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Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating 2000 runner-up Pat Rafter in the final in five sets. Ivanišević had previously been runner-up three times (1992, 1994 and 1998), but had fallen to number 125 in the world by 2001 and had only entered the 2001 tournament after being granted a wild card .
Federer reached 7 consecutive Wimbledon Finals (2003 – 09), an all-time record, surpassing the old record of 6 consecutive finals by Borg (1976–81) and in the process the Swede won 41 consecutive matches at Wimbledon.
Ivanišević had reached the Wimbledon final three times before (in 1992, 1994 and 1998) but lost each time. [3] The final was held on the third Monday of the event in front of a boisterous crowd, after Ivanišević's semifinal against Tim Henman took three days to complete due to rain.
Runner-up Score Doubles Winner Runner-up Score Indian Wells: Andre Agassi: Pete Sampras: 7–6 (7–5), 7–5, 6–1: Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov: Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge: 6–2, 7–5 Miami: Andre Agassi: Jan-Michael Gambill: 7–6 (7–4), 6–1, 6–0: Jiří Novák David Rikl: Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge: 7–5, 7–6 ...
Wimbledon is a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the area of SW19. [1] Since 1968, this tournament has been open to professionals, and it joined the Open Era of tennis.
The runners-up are guaranteed £1.175m for making the final, while the prize money for reaching the first round of the tournament’s main draw stands at £55,000 - even if you lose and exit the ...
Andreas Vinciguerra (Italian pronunciation: [anˌdreːaz vintʃiˈɡwɛrra]; born 19 February 1981) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He won 1 singles title in Copenhagen; reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Rome Masters and 2001 Paris Masters; and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in November 2001.
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