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The 2001 US Open was held between August 27 – September 9, 2001. It was the final Grand Slam event of 2001.. Marat Safin was unsuccessful in his title defence, being defeated in the semifinals by Pete Sampras in a rematch of the 2000 final, while Venus Williams was successful in her title defense, beating her sister Serena in the women's final. 20-year-old Australian Lleyton Hewitt won the ...
Lleyton Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras in the final, 7–6 (7–4), 6–1, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2001 US Open. It was his first major singles title. Marat Safin was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Sampras in a rematch of the previous year's final.
During the 56 times that this tournament has been held in the Open Era, 44 men have reached the US Open men's singles final. [3] The final has included men from 16 different nationalities, with most being from the United States although Sweden, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, and Serbia also have made significant contributions.
A bonus pool of $1,000,000 is also to US Open champions who have clinched the first place of the US Open Series. [ 14 ] In the U.S. National Championships, Richard Sears (1881–1887), William Larned (1901–1902, 1907–1911) and Bill Tilden (1920–1925, 1929) hold the record for most titles in the men's singles, with seven victories each.
Defending champion Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2001 US Open. It was her fourth major singles title, and she did not lose a set during the tournament.
Year Singles Doubles Men Women Quad Men Women Quad 2005: Robin Ammerlaan (x2): Esther Vergeer (x3): No competition: Robin Ammerlaan Michaël Jérémiasz (x2): Korie Homan Esther Vergeer
The US Open Tennis Championships, commonly called the US Open, is a hardcourt tennis tournament organized by the United States Tennis Association annually in Queens, New York City. It is chronologically the fourth and final of the four Grand Slam tennis events, held after the Australian Open , French Open , and Wimbledon .
2001 US Open (tennis), a Grand Slam tennis tournament; 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a soccer tournament for U.S. teams This page was last edited on 11 ...