Australian Open 2001

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Australian Open 2001
Date: January 15-28, 2001
Edition: 89th  Australian Open
Place: Melbourne
Covering: Hard court
Defending champion
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Men's double : South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati
Men's double : SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu Ellis Ferreira
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Grand Slams 2001

The Australian Open 2001 took place in Melbourne in January 2001 .

The defending champions in the singles were Andre Agassi for the men and Lindsay Davenport for the women. In the men's doubles these were Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach , in the women's doubles Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs , who was also the defending champion in mixed together with Jared Palmer .

Andre Agassi won the men's singles final in three sets against Arnaud Clément . In the women's singles, Jennifer Capriati was able to prevail in the final against Martina Hingis , winning her first Grand Slam title. Jonas Björkman won the men's doubles alongside Todd Woodbridge , the Williams sisters Serena and Venus Williams won the women's doubles . Corina Morariu and Ellis Ferreira won the mixed final .

Men's singles

Main article: Australian Open 2001 / men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten 2nd round
02. RussiaRussia Marat Safin Round of 16
03. United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras Round of 16
04th SwedenSweden Magnus Norman Round of 16

05. RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Quarter finals

06th United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi victory

07th AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt 3rd round

08th. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman Round of 16
No. player Round reached
09. SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 2nd round

10. South AfricaSouth Africa Wayne Ferreira 3rd round

11. ArgentinaArgentina Franco Squillari 2nd round

12. AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter Semifinals

13. FranceFrance Cédric Pioline 3rd round

14th SlovakiaSlovakia Dominik Hrbatý Quarter finals

15th FranceFrance Arnaud Clément final

16. FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean Semifinals

Ladies singles

Main article: Australian Open 2001 / women singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis final
02. United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Semifinals
03. United StatesUnited States Venus Williams Semifinals
04th United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Quarter finals

05. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 2nd round

06th United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Quarter finals

07th FranceFrance Mary Pierce 3rd round

08th. RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Quarter finals
No. Player Round reached
09. RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 3rd round

10. South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Quarter finals

11. United StatesUnited States Chanda Ruby 1 round

12. United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati victory

13. FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo Round of 16

14th FranceFrance Sandrine Testud 3rd round

15th BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Round of 16

16. United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier 2nd round

Men's doubles

Main article: Australian Open 2001 / men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Quarter finals
02. South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2nd round
03. South AfricaSouth Africa Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov
RussiaRussia 
Round of 16
04th SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
victory

05. CanadaCanada Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

06th SwedenSweden Nickla's cult Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
2nd round

07th United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Piet Norval
South AfricaSouth Africa 
1 round

08th. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý
SlovakiaSlovakia 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
09. South AfricaSouth Africa David Adams Martín García
ArgentinaArgentina 
Round of 16

10. AustraliaAustralia Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent
AustraliaAustralia 
Quarter finals

11. AustraliaAustralia Wayne Arthurs Nenad Zimonjić
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia 
Semifinals

12. ZimbabweZimbabwe Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Quarter finals

13. AustraliaAustralia Michael Hill Jeff Tarango
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

14th ZimbabweZimbabwe Byron Black David Prinosil
GermanyGermany 
final

15th United StatesUnited States Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals

16. SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa 
1 round

Ladies doubles

Main article: Australian Open 2001 / women's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round
02. United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Semifinals
03. RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
Quarter finals
04th SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
Quarter finals

05. FranceFrance Mary Pierce Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

06th ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
2nd round

07th United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
final

08th. BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
FranceFrance 
2nd round
No. pairing Round reached
09. FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
Quarter finals

10. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
1 round

11. AustraliaAustralia Nicole Pratt Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals

12. SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Irina Selyutina
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
2nd round

13. United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Magüi Serna
SpainSpain 
Round of 16

14th NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Round of 16

15th SlovakiaSlovakia Karina Habšudová Sonya Jeyaseelan
CanadaCanada 
1 round

16. BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Laurence Courtois
BelgiumBelgium 
Round of 16

Mixed

Main article: Australian Open 2001 / Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Semifinals
02. Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
1 round
03. South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
victory
04th AustraliaAustralia Joshua Eagle Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
final
No. pairing Round reached
05. ArgentinaArgentina Martín Alberto García Paola Suárez
ArgentinaArgentina 
1 round

06th United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Kimberly Po
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

07th IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Round of 16

08th. SwedenSweden Nicklas Kulti Åsa Carlsson
SwedenSweden 
1 round

Juniors

Individual juniors

Janko Tipsarević (SRB) defeated Yeu-tzuoo Wang (TPE) 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0

Single juniors

Jelena Janković (SRB) defeated Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-1

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