2001 Wimbledon Championships

2001 Wimbledon Championships
Date 25 June – 9 July[1]
Edition 115th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Grass
Location Church Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom[1]
Champions
Men's Singles
Croatia Goran Ivanišević[2]
Women's Singles
United States Venus Williams[3]
Men's Doubles
United States Donald Johnson / United States Jared Palmer[1]
Women's Doubles
United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs[4]
Mixed Doubles
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl / Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová[1]

The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. It was the 115th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 25 June to 9 July 2001.[1] The tournament was part of the 2001 ATP and WTA Tours.[1]

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. This move was made to appease clay court players unhappy with the traditional seeding system, which weighs grass court results over those of other surfaces.[5]

Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing to then little-known 19-year-old Roger Federer in the fourth round. Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating 2000 runner-up Patrick 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 tournament after being granted a wildcard. Venus Williams was successful in her defence of 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. Martina Hingis, the top seed, was beaten by Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Croatia Goran Ivanišević defeated Australia Pat Rafter, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7.[2]

Women's Singles

United States Venus Williams defeated Belgium Justine Henin, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 [3]

Men's Doubles

United States Donald Johnson / United States Jared Palmer defeated Czech Republic Jiří Novák / Czech Republic David Rikl, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) [1]

Women's Doubles

United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs defeated Belgium Kim Clijsters / Japan Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3 [4]

Mixed Doubles

Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Czech Republic Leoš Friedl defeated South Africa Liezel Huber / United States Mike Bryan, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 [1]

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Switzerland Roman Valent defeated Luxembourg Gilles Müller, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 [6]

Girls' Singles

Indonesia Angelique Widjaja defeated Russia Dinara Safina, 6–4, 0–6, 7–5 [6]

Boys' Doubles

Canada Frank Dancevic / Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti defeated Mexico Bruno Echagaray / Mexico Santiago González, 6–1, 6–4 [6]

Girls' Doubles

Argentina Gisela Dulko / United States Ashley Harkleroad defeated Australia Christina Horiatopoulos / United States Bethanie Mattek, 6–3, 6–1 [6]

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Preceded by
2001 French Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2001 US Open
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