Tennis tournament
The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on
grass courts at the
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in
Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001.
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[2] It was the 115th edition of the
Wimbledon Championships , part of the 2001
ATP and
WTA Tours , and it was the third
Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
The tournament was the first in Wimbledon's 124-year history in which 32 players in the men's and women's draws were seeded, instead of the usual sixteen.
[3] This move was made to appease clay court players who were unhappy with the traditional seeding system, which favoured grass court results over those of other surfaces.
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Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing in the fourth round to 19-year-old
Roger Federer , who was then relatively unknown.
Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating 2000 runner-up
Pat Rafter in the final in five sets. Ivanišević had previously been runner-up three times (1992, 1994 and 1998), but had fallen to number 125 in the world by 2001 and had only entered the 2001 tournament after being granted a
wild card .
Venus Williams successfully defended the women's singles title, beating 19-year-old
Justine Henin in the final in three sets. Henin became the first Belgian player to reach a Wimbledon final. Top seed
Martina Hingis was beaten by
Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round.
It was originally scheduled to end on 8 July 2001, but the semifinal match between Ivanišević and
Tim Henman was played on three separate days due to rain, and that was extended to 9 July, causing the women's singles and women's doubles championships moved to Day 13.
Prize money
The total prize money for 2001 championships was £8,525,280. The winner of the men's title earned £500,000 while the women's singles champion earned £462,500.
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Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Round of 64
Round of 128
Men's singles
£500,000
Women's singles
£462,500
Men's doubles *
£205,000
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Women's doubles *
£189,620
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Mixed doubles *
£87,000
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* per team
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Goran Ivanišević defeated
Patrick Rafter , 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7
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It was Ivanišević's 1st title of the year, and his 22nd (and last) overall. It was his only career Grand Slam title.
This was Ivanišević's fourth Wimbledon final and Rafter's second. Ivanišević became the first wild card, the first Croatian player, and the lowest ranked player in history (world No. 125) to claim the Wimbledon title. He was also the first Croatian male tennis player to win a Grand Slam final.
Women's singles
Venus Williams defeated
Justine Henin , 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
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It was Williams' 3rd title of the year, and her 18th overall. It was her 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd at Wimbledon.
Henin became the first Belgian player (male or female) to reach the Wimbledon singles final.
Men's doubles
Donald Johnson /
Jared Palmer defeated
Jiří Novák /
David Rikl , 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
[11]
Women's doubles
Lisa Raymond /
Rennae Stubbs defeated
Kim Clijsters /
Ai Sugiyama , 6–4, 6–3
[12]
Mixed doubles
Leoš Friedl /
Daniela Hantuchová defeated
Mike Bryan /
Liezel Huber , 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
[13]
Juniors
Boys' singles
Roman Valent defeated
Gilles Müller , 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
[14]
Girls' singles
Angelique Widjaja defeated
Dinara Safina , 6–4, 0–6, 7–5
[15]
Boys' doubles
Frank Dancevic /
Giovanni Lapentti defeated
Bruno Echagaray /
Santiago González , 6–1, 6–4
[16]
Girls' doubles
Gisela Dulko /
Ashley Harkleroad defeated
Christina Horiatopoulos /
Bethanie Mattek , 6–3, 6–1
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Singles seeds
Men's singles
Pete Sampras (fourth round, lost to
Roger Federer )
Andre Agassi (semifinals, lost to
Pat Rafter )
Patrick Rafter (final, lost to
Goran Ivanišević )
Marat Safin (quarterfinals, lost to
Goran Ivanišević )
Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round, lost to
Nicolas Escudé )
Tim Henman (semifinals, lost to
Goran Ivanišević )
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round, lost to
Guillermo Cañas )
Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round, lost to
Greg Rusedski )
Sébastien Grosjean (third round, lost to
Nicolas Escudé )
Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals, lost to
Pat Rafter )
Thomas Johansson (second round, lost to
Andy Roddick )
Jan-Michael Gambill (first round, lost to
Chris Woodruff )
Arnaud Clément (fourth round, lost to
Marat Safin )
Wayne Ferreira (first round, lost to
Andrei Stoliarov )
Roger Federer (quarterfinals, lost to
Tim Henman )
Vladimir Voltchkov (first round, lost to
Mikhail Youzhny )
Tommy Haas (first round, lost to
Wayne Black )
Magnus Norman (withdrew because of injury)
Nicolas Kiefer (fourth round, lost to
Andre Agassi )
Fabrice Santoro (third round, lost to
Mikhail Youzhny )
Carlos Moyá (second round, lost to
Goran Ivanišević )
Dominik Hrbatý (first round, lost to
Raemon Sluiter )
Todd Martin (fourth round, lost to
Tim Henman )
Nicolas Escudé (quarterfinals, lost to
Andre Agassi )
Albert Portas (first round, lost to
Davide Sanguinetti )
Sjeng Schalken (third round, lost to
Tim Henman )
Hicham Arazi (third round, lost to
Pat Rafter )
Franco Squillari (first round, lost to
Andreas Vinciguerra )
Guillermo Coria (first round, lost to
Fernando Meligeni )
Nicolás Lapentti (withdrew because of injury)
Alberto Martín (first round, lost to
Byron Black )
Gastón Gaudio (first round, lost to
Guillermo Cañas )
Jonas Björkman (third round, lost to
Roger Federer )
Harel Levy (first round, lost to
Tommy Robredo )
Women's singles
Martina Hingis (first round, lost to
Virginia Ruano Pascual )
Venus Williams (champion)
Lindsay Davenport (semifinals, lost to
Venus Williams )
Jennifer Capriati (semifinals, lost to
Justine Henin )
Serena Williams (quarterfinals, lost to
Jennifer Capriati )
Amélie Mauresmo (third round, lost to
Tamarine Tanasugarn )
Kim Clijsters (quarterfinals, lost to
Lindsay Davenport )
Justine Henin (final, lost to
Venus Williams )
Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals, lost to
Venus Williams )
Elena Dementieva (third round, lost to
Anke Huber )
Amanda Coetzer (third round, lost to
Meghann Shaughnessy )
Magdalena Maleeva (fourth round, lost to
Serena Williams )
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round, lost to
Lilia Osterloh )
Jelena Dokić (fourth round, lost to
Lindsay Davenport )
Sandrine Testud (fourth round, lost to
Jennifer Capriati )
Silvia Farina Elia (third round, lost to
Nadia Petrova )
Meghann Shaughnessy (fourth round, lost to
Kim Clijsters )
Anke Huber (fourth round, lost to
Justine Henin )
Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals, lost to
Justine Henin )
Amy Frazier (third round, lost to
Magdalena Maleeva )
Barbara Schett (third round, lost to
Jelena Dokić )
Paola Suárez (first round, lost to
Anastasia Myskina )
Magüi Serna (first round, lost to
Nadia Petrova )
Henrieta Nagyová (first round, lost to
Adriana Serra Zanetti )
Chanda Rubin (first round, lost to
Barbara Schwartz )
Anne Kremer (first round, lost to
Kristina Brandi )
Ángeles Montolio (third round, lost to
Kim Clijsters )
Lisa Raymond (third round, lost to
Justine Henin )
Elena Likhovtseva (third round, lost to
Venus Williams )
Patty Schnyder (third round, lost to
Lindsay Davenport )
Tamarine Tanasugarn (fourth round, lost to
Nathalie Tauziat )
Tatiana Panova (third round, lost to
Jennifer Capriati )
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