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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Field	Value
champ	CRO Goran Ivanišević
runner	AUS Patrick Rafter
score	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7
draw	128 (16Q / 8WC)
seeds	32
before_name	Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
after_name	Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Main article: 2001 Wimbledon Championships

Goran Ivanišević defeated Patrick Rafter in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first and only major title, following three runner-up finishes (all at Wimbledon in 1992, 1994, and 1998). Ivanišević was the first unseeded player to win the title since Boris Becker in 1985, and the first and only wild card to win a men's singles major. His ranking improved by 109 places following the win, from world No. 125 to world No. 16. The final was held on the third Monday of the event in front of a boisterous crowd, after Ivanišević's semifinal against Tim Henman took three days to complete due to rain.

Pete Sampras was the seven-time (four consecutive) defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Roger Federer. The Sampras–Federer match was the pair's only professional meeting, with Federer being 19 years old and the soon-to-be 30 year old Sampras retiring from the sport the following year. This was the first major in which Federer was seeded. Sampras was attempting to equal Björn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles (which Federer would himself achieve in 2007) and win a record eighth men's singles Wimbledon title (which Federer would achieve in 2017).

This was the year when Wimbledon expanded from 16 to 32 seeds.

Seeds

USA Pete Sampras (fourth round) USA Andre Agassi (semifinals) AUS Patrick Rafter (final) RUS Marat Safin (quarterfinals) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round) GBR Tim Henman (semifinals) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (third round) SWE Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals) SWE Thomas Johansson (second round) USA Jan-Michael Gambill (first round) FRA Arnaud Clément (fourth round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (first round) SUI Roger Federer (quarterfinals) BLR Vladimir Voltchkov (first round) GER Tommy Haas (first round)

SWE Magnus Norman (withdrew) GER Nicolas Kiefer (fourth round) FRA Fabrice Santoro (third round) ESP Carlos Moyá (second round) SVK Dominik Hrbatý (first round) USA Todd Martin (fourth round) FRA Nicolas Escudé (quarterfinals) ESP Albert Portas (first round) NED Sjeng Schalken (third round) MAR Hicham Arazi (third round) ARG Franco Squillari (first round) ARG Guillermo Coria (first round) ECU Nicolás Lapentti (withdrew) ESP Alberto Martín (first round) ARG Gastón Gaudio (first round) SWE Jonas Björkman (third round) ISR Harel Levy (first round)

Magnus Norman and Nicolás Lapentti withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Jonas Björkman and Harel Levy, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively.

Qualifying

Main article: 2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw

Finals

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Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

Barrett, John. (2014). "Wimbledon: The Official History". Vision Sports Publishing.
"Rankings {{!}} Singles {{!}} 2001.07.09". [[Association of Tennis Professionals]].
"Goran Ivanisevic {{!}} Overview". [[Association of Tennis Professionals]].
(9 July 2007). "Federer Wins Historic Fifth Title". The BBC.

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