2001 ATP Tour

Schedule and results

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

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

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

• AUS Lleyton Hewitt – Sydney, London Queen's Club, 's-Hertogenbosch, US Open, Tokyo and Masters Cup (6)
• BRA Gustavo Kuerten – Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Monte Carlo Masters, French Open, Stuttgart Outdoor and Cincinnati Masters (6)
• USA Andre Agassi – Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters and Los Angeles (4)
• ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero – Dubai, Estoril, Barcelona and Rome Masters (4)
• GER Tommy Haas – Adelaide, Long Island, Vienna and Stuttgart Masters (4)
• USA Andy Roddick – Atlanta, Houston and Washington, D.C. (3)
• ITA Andrea Gaudenzi – St. Poelten and Båstad (2)
• GBR Tim Henman – Copenhagen and Basel (2)
• SWE Thomas Johansson – Halle and Nottingham (2)
• RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov – Marseille and Moscow (2)
• CZE Jiří Novák – Munich and Gstaad (2)
• CHI Marcelo Ríos – Doha and Hong Kong (2)
• RUS Marat Safin – Tashkent and St. Petersburg (2)
• ARG Guillermo Cañas – Casablanca (1)
• ESP Francisco Clavet – Scottsdale (1)
• ARG Guillermo Coria – Viña del Mar (1)
• ESP Àlex Corretja – Amsterdam (1)
• MAR Younes El Aynaoui – Bucharest (1)
• FRA Nicolas Escudé – Rotterdam (1)
• SUI Roger Federer – Milan (1)
• USA Jan-Michael Gambill – Delray Beach (1)
• RSA Neville Godwin – Newport (1)
• FRA Sébastien Grosjean – Paris Masters (1)
• SVK Dominik Hrbatý – Auckland (1)
• CRO Goran Ivanišević – Wimbledon (1)
• ECU Nicolás Lapentti – Kitzbühel (1)
• CRO Ivan Ljubičić – Lyon (1)
• ESP Félix Mantilla – Palermo (1)
• ESP Alberto Martín – Mallorca (1)
• ESP Carlos Moyà – Umag (1)
• ROU Andrei Pavel – Canada Masters (1)
• AUS Mark Philippoussis – Memphis (1)
• ESP Albert Portas – Hamburg Masters (1)
• AUS Patrick Rafter – Indianapolis (1)
• ESP Tommy Robredo – Sopot (1)
• GBR Greg Rusedski – San Jose (1)
• NED Sjeng Schalken – Stockholm (1)
• GER Rainer Schüttler – Shanghai (1)
• CZE Michal Tabara – Chennai (1)
• CZE Jan Vacek – Salvador (1)
• ESP Fernando Vicente – Bogotá (1)

The following players won their first title:

• ARG Guillermo Cañas – Casablanca
• ARG Guillermo Coria – Viña del Mar
• SUI Roger Federer – Milan
• RSA Neville Godwin – Newport
• CRO Ivan Ljubičić – Lyon
• ESP Albert Portas – Hamburg Masters
• ESP Tommy Robredo – Sopot
• USA Andy Roddick – Atlanta
• CZE Michal Tabara – Chennai
• CZE Jan Vacek – Salvador

Titles won by nation:

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

ATP entry rankings

Singles

ATP rankings

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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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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.

References

References

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