2001 Wimbledon Championships

2001 Wimbledon Championships
2001 Wimbledon Championships
Date	25 June – 9 July
Edition	115th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/64XD
Prize money	£8,525,280
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road; SW19, Wimbledon,; London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
	Goran Ivanišević
Women's singles
	Venus Williams
Men's doubles
	Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer
Women's doubles
	Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
Mixed doubles
	Leoš Friedl / Daniela Hantuchová
Boys' singles
	Roman Valent
Girls' singles
	Angelique Widjaja
Boys' doubles
	Frank Dancevic / Giovanni Lapentti
Girls' doubles
	Gisela Dulko / Ashley Harkleroad

The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001.^[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] This move was made to appease clay court players who were unhappy with the traditional seeding system, which favoured grass court results over those of other surfaces.^[4]

Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer, who was then relatively unknown. 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. Venus Williams successfully defended the women's singles title, beating 19-year-old Justine Henin in the final in three sets. Henin became the first Belgian player to reach a Wimbledon final. Top seed Martina Hingis was beaten by Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round.

It was originally scheduled to end on 8 July 2001, but the semifinal match between Ivanišević and Tim Henman was played on three separate days due to rain, and that was extended to 9 July, causing the women's singles and women's doubles championships moved to Day 13.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2001 championships was £8,525,280. The winner of the men's title earned £500,000 while the women's singles champion earned £462,500.^[5]^[6]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128
Men's singles	£500,000
Women's singles	£462,500
Men's doubles *	£205,000							—
Women's doubles *	£189,620							—
Mixed doubles *	£87,000							—

_{* per team}

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Goran Ivanišević defeated Patrick Rafter, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 ^[7]^[8]

It was Ivanišević's 1st title of the year, and his 22nd (and last) overall. It was his only career Grand Slam title.
This was Ivanišević's fourth Wimbledon final and Rafter's second. Ivanišević became the first wild card, the first Croatian player, and the lowest ranked player in history (world No. 125) to claim the Wimbledon title. He was also the first Croatian male tennis player to win a Grand Slam final.

Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Justine Henin, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 ^[9]^[10]

It was Williams' 3rd title of the year, and her 18th overall. It was her 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd at Wimbledon.
Henin became the first Belgian player (male or female) to reach the Wimbledon singles final.