2001 French Open

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2001 French Open
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Date:   26 May – 10 June
Edition:   100th
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface:   Clay
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Venue:   Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Women's Singles
United States Jennifer Capriati
Men's Doubles
India Leander Paes / India Mahesh Bhupathi
Women's Doubles
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
Mixed Doubles
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Spain Tomás Carbonell
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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.

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Seniors

Men's Singles

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten def. Spain Àlex Corretja, 6–7(3–7), 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

United States Jennifer Capriati def. Belgium Kim Clijsters[1], 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

India Leander Paes / India Mahesh Bhupathi def. Czech Republic Petr Pála / Czech Republic Pavel Vízner, 7–6, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Spain Virginia Ruano / Argentina Paola Suárez def. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić / Spain Conchita Martínez, 6–2, 6–1

Mixed Doubles

Spain Virginia Ruano / Spain Tomás Carbonell def. Argentina Paola Suárez / Brazil Jaime Oncins, 7–5, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Spain Carlos Cuadrado def. Argentina Brian Dabul, 6-1, 6-0

Girls' Singles

Estonia Kaia Kanepi def. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova,[2] 6-3, 1-6, 6-2

Boys' Doubles

Colombia Alejandro Falla / Colombia Carlos Salamanca def. Germany Markus Bayer / Germany Philipp Petzschner, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4

Girls' Doubles

Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská / Czech Republic Renata Voráčová def. Haiti Neyssa Etienne / Germany Annette Kolb, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Notes

  1. ^ Clijsters became the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam final.
  2. ^ Kuznetsova won the 2009 Women's Singles title and reached the final in 2006.
Preceded by
2000 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
2002 French Open
Preceded by
2001 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2001 Wimbledon Championships

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