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The 2001 Samsung Open was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on grass court

Grass court

A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...

s at the Nottingham Tennis Centre

Nottingham Tennis Centre

Nottingham Tennis Centre is a tennis venue in Nottingham, England. The centre holds a range of tournaments throughout the year, such as the Nottingham Open, which is held before The Championships, Wimbledon.- External links :*...

in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

in England

England

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and was part of the International Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

of the 2001 ATP Tour

2001 ATP Tour

The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 2001 ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Tennis Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series.-Schedule:...

. The tournament ran from June 18 through June 24, 2001.

Men's Singles

Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...

defeated

Harel Levy

Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....

7–5, 6–3

It was Johansson's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...

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Jared Palmer
Jared Palmer
Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit...

defeated

Paul Hanley

Paul Hanley (tennis)

Paul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis...

Andrew Kratzmann

Andrew Kratzmann is a professional male tennis player from Australia.Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was known as a doubles specialist, often partnering his brother Mark.-Doubles titles :...

6–4, 6–2

It was Johnson's 5th title of the year and the 19th of his career. It was Palmer's 4th title of the year and the 21st of his career.

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