2001 French Open
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The 2001 French Open was the second Grand Slam
event of 2001 and the 100th edition of the French Open
. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros
in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2001.
Gustavo Kuerten
def.
Àlex Corretja
, 6–7(3), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
Jennifer Capriati
def.
Kim Clijsters
, 1–6, 6–4, 12–10
Leander Paes
/ Mahesh Bhupathi
def.
Petr Pála
/ Pavel Vízner
, 7–6, 6–3
Virginia Ruano
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Paola Suárez
def.
Jelena Dokić
/ Conchita Martínez
, 6–2, 6–1
Virginia Ruano
/ Tomás Carbonell
def. Paola Suárez
/ Jaime Oncins
, 7–5, 6–3
Carlos Cuadrado
def. Brian Dabul
, 6-1, 6-0
Kaia Kanepi
def.
Svetlana Kuznetsova
, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Alejandro Falla
/ Carlos Salamanca
def.
Markus Bayer / Philipp Petzschner
, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Petra Cetkovská
/ Renata Voráčová
def.
Neyssa Etienne / Annette Kolb, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event of 2001 and the 100th edition of the French Open
French Open (tennis)
The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are...
. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros
Stade Roland Garros
Le Stade de Roland Garros is a tennis venue located in Paris, France. It hosts the French Open tennis tournament , a Grand Slam event played annually in May and June. The facility was constructed in 1928 to host France's first defense of the Davis Cup...
in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2001.
Men's Singles
Gustavo KuertenGustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...
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Àlex CorretjaÀlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja i Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in 1999...
, 6–7(3), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
- It was Kuerten's 4th title of the year, and his 14th overall. It was his 3rd (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd French Open title.
Women's Singles
Jennifer CapriatiJennifer Capriati
Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca...
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Kim ClijstersKim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
, 1–6, 6–4, 12–10
- It was Capriati's 3rd title of the year, and her 12th overall. It was her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st French Open title.
Men's Doubles
Leander PaesLeander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
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Mahesh BhupathiMahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
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Petr PálaPetr Pála
Petr Pála is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes...
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Pavel VíznerPavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 5 on September 10, 2007.- Career :While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988...
, 7–6, 6–3
Women's Doubles
Virginia RuanoVirginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...
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Paola SuárezPaola Suárez
Paola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...
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Jelena DokićJelena Dokic
Jelena Dokić is an Australian female professional tennis player.During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties , she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006...
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Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
, 6–2, 6–1
Mixed Doubles
Virginia RuanoVirginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...
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Tomás CarbonellTomas Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He twice reached the semifinals of the French Open in doubles, in 1999 with Pablo Albano, and in 2000 with Martín García. Carbonell reached his...
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Paola SuárezPaola Suárez
Paola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...
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Jaime OncinsJaime Oncins
Jaime Oncins is a former tennis player from Brazil.Oncins represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he reached the quarter-finals before falling to Russia's Andrei Cherkasov. The right-hander won two individual career titles...
, 7–5, 6–3
Boys' Singles
Carlos CuadradoCarlos Cuadrado
Carlos Cuadrado is a former Spanish professional tennis player. He won the French Open juniors singles in 2001.-Career:...
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Brian DabulBrian Dabul
Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:...
, 6-1, 6-0
Girls' Singles
Kaia KanepiKaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
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Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Boys' Doubles
Alejandro FallaAlejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
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Carlos SalamancaCarlos Salamanca
Carlos Salamanca Caicedo is a Colombian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*...
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Markus Bayer / Philipp PetzschnerPhilipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...
, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Girls' Doubles
Petra CetkovskáPetra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic and is of ethnic Macedonian origin. She reached her career high singles ranking No.30 on 24 October 2011.-Career:...
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Renata VoráčováRenata Vorácová
Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...
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Neyssa Etienne / Annette Kolb, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3