 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 | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 30, 2000 – November 12, 2001 |
| Edition | 32nd |
| Tournaments | 70 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lleyton Hewitt (6)  Gustavo Kuerten (6) |
| Most tournament finals | Gustavo Kuerten (8) |
| Prize money leader | Lleyton Hewitt ($3,770,618) |
| Points leader | Lleyton Hewitt (4,365) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Lleyton Hewitt |
| Doubles team of the year |  Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge |
| Most improved player of the year |  Goran Ivanišević |
| Newcomer of the year |  Andy Roddick |
| Comeback player of the year |  Guillermo Cañas |
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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
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
February
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March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 5 Nov | No tournaments scheduled. | ||||
| 12 Nov | 2001 Tennis Masters Cup Sydney, Australia Tennis Masters Cup $3,700,000 – hard (i) Singles | Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |  Sébastien Grosjean |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov  Juan Carlos Ferrero | Goran Ivanišević Gustavo Kuerten Andre Agassi Patrick Rafter |
| 26 Nov | Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final Melbourne, Australia – grass | France 3–2 | Australia | ||
Statistical information
List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of most titles won:
- Lleyton Hewitt – Sydney, London Queen's Club, 's-Hertogenbosch, US Open, Tokyo and Masters Cup (6)
- Gustavo Kuerten – Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Monte Carlo Masters, French Open, Stuttgart Outdoor and Cincinnati Masters (6)
- Andre Agassi – Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters and Los Angeles (4)
- Juan Carlos Ferrero – Dubai, Estoril, Barcelona and Rome Masters (4)
Tommy Haas – Adelaide, Long Island, Vienna and Stuttgart Masters (4)- Andy Roddick – Atlanta, Houston and Washington, D.C. (3)
Andrea Gaudenzi – St. Poelten and Båstad (2)
Tim Henman – Copenhagen and Basel (2)- Thomas Johansson – Halle and Nottingham (2)
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov – Marseille and Moscow (2)
Jiří Novák – Munich and Gstaad (2)
Marcelo Ríos – Doha and Hong Kong (2)- Marat Safin – Tashkent and St. Petersburg (2)
- Guillermo Cañas – Casablanca (1)
- Francisco Clavet – Scottsdale (1)
- Guillermo Coria – Viña del Mar (1)
- Àlex Corretja – Amsterdam (1)
Younes El Aynaoui – Bucharest (1)- Nicolas Escudé – Rotterdam (1)
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Roger Federer – Milan (1)- Jan-Michael Gambill – Delray Beach (1)
Neville Godwin – Newport (1)- Sébastien Grosjean – Paris Masters (1)
Dominik Hrbatý – Auckland (1)- Goran Ivanišević – Wimbledon (1)
Nicolás Lapentti – Kitzbühel (1)- Ivan Ljubičić – Lyon (1)
- Félix Mantilla – Palermo (1)
- Alberto Martín – Mallorca (1)
- Carlos Moyà – Umag (1)
Andrei Pavel – Canada Masters (1)- Mark Philippoussis – Memphis (1)
- Albert Portas – Hamburg Masters (1)
- Patrick Rafter – Indianapolis (1)
- Tommy Robredo – Sopot (1)
- Greg Rusedski – San Jose (1)
Sjeng Schalken – Stockholm (1)- Rainer Schüttler – Shanghai (1)
- Michal Tabara – Chennai (1)
- Jan Vacek – Salvador (1)
- Fernando Vicente – Bogotá (1)
The following players won their first title:
- Guillermo Cañas – Casablanca
- Guillermo Coria – Viña del Mar
- Roger Federer – Milan
- Neville Godwin – Newport
- Ivan Ljubičić – Lyon
- Albert Portas – Hamburg Masters
- Tommy Robredo – Sopot
- Andy Roddick – Atlanta
- Michal Tabara – Chennai
- Jan Vacek – Salvador
Titles won by nation:
- Spain 12 (Bogotá, Dubai, Scottsdale, Estoril, Barcelona, Mallorca, Rome Masters, Hamburg Masters, Amsterdam, Umag, Sopot and Palermo)
- Australia 8 (Sydney, Memphis, London Queen's Club, 's-Hertogenbosch, Indianapolis, US Open, Tokyo and Masters Cup)
- United States 8 (Australian Open, Delray Beach, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.)
- Brazil 6 (Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Monte Carlo Masters, French Open, Stuttgart Outdoor and Cincinnati Masters)
- Germany 5 (Adelaide, Long Island, Shanghai, Vienna and Stuttgart Masters)
- Czech Republic 4 (Chennai, Munich, Gstaad and Salvador)
- Russia 4 (Marseille, Tashkent, Moscow and St. Petersburg)
- United Kingdom 3 (Copenhagen, San Jose and Basel)
- Argentina 2 (Viña del Mar and Casablanca)
- Chile 2 (Doha and Hong Kong)
- Croatia 2 (Wimbledon and Lyon)
- France 2 (Rotterdam and Paris Masters)
- Italy 2 (St. Poelten and Båstad)
- Sweden 2 (Halle and Nottingham)
- Ecuador 1 (Kitzbühel)
- Morocco 1 (Bucharest)
- Netherlands 1 (Stockholm)
- Romania 1 (Canada Masters)
- Slovakia 1 (Auckland)
- South Africa 1 (Newport)
- Switzerland 1 (Milan)
ATP entry rankings
Singles
Retirements
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]
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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]
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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
References
- ↑ "2001 Results Archive". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ↑ ATP Player Activity page
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