands 4–1
First-round losers
 Ecuador
 Morocco
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
 Belgium
 United States
 Romania
 Spain
12 Feb 2001 Copenhagen Open
Copenhagen, Denmark
ATP International Series
$350,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Tim Henman
6–3, 6–4
Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Philippines Cecil Mamiit
Germany Lars Burgsmüller
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–3
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
2001 Open 13
Marseille, France
ATP International Series
$500,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–6(7–5), 6–2
France Sébastien Grosjean Belarus Max Mirnyi
Switzerland Roger Federer
France Julien Boutter
Slovakia Karol Kučera
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
France Cédric Pioline
France Julien Boutter
France Fabrice Santoro
7–6(9–7), 7–5
Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
2001 Chevrolet Cup
Viña del Mar, Chile
ATP International Series
$375,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Argentina Guillermo Coria
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Argentina Gastón Gaudio Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Spain Albert Portas
Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Feliciano López
Spain Francisco Clavet
Argentina David Nalbandian
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Spain Tomás Carbonell
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
19 Feb 2001 Kroger St. Jude International
Memphis, USA
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
Australia Mark Philippoussis
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Italy Davide Sanguinetti Canada Sébastien Lareau
Germany Tommy Haas
United States Chris Woodruff
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jonathan Stark
2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
ATP International Series Gold
$850,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
France Nicolas Escudé
7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Switzerland Roger Federer Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
Romania Andrei Pavel
Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Spain Àlex Corretja
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Switzerland Roger Federer
6–3, 6–0
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
2001 Copa AT&T
Buenos Aires, Argentina
ATP International Series
$625,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–1, 6–3
Argentina José Acasuso Spain Fernando Vicente
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Austria Markus Hipfl
Argentina Guillermo Coria
Argentina Franco Squillari
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Spain Tomás Carbonell
5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
26 Feb 2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso
Acapulco, Mexico
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–4, 6–2
Spain Galo Blanco Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Spain Carlos Moyà
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Spain Sergi Bruguera
Norway Christian Ruud
United States Donald Johnson
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
South Africa David Adams
Argentina Martín García
2001 Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ATP International Series Gold
$1,000,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
6–2, 3–1, ret.
Russia Marat Safin Sweden Thomas Johansson
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Germany Lars Burgsmüller
Sweden Magnus Norman
Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–4
Canada Daniel Nestor
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
2001 Sybase Open
San Jose, USA
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoublesa
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
6–3, 6–4
United States Andre Agassi United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Belgium Xavier Malisse
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Spain Juan Balcells
Germany Tommy Haas
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Jonathan Stark

March

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Mar Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
Delray Beach, USA
ATP International Series
$350,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
7–5, 6–4
Belgium Xavier Malisse Australia Wayne Arthurs
Netherlands Peter Wessels
Australia Patrick Rafter
United States Chris Woodruff
Netherlands Edwin Kempes
France Fabrice Santoro
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Andy Roddick
6–3, 6–4
Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield
Franklin Templeton Classic
Scottsdale, USA
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Spain Francisco Clavet
6–4, 6–2
Sweden Magnus Norman Israel Harel Levy
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
United Kingdom Tim Henman
United States Mardy Fish
Chile Marcelo Ríos
Chile Nicolás Massú
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Chile Marcelo Ríos
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
12 Mar Indian Wells Masters
Indian Wells, USA
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
United States Andre Agassi
7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–1
United States Pete Sampras Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Australia Patrick Rafter
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
France Nicolas Escudé
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–2, 7–5
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
19 Mar
26 Mar
Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, USA
Tennis Masters Series
$3,400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
United States Andre Agassi
7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–0
United States Jan-Michael Gambill Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Switzerland Roger Federer
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
United States Andy Roddick
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge

April

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Apr Davis Cup quarterfinals
Florianópolis, Brazil – clay (red)
Malmö, Sweden – hard (i)
Neuchâtel, Switzerland – carpet (i)
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands – carpet (i)
Quarterfinal winners
 Australia 4–1
 Sweden 4–1
 France 3–2
 Netherlands 4–1
Quarterfinal losers
 Brazil
 Russia
  Switzerland
 Germany
9 Apr Grand Prix Hassan II
Casablanca, Morocco
ATP International Series
$350,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Argentina Guillermo Cañas
7–5, 6–2
Spain Tommy Robredo Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Spain Sergi Bruguera
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Spain Germán Puentes
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Hungary Attila Sávolt
Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Argentina Pablo Albano
Australia David MacPherson
Estoril Open
Oeiras, Portugal
ATP International Series
$625,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
Spain Félix Mantilla Spain Albert Portas
Romania Andrei Pavel
Spain Albert Montañés
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Argentina Franco Squillari
Austria Markus Hipfl
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic Michal Tabara
6–4, 6–2
United States Donald Johnson
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
16 Apr Monte Carlo Masters
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Morocco Hicham Arazi France Sébastien Grosjean
Argentina Guillermo Coria
Switzerland Roger Federer
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Spain Alberto Martín
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent
23 Apr Open SEAT Godó
Barcelona, Spain
ATP International Series Gold
$1,000,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Spain Carlos Moyà Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
Italy Federico Luzzi
Spain Àlex Corretja
Spain Félix Mantilla
Spain Albert Portas
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Spain Tommy Robredo
Spain Fernando Vicente
Verizon Tennis Challenge
Atlanta, US
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
United States Andy Roddick
6–2, 6–4
Belgium Xavier Malisse France Jérôme Golmard
Austria Stefan Koubek
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Australia Andrew Ilie
South Korea Hyung-Taik Lee
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
United States Rick Leach
Australia David MacPherson
30 Apr U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Houston, US
ATP International Series
Clay – $350,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Andy Roddick
7–5, 6–3
South Korea Hyung-Taik Lee France Jérôme Golmard
Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Austria Stefan Koubek
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
Belgium Olivier Rochus
Australia Andrew Ilie
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
7–6(7–4), 6–2
United States Kevin Kim
United States Jim Thomas
Majorca Open
Mallorca, Spain
ATP International Series
$500,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Alberto Martín
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Argentina Guillermo Coria Spain Juan Balcells
Spain Carlos Moyà
Argentina Agustín Calleri
Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Czech Republic Slava Doseděl
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
7–5, 6–3
Spain Feliciano López
Spain Francisco Roig
BMW Open
Munich, Germany
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
6–4, 7–5
France Antony Dupuis Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Germany Tomas Behrend
Brazil Flávio Saretta
Argentina Franco Squillari
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Brazil Jaime Oncins
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 May 2001 Rome Masters
Rome, Italy
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Spain Àlex Corretja
Israel Harel Levy
Spain Jacobo Díaz
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Canada Daniel Nestor
Australia Sandon Stolle
14 May 2001 Hamburg Masters
Hamburg, Germany
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Albert Portas
4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain Albert Costa
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Sweden Thomas Johansson
France Fabrice Santoro
Spain Alberto Martín
Argentina Franco Squillari
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
Canada Daniel Nestor
Australia Sandon Stolle
21 May World Team Cup
Düsseldorf, Germany
World Team Cup
$2,100,000 – clay
Results
 Australia
2–1
 Russia  United States
 Spain
 Sweden
 France
 Argentina
 Germany
2001 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
St. Poelten, Austria
ATP International Series
$425,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
6–0, 7–5
Austria Markus Hipfl Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Belgium Xavier Malisse
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Romania Andrei Pavel
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Brazil Jaime Oncins
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
28 May
4 Jun
2001 French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
$4,458,217 – clay
128S/128Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoubles
Mixed doubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
Spain Àlex Corretja Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
France Sébastien Grosjean
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
United States Andre Agassi
Switzerland Roger Federer
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
7–5, 6–3
Brazil Jaime Oncins
Argentina Paola Suárez

June

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
11 Jun 2001 Gerry Weber Open
Halle, NRW, Germany
ATP International Series
$1,000,000 – grass
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Thomas Johansson
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
France Fabrice Santoro Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Australia Patrick Rafter
France Nicolas Escudé
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Germany Lars Burgsmüller
Switzerland Roger Federer
Canada Daniel Nestor
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Australia Patrick Rafter
2001 Stella Artois Championships
Queen's Club, London, UK
ATP International Series
$800,000 – grass
SinglesDoubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
United Kingdom Tim Henman South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United States Pete Sampras
Netherlands Peter Wessels
Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
United States Eric Taino
United States David Wheaton
18 Jun 2001 Heineken Trophy
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
ATP International Series
$400,000 – grass
SinglesDoubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–3, 6–4
Argentina Guillermo Cañas Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Tommy Robredo
Belgium Gilles Elseneer
Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Belgium Xavier Malisse
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
6–4, 6–4
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Suk
2001 Samsung Open
Nottingham, UK
ATP International Series
$400,000 – grass
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Thomas Johansson
7–5, 6–3
Israel Harel Levy United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
United States Andy Roddick
United Kingdom Martin Lee
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
6–4, 6–2
Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
25 Jun
2 Jul
2001 Wimbledon Championships
Wimbledon, London, UK
Grand Slam
$5,476,166 – grass
128S/128Q/64D/64X
SinglesDoubles
Mixed doubles
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7
Australia Patrick Rafter United Kingdom Tim Henman
United States Andre Agassi
Switzerland Roger Federer
Russia Marat Safin
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
France Nicolas Escudé
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
United States Mike Bryan
South Africa Liezel Huber

July

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Jul 2001 Telenordia Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
7–5, 6–3
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach Sweden Magnus Norman
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Spain Albert Portas
Spain Tommy Robredo
Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild
7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
2001 UBS Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
ATP International Series
$600,00 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain Àlex Corretja
France Sébastien Grosjean
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Argentina Franco Squillari
France Cédric Pioline
Switzerland Roger Federer
Russia Marat Safin
1–0 ret.
Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
2001 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships
Newport, USA
ATP International Series
$400,000 – grass
SinglesDoubles
South Africa Neville Godwin
6–1, 6–4
United Kingdom Martin Lee United States James Blake
Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
United States Kristian Capalik
Italy Davide Sanguinetti
France Michaël Llodra
Germany Rainer Schüttler
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–3, 7–5
Brazil André Sá
United States Glenn Weiner
16 Jul 2001 Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Argentina Guillermo Cañas Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Spain Marc López
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Spain Alberto Martín
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Germany Rainer Schüttler
4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
2001 Energis Open
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Àlex Corretja
6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–0), 3–6, 6–4
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Spain Álex Calatrava
Belgium Olivier Rochus
Russia Andrei Stoliarov
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
6–4, 6–2
Spain Àlex Corretja
Argentina Luis Lobo
2001 Croatia Open
Umag, Croatia
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Carlos Moyà
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
France Jérôme Golmard Argentina David Nalbandian
Romania Adrian Voinea
Hungary Attila Sávolt
Spain Félix Mantilla
Spain Albert Montañés
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
6–2, 7–5
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
23 Jul 2001 Generali Open
Kitzbühel, Austria
ATP International Series Gold
$900,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5
Spain Albert Costa Spain Galo Blanco
Argentina Guillermo Coria
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Romania Andrei Pavel
Austria Stefan Koubek
United States Hugo Armando
Spain Àlex Corretja
Argentina Luis Lobo
6–1, 6–4
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
2001 Mercedes-Benz Cup
Los Angeles, USA
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
United States Andre Agassi
6–4, 6–2
United States Pete Sampras Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Belgium Xavier Malisse
Germany Tommy Haas
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Sweden Magnus Norman
United States Taylor Dent
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Andy Roddick
2001 Idea Prokom Open
Sopot, Poland
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Tommy Robredo
1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Spain Albert Portas Argentina David Nalbandian
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Spain Óscar Serrano
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Spain David Sánchez
Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Nathan Healey
7–6(12–10), 6–2
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Hungary Attila Sávolt
30 Jul 2001 Canada Masters
Montreal, Canada
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Romania Andrei Pavel
7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3
Australia Patrick Rafter Germany Tommy Haas
France Fabrice Santoro
United States Andy Roddick
France Arnaud Clément
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer

August

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Aug 2001 Cincinnati Masters
Mason, USA
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–1, 6–3
Australia Patrick Rafter United Kingdom Tim Henman
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil
13 Aug 2001 RCA Championships
Indianapolis, USA
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Australia Patrick Rafter
4–2 ret.
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Russia Marat Safin
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada Sébastien Lareau
2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Washington, D.C., USA
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
United States Andy Roddick
6–2, 6–3
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken United States Andre Agassi
United States Michael Chang
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
France Jérôme Golmard
France Fabrice Santoro
Chile Marcelo Ríos
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil
7–6(7–5), 6–3
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
20 Aug 2001 Hamlet Cup
Long Island, USA
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Germany Tommy Haas
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
United States Pete Sampras Sweden Thomas Johansson
France Arnaud Clément
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Spain Félix Mantilla
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
Sweden Jonas Björkman
United States Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–1, 6–4
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
27 Aug
3 Sep
2001 U.S. Open
Flushing, New York, United States
Grand Slam
$6,382,000 – hard
128S/128Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoubles
Mixed doubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–1
United States Pete Sampras Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russia Marat Safin
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
United States Andy Roddick
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
United States Andre Agassi
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
7–6(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 5–7, 11–9
India Leander Paes
United States Lisa Raymond

September

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 Sep 2001 Gelsor Open Romania
Bucharest, Romania
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
Spain Albert Montañés Spain Fernando Vicente
France Jérôme Golmard
Germany Tomas Behrend
Romania Adrian Voinea
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Spain Juan Balcells
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden Johan Landsberg
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 10–6
Argentina Pablo Albano
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
2001 Brasil Open
Salvador, Brazil
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Jan Vacek
2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Brazil Fernando Meligeni Brazil Alexandre Simoni
Argentina Agustín Calleri
Brazil Flávio Saretta
Brazil Ricardo Mello
Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Argentina Enzo Artoni
Brazil Daniel Melo
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
Argentina Gastón Etlis
South Africa Brent Haygarth
2001 President's Cup
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
ATP International Series
$550,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Russia Marat Safin
6–2, 6–2
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Denmark Kristian Pless
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
Germany Rainer Schüttler
France Julien Boutter
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
6–4, 3–6, 13–11
South Africa Marius Barnard
United States Jim Thomas
17 Sep Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals
Sydney, Australia – hard
Rotterdam, Netherlands – carpet (i)
Semifinal winners
 Australia 4–1
 France 3–2
Semifinal losers
 Sweden
 Netherlands
2001 Heineken Open Shanghai
Shanghai, China
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Germany Rainer Schüttler
6–3, 6–4
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Spain Francisco Clavet
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Japan Takahiro Terachi
Israel Noam Behr
Zimbabwe Byron Black
Japan Thomas Shimada
6–2, 3–6, 7–5
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
South Africa Robbie Koenig
24 Sep 2001 Salem Open
Hong Kong, China
ATP International Series
$400,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Chile Marcelo Ríos
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Germany Rainer Schüttler Brazil André Sá
Australia Andrew Ilie
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Sweden Jonas Björkman
France Sébastien Grosjean
Sweden Magnus Larsson
Germany Karsten Braasch
Brazil André Sá
6–0, 7–5
Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
2001 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Palermo, Italy
ATP International Series
$400,000 – clay
SinglesDoubles
Spain Félix Mantilla
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Argentina David Nalbandian Spain Albert Portas
Spain Tommy Robredo
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Spain David Sánchez
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
Spain Albert Costa
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Argentina Enzo Artoni
Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez

October

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Oct 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – hard
SinglesDoubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–4, 6–2
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil United States James Blake
Slovakia Karol Kučera
Spain Francisco Clavet
Chile Marcelo Ríos
Japan Takao Suzuki
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
United States Rick Leach
Australia David MacPherson
1–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Nathan Healey
2001 Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
ATP International Series
$1,000,000 – carpet (i)
SinglesDoubles
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 7–5
Germany Nicolas Kiefer Germany Tommy Haas
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Switzerland Marc Rosset
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–3, 6–0
India Mahesh Bhupathi
United States Jeff Tarango
8 Oct 2001 CA-TennisTrophy
Vienna, Austria
ATP International Series Gold
$800,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
Germany Tommy Haas
6–2, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Argentina Guillermo Cañas Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Austria Stefan Koubek
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra
Switzerland Roger Federer
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–3, 6–2
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Lyon, France
ATP International Series
$800,000 – carpet (i)
SinglesDoubles
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
6–3, 6–2
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Russia Marat Safin
Belgium Xavier Malisse
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Canada Daniel Nestor
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
6–1, 6–2
France Arnaud Clément
France Sébastien Grosjean
15 Oct 2001 Stuttgart Masters
Stuttgart, Germany
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
Germany Tommy Haas
6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Belarus Max Mirnyi Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
United States Pete Sampras
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Australia Sandon Stolle
7–6(0), 7–6(7–4)
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Jeff Tarango
22 Oct 2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Basel, Switzerland
ATP International Series
$1,000,000 – carpet (i)
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Tim Henman
6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Switzerland Roger Federer France Julien Boutter
Spain Carlos Moyà
Switzerland George Bastl
United States Andy Roddick
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
7–6(7–3), 6–4
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
2001 St. Petersburg Open
St. Petersburg, Russia
ATP International Series
$800,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
Russia Marat Safin
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Germany Rainer Schüttler France Michaël Llodra
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Austria Stefan Koubek
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
France Fabrice Santoro
Russia Denis Golovanov
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–5, 6–4
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Russia Marat Safin
2001 If Stockholm Open
Stockholm, Sweden
ATP International Series
$800,000 – hard (i)
SinglesDoubles
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Finland Jarkko Nieminen Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Czech Republic Jan Vacek
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Chile Marcelo Ríos
United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
29 Oct 2001 Paris Masters
Paris, France
Tennis Masters Series
$2,950,000 – carpet (i)
SinglesDoubles
France Sébastien Grosjean
7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra
Germany Tommy Haas
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Morocco Hicham Arazi
Sweden Thomas Johansson
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes

November

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Nov
No tournaments scheduled.
12 Nov 2001 Tennis Masters Cup
Sydney, Australia
Tennis Masters Cup
$3,700,000 – hard (i)
Singles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–3, 6–3, 6–4
France Sébastien Grosjean Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
United States Andre Agassi
Australia Patrick Rafter
26 Nov Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final
Melbourne, Australia – grass
 France
3–2
 Australia

Statistical information

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List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of most titles won:

The following players won their first title:

Titles won by nation:

  • Spain Spain 12 (Bogotá, Dubai, Scottsdale, Estoril, Barcelona, Mallorca, Rome Masters, Hamburg Masters, Amsterdam, Umag, Sopot and Palermo)
  • Australia Australia 8 (Sydney, Memphis, London Queen's Club, 's-Hertogenbosch, Indianapolis, US Open, Tokyo and Masters Cup)
  • United States United States 8 (Australian Open, Delray Beach, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.)
  • Brazil Brazil 6 (Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Monte Carlo Masters, French Open, Stuttgart Outdoor and Cincinnati Masters)
  • Germany Germany 5 (Adelaide, Long Island, Shanghai, Vienna and Stuttgart Masters)
  • Czech Republic Czech Republic 4 (Chennai, Munich, Gstaad and Salvador)
  • Russia Russia 4 (Marseille, Tashkent, Moscow and St. Petersburg)
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom 3 (Copenhagen, San Jose and Basel)
  • Argentina Argentina 2 (Viña del Mar and Casablanca)
  • Chile Chile 2 (Doha and Hong Kong)
  • Croatia Croatia 2 (Wimbledon and Lyon)
  • France France 2 (Rotterdam and Paris Masters)
  • Italy Italy 2 (St. Poelten and Båstad)
  • Sweden Sweden 2 (Halle and Nottingham)
  • Ecuador Ecuador 1 (Kitzbühel)
  • Morocco Morocco 1 (Bucharest)
  • Netherlands Netherlands 1 (Stockholm)
  • Romania Romania 1 (Canada Masters)
  • Slovakia Slovakia 1 (Auckland)
  • South Africa South Africa 1 (Newport)
  • Switzerland Switzerland 1 (Milan)

ATP entry rankings

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Singles

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ATP rankings

As of 25 December 2000
Rk Name Nation Points
1 Gustavo Kuerten  BRA 4,195
2 Marat Safin  RUS 4,120
3 Pete Sampras  USA 3,385
4 Magnus Norman  SWE 3,110
5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov  RUS 2,935
6 Andre Agassi  USA 2,765
7 Lleyton Hewitt  AUS 2,625
8 Àlex Corretja  ESP 2,475
9 Thomas Enqvist  SWE 2,210
10 Tim Henman  GBR 2,020
11 Mark Philippoussis  AUS 1,865
12 Juan Carlos Ferrero  ESP 1,840
13 Wayne Ferreira  RSA 1,770
14 Franco Squillari  ARG 1,598
15 Patrick Rafter  AUS 1,535
16 Cédric Pioline  FRA 1,520
17 Dominik Hrbatý  SVK 1,395
18 Arnaud Clément  FRA 1,360
19 Sébastien Grosjean  FRA 1,325
20 Nicolas Kiefer  GER 1,265
Year-end rankings 2001 (31 December 2001)[2]
Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change
1 Lleyton Hewitt  AUS 4,365 1 8 Increase 6
2 Gustavo Kuerten  BRA 3,855 1 2 Decrease 1
3 Andre Agassi  USA 3,520 2 6 Increase 3
4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov  RUS 3,090 4 7 Increase 1
5 Juan Carlos Ferrero  ESP 3,040 4 16 Increase 7
6 Sébastien Grosjean  FRA 2,790 6 19 Increase 13
7 Patrick Rafter  AUS 2,785 4 15 Increase 8
8 Tommy Haas  GER 2,285 8 24 Increase 15
9 Tim Henman  GBR 2,100 8 12 Increase 1
10 Pete Sampras  USA 1,940 3 12 Decrease 7
11 Marat Safin  RUS 1,920 1 11 Decrease 9
12 Goran Ivanišević  CRO 1,761 12 132 Increase 117
13 Roger Federer   SUI 1,745 12 30 Increase 16
14 Andy Roddick  USA 1,573 14 156 Increase 142
15 Guillermo Cañas  ARG 1,572 15 231 Increase 216
16 Àlex Corretja  ESP 1,525 7 17 Decrease 8
17 Arnaud Clément  FRA 1,475 10 18 Increase 1
18 Thomas Johansson  SWE 1,375 14 39 Increase 21
19 Carlos Moyà  ESP 1,310 16 42 Increase 22
20 Albert Portas  ESP 1,220 19 57 Increase 31

Retirements

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Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2001 season:

  •  ESP Julián Alonso (born August 2, 1977, in Canet de Mar, Spain) He turned professional in 1996 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 30 in 1998. He earned two career titles.
  •  ESP Alberto Berasategui (born 28 June 1973 in Bilbao, Spain) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 7. He reached the final of the French Open in 1994 and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He earned 14 ATP titles. He played his last career match in Barcelona in March against Álex Calatrava[3]
  •  ESP Tomás Carbonell (born 7 August 1968 in Barcelona, Spain) His highest singles ranking was world no. 40. He earned two singles titles and 22 doubles titles. His career-high doubles ranking was no. 22, and he twice reached the semifinals of the French Open (1999 and 2000). He played his last career match in Lyon in October partnering Lucas Arnold Ker.[4]
  •  BEL Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972 in Mol, Belgium) He turned professional in 1990 and reached his career-high ranking of world no. 39 in 1997. He earned two career ATP titles and played his last match in Magdeburg, Germany in March against Michaël Llodra.[5]
  •  CZE Ctislav Doseděl (born 10 August 1970 in Přerov, Czechoslovakia) He turned professional in 1989 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 26 in 1994. He reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1999 and earned three career singles titles and one doubles title.
  •  ARG Hernán Gumy (born 5 March 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) He turned professional in 1991 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 39 in 1996. He earned one career title and played his last match in Biella, Italy in June against Solon Peppas.[6]
  •  CAN Sébastien Lareau (born 27 April 1973 in Montreal, Canada) He turned professional in 1991 and reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 4 in 1999. He earned 17 doubles titles and an Olympic gold medal in 2000. His last career match was at the US Open partnering Ben Ellwood.[7]
  •  UKR Andriy Medvedev (born 31 August 1974 in Kyiv) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4. He won 11 career ATP titles and was a finalist at the French Open in 1999, a semifinalist at the year-end finals in 1993, and a quarterfinalist at the Australian and US Opens. In all, he won 19 career doubles titles. He played his last career match in St. Petersburg in October against Stefan Koubek.[8]
  •  RSA Piet Norval (born 7 April 1970 in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa) He turned professional in 1988 and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 16 in 1995. He was a semifinalist at Wimbledon and a quarterfinalist at the three other Grand Slam tournaments. He also won the year-end doubles finals in 2000 and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics. He earned a total of 14 doubles ATP titles. His last match was at the Australian Open partnering Donald Johnson.[9]
  •  BRA Jaime Oncins (born 16 June 1970 in São Paulo, Brazil) He turned professional in 1988 and reached his career-high ranking of world no. 34 in 1993. He earned two career singles ATP titles and five doubles titles. His highest doubles ranking was no. 22. His final singles and doubles matches were both in Brazil in September.[10]
  •  ESP Francisco Roig, who had retired from singles two years prior, officially retired from doubles at the close of the 2001 season. Nevertheless, his final professional match would take place in 2014.
  •  USA Jonathan Stark (born 3 April 1971 in Medford, Oregon) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 36, earning two singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked world no. 1. He won the French Open in 1994, was a semifinalist at the Australian Open, and a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and the US Open. He played his last career singles match in June in Nottingham and his last career doubles match in October in St. Petersburg partnering Justin Gimelstob.[11]
  •  AUS Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970 in Narrabri, Australia) He turned professional in 1987 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 19 in 1994. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1996 and earned four career singles titles. In doubles, he reached a career-high ranking of no. 23 in 1991 and earned five career titles. He played his last career match at Wimbledon against Juan Carlos Ferrero.[12] He had a brilliant Juniors career, winning the Australian Open, being a finalist at the French Open and Wimbledon, and a semifinalist at the US Open, all in 1987. He is perhaps the only player on tour to have gotten started in tennis playing on a crushed termite mound court.
  •  USA David Wheaton (born 2 June 1969 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) He turned professional in 1988 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 12 in 1991. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1991 and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the US Open in 1990. He earned three career singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 24 in 1991 and earned three titles. He played his last career match in Knoxville, Tennessee, in November partnering Eric Taino.[13]
  •  USA Chris Woodruff (born 3 January 1973 in Knoxville, Tennessee) He turned professional in 1993 and reached his highest career ranking of world no. 29 in 1997. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2000 and earned two career titles. He played his last career match in Tyler, Texas, in November against Gabriel Trifu.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2001 Results Archive". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ ATP Player Activity page
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