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[1] [2] 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. [3]
Defending champion Venus Williams defeated Justine Henin in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was her second Wimbledon singles title and third major singles title overall.
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2001. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup. In 2001, Martina Hingis finished the year as the fourth-ranked female tennis player, the first time in five years she was not ...
During the Open Era, only Borg (1978–81 French Open and 1976–80 Wimbledon), Sampras (1997–2000 Wimbledon), Federer (2003–07 Wimbledon and 2004–08 US Open), Rafael Nadal (2005–08 French Open, 2010–14 French Open and 2017–20 French Open) and Djokovic (2018–2022 Wimbledon) have won at least one Grand Slam tournament four ...
This was the first major tournament at which Federer was seeded. Sampras was attempting to equal Björn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles (which Federer would himself achieve in 2007). [4] This was the year when Wimbledon expanded from 16 to 32 seeds.
Pete Sampras (x3) Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde (x5) Martina Navratilova Mark Woodforde: 1994: Conchita Martínez: Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge: 1995: Steffi Graf (x2) Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: Martina Navratilova Jonathan Stark: 1996: Richard Krajicek: Martina Hingis Helena Suková Helena Suková Cyril Suk (x2) 1997: Pete ...
Roger Federer is the only player in history, in both the Amateur and Open Eras, to reach the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final twelve times. For 9 consecutive years, from 1992 to 2000, Pete Sampras reached the Wimbledon final winning 8 titles out of 9 [not in 1996], an open era record.
Roger Federer 84.23: 203–38: Pete Sampras 83.41: 171–34: Ken Rosewall ... Women Years Player Total ... Wimbledon Roger Federer: Australian Open , Wimbledon ...