2001 Milan Indoor
2001 Milan Indoor | |
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Date | January 29 – February 4 |
Edition | 24th |
Category | International Series |
Draw | 32S/16D |
Prize money | $375,000 |
Surface | Carpet / indoor |
Location | Milan, Italy |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Roger Federer [1] | |
Doubles | |
Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken [2] |
The 2001 Milan Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Milan in Italy and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and ran from January 29 through February 4, 2001.
The singles field was headlined by World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters champion Marat Safin, ATP No. 7, Sydney Olympics gold medalist, Moscow and two-time Milan champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Auckland champion Dominik Hrbatý. Other seeded players were Dubai and Hong Kong champion Nicolas Kiefer, St. Pölten champion Andrei Pavel, Sjeng Schalken, Roger Federer and Marc Rosset.
This tournament in 2001 was significant as it was the first title of Roger Federer's career.[3][4]
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer defeated Julien Boutter 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
- It was Federer's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Men's Doubles
Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken defeated Johan Landsberg / Tom Vanhoudt 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
- It was Haarhuis' 1st title of the year and the 52nd of his career. It was Schalken's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.
References
- ↑ "ATP – 2001 Milan Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
- ↑ "ATP – 2001 Milan Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
- ↑ "Federer claims first ATP title". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 4 February 2001.
- ↑ Bowers, Chris (2013). Federer : The Biography (Revised and updated edition. ed.). London: John Blake. pp. 87, 88. ISBN 978-1782192282.