Tennis Masters Cup 2001

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The 2001 Tennis Masters Cup took place November 12-18, 2001 at the Sydney Superdome in Sydney , Australia ; it was played indoors on a hard court and was the 32nd edition of the competition. The corresponding double competition - in contrast to the following Tennis Masters Cups - did not take place in the same place, but in Bangalore , India on outdoor hard courts . The tournament was also scheduled for the end of the 2001 season, but had to be postponed between January 28 and February 3, 2002 due to security concerns. This was the 28th edition of the double competition, which was held here once under the name of the ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup . The Tennis Masters Cup was next to the four Grand Slams the most important tournament in men's professional tennis, it took place at the end of the season and is part of the ATP Tour .

The winner was the Australian Lleyton Hewitt , it was his first of two titles in the Tennis Masters Cup. The doubles competition won Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach , for Ferreira it was the first, for Leach the second title.

singles

Qualified players

Seeding list rank player
1 1 BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten
2 2 AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt
3 3 United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi
4th 4th SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero
5 5 RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6th 6th AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter
7th 7th FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean
8th 8th CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević

Rosewall group

Results

winner opponent Result
RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 5
CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten 6: 2, 6: 7 2 , 6: 4
SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten 7: 6 3 , 6: 2
RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević 6: 3, 6: 4
RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević 7: 6 4 , 7: 6 5

table

Item Seeding list player sentences Points
1 5 RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6: 2 3-0
2 4th SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 5: 2 2: 1
3 8th CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević 2: 5 1: 2
4th 1 BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten 2: 6 0: 3

Newcombe group

Results

winner opponent Result
AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter 4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 5
AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 6: 3, 6: 4
FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter 6: 2, 6: 4
FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 6.3, 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter 7: 5, 6: 2

table

Item Seeding list player sentences Points
1 2 AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt 6: 1 3-0
2 7th FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean 5: 2 2: 1
3 3 United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 2: 4 1: 2
4th 6th AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter 0: 6 0: 3

Semifinals

player player Result
AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 6: 3, 6: 3
RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean 4: 6, 2: 6

final

player player Result
AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4

Double

Qualified players

Seeding list rank player
1 1 United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
2 2 IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
3 3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
4th 4th United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
5 5 BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
United StatesUnited States
6th 6th South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
7th 7th South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Tom Vanhoudt
BelgiumBelgium
8th 8th South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa

Touchtel group

Results

winner opponent Result
United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
7: 6 4 , 6: 3
South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Tom Vanhoudt
BelgiumBelgium
6: 7 3 , 6: 1, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Tom Vanhoudt
BelgiumBelgium
6: 7 8 , 7: 6 3 , 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Tom Vanhoudt
BelgiumBelgium
6: 3, 6: 2
South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 7: 6 3

table

Item Seeding list player Games sentences Points
1 6th South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
46:38 5: 3 2: 1
2 1 United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
42:38 4: 3 2: 1
3 4th United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
38:33 4: 3 2: 1
4th 7th South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Tom Vanhoudt
BelgiumBelgium
32:49 2: 6 0: 3

Bharti group

Results

winner opponent Result
IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
United StatesUnited States
7: 6 4 , 5: 7, 6: 3
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa
6: 3, 6: 2
BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
United StatesUnited States
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 1, 3: 6, 7: 5
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
7: 6 8 , 7: 5
IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa
6: 2, 6: 3
BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
United StatesUnited States
South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa
6: 3, 7: 6 3

table

Item Seeding list player sentences Points
1 3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
5: 2 2: 1
2 5 BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
United StatesUnited States
5: 2 2: 1
3 3 IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
4: 3 2: 1
4th 8th South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa
0: 6 0: 3

Semifinals

player player Result
South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
United StatesUnited States
6: 2, 6: 4
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 6: 1

final

player player Result
South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 7 6 , 7: 6 2 , 6: 4, 6: 4

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