2001 Wimbledon Championships


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 England, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001. 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. 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.
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, 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.

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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£500,000
Women's Singles£462,500
Men's Doubles *£205,000
£189,620
Mixed Doubles *£87,000

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Goran Ivanišević defeated Pat Rafter, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7
Venus Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer defeated Jiří Novák / David Rikl, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6

Women's Doubles

Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs defeated Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

Leoš Friedl / Daniela Hantuchová defeated Mike Bryan / Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Roman Valent defeated Gilles Müller, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Girls' Singles

Angelique Widjaja defeated Dinara Safina, 6–4, 0–6, 7–5

Boys' Doubles

Frank Dancevic / Giovanni Lapentti defeated Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González, 6–1, 6–4

Girls' Doubles

Gisela Dulko / Ashley Harkleroad defeated Christina Horiatopoulos / Bethanie Mattek, 6–3, 6–1

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Pete Sampras '
  2. Andre Agassi '
  3. Pat Rafter '
  4. Marat Safin '
  5. Lleyton Hewitt '
  6. Tim Henman '
  7. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  8. Juan Carlos Ferrero '
  9. Sébastien Grosjean '
  10. Thomas Enqvist '
  11. Thomas Johansson '
  12. Jan-Michael Gambill '
  13. Arnaud Clément '
  14. Wayne Ferreira '
  15. Roger Federer '
  16. Vladimir Voltchkov '
  17. Tommy Haas '
  18. Magnus Norman '
  19. Nicolas Kiefer '
  20. Fabrice Santoro '
  21. Carlos Moyá '
  22. Dominik Hrbatý '
  23. Todd Martin '
  24. Nicolas Escudé '
  25. Albert Portas '
  26. Sjeng Schalken '
  27. Hicham Arazi '
  28. Franco Squillari '
  29. Guillermo Coria '
  30. Nicolás Lapentti '
  31. Alberto Martín '
  32. Gastón Gaudio '
  33. Jonas Björkman '
  34. Harel Levy '

    Women's singles

  35. Martina Hingis '
  36. Venus Williams
  37. Lindsay Davenport '
  38. Jennifer Capriati '
  39. Serena Williams '
  40. Amélie Mauresmo '
  41. Kim Clijsters '
  42. Justine Henin '
  43. Nathalie Tauziat '
  44. Elena Dementieva '
  45. Amanda Coetzer '
  46. Magdalena Maleeva '
  47. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  48. Jelena Dokić '
  49. Sandrine Testud '
  50. Silvia Farina Elia '
  51. Meghann Shaughnessy '
  52. Anke Huber '
  53. Conchita Martínez '
  54. Amy Frazier '
  55. Barbara Schett '
  56. Paola Suárez '
  57. Magüi Serna '
  58. Henrieta Nagyová '
  59. Chanda Rubin '
  60. Anne Kremer '
  61. Ángeles Montolio '
  62. Lisa Raymond '
  63. Elena Likhovtseva '
  64. Patty Schnyder '
  65. Tamarine Tanasugarn '
  66. Tatiana Panova