2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Goran Ivanišević defeated Patrick Rafter in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first and only major title. Ivanišević became the first unseeded player to win the title since Boris Becker in 1985,[1] and the first wild card to win a major. His ranking improved by 109 places following the win, from world No. 125 to world No. 16.[2] 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.

Men's singles
2001 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionCroatia Goran Ivanišević
Runner-upAustralia Patrick Rafter
Score6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7
Details
Draw128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women seniors
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Pete Sampras was the four-time defending champion, but he lost in the fourth round to Roger Federer. The Sampras-Federer match was the only time the two ever competed against each other in a professional match, with Federer being 19 years old and Sampras retiring from the sport the following year. This was the first major tournament at which Federer was seeded. Sampras was attempting to equal Björn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles (which Federer would himself achieve in 2007).[4]

This was the year when Wimbledon expanded from 16 to 32 seeds.

Seeds

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01.     Pete Sampras (fourth round)
02.     Andre Agassi (semifinals)
03.     Patrick Rafter (final)
04.     Marat Safin (quarterfinals)
05.     Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round)
06.     Tim Henman (semifinals)
07.     Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round)
08.     Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round)
09.     Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
10.     Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals)
11.     Thomas Johansson (second round)
12.     Jan-Michael Gambill (first round)
13.     Arnaud Clément (fourth round)
14.     Wayne Ferreira (first round)
15.     Roger Federer (quarterfinals)
16.     Vladimir Voltchkov (first round)
17.     Tommy Haas (first round)
18.     Magnus Norman (withdrew)
19.     Nicolas Kiefer (fourth round)
20.     Fabrice Santoro (third round)
21.     Carlos Moyá (second round)
22.     Dominik Hrbatý (first round)
23.     Todd Martin (fourth round)
24.     Nicolas Escudé (quarterfinals)
25.     Albert Portas (first round)
26.     Sjeng Schalken (third round)
27.     Hicham Arazi (third round)
28.     Franco Squillari (first round)
29.     Guillermo Coria (first round)
30.     Nicolás Lapentti (withdrew)
31.     Alberto Martín (first round)
32.     Gastón Gaudio (first round)
33.     Jonas Björkman (third round)
34.     Harel Levy (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Magnus Norman and Nicolás Lapentti withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Jonas Björkman and Harel Levy, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively.

Qualifying

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
15   Roger Federer 5 66 6 66
6   Tim Henman 7 78 2 78
6   Tim Henman 5 78 6 65 3
WC   Goran Ivanišević 7 66 0 77 6
4   Marat Safin 62 5 6 63
WC   Goran Ivanišević 77 7 3 77
WC   Goran Ivanišević 6 3 6 2 9
3   Patrick Rafter 3 6 3 6 7
10   Thomas Enqvist 1 3 65
3   Patrick Rafter 6 6 77
3   Patrick Rafter 2 6 3 6 8
2   Andre Agassi 6 3 6 2 6
24   Nicolas Escudé 77 3 4 2
2   Andre Agassi 63 6 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   P Sampras 6 77 6
  F Clavet 4 65 4 1   P Sampras 6 6 65 4 6
WC   B Cowan 6 6 77 WC   B Cowan 3 2 77 6 3
WC   M Hilton 3 2 62 1   P Sampras 6 6 7
  S Sargsian 6 6 6   S Sargsian 4 4 5
  J Acasuso 3 1 4   S Sargsian 6 6 3 6
  T Robredo 77 6   T Robredo 2 4 6 1
34   H Levy 65 5r 1   P Sampras 67 7 4 77 5
33   J Björkman 6 6 6 15   R Federer 79 5 6 62 7
  L Burgsmüller 4 3 4 33   J Björkman 77 77 6
  M Chang 6 6 64 4 6   M Chang 64 61 3
  J Vaněk 2 2 77 6 2 33   J Björkman 64 3 62
  X Malisse 6 6 6 15   R Federer 77 6 77
  J Díaz 2 3 3   X Malisse 3 5 6 6 3
  C Rochus 2 3 2 15   R Federer 6 7 3 4 6
15   R Federer 6 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12   J-M Gambill 4 6 77 3 2
  C Woodruff 6 3 64 6 6   C Woodruff 4 4 2
PR   M Larsson 6 3 6 1 6 PR   M Larsson 6 6 6
  M Rosset 4 6 3 6 2 PR   M Larsson 6 0 3 5
  J Novák 6 6 6 23   T Martin 4 6 6 7
  F Vicente 1 4 3   J Novák 77 6 4 4 4
LL   P Srichaphan 3 4 77 3 23   T Martin 63 2 6 6 6
23   T Martin 6 6 64 6 23   T Martin 77 65 6 3 2
26   S Schalken 6 3 6 62 7 6   T Henman 63 77 4 6 6
  S Koubek 4 6 4 77 5 26   S Schalken 6 3 6 6
  B Ulihrach 3 4 1 Q   B Bryan 4 6 3 4
Q   B Bryan 6 6 6 26   S Schalken 7 3 4 2
WC   M Lee 6 6 6 6   T Henman 5 6 6 6
  G Pozzi 4 3 1 WC   M Lee 2 3 4
Q   A Derepasko 1 1 1 6   T Henman 6 6 6
6   T Henman 6 6 6

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4   M Safin 6 7 5 6
Q   J Knowle 2 5 7 3 4   M Safin 77 3 1
  G Blanco 2 3 2 Q   D Nestor 64 6 2r
Q   D Nestor 6 6 6 4   M Safin 77 6 5 1 6
  D Prinosil 65 6 6 6   D Prinosil 61 3 7 6 3
  H-t Lee 77 2 4 4   D Prinosil 6 4 6 4 6
  D Sanguinetti 6 3 6 65 7   D Sanguinetti 3 6 4 6 0
25   A Portas 3 6 3 77 5 4   M Safin 6 6 6
22   D Hrbatý 2 7 4 2 13   A Clément 0 3 2
  R Sluiter 6 5 6 6   R Sluiter 6 77 2 6
Q   S Draper 7 3 6 5 3 Q   T Woodbridge 4 63 6 3
Q   T Woodbridge 5 6 3 7 6   R Sluiter 77 67 4 4
  G Puentes 6 77 6 13   A Clément 64 79 6 6
  M Puerta 3 62 4   G Puentes 3 3 4
  J Knippschild 65 7 1 3 13   A Clément 6 6 6
13   A Clément 77 5 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11   T Johansson 6 4 65 77 6
  A Ilie 4 6 77 65 2 11   T Johansson 61 1 6 63
  A Roddick 6 6 77   A Roddick 77 6 4 77
Q   I Heuberger 4 4 60   A Roddick 65 5 6 3
Q   F Jonsson 4 4 4 WC   G Ivanišević 77 7 3 6
WC   G Ivanišević 6 6 6 WC   G Ivanišević 66 6 6 6
Q   N Godwin 6 77 3 4 4 21   C Moyá 78 3 4 4
21   C Moyá 2 64 6 6 6 WC   G Ivanišević 77 6 6
31   A Martín 1 1 0   G Rusedski 65 4 4
  B Black 6 6 6   B Black 1 3 4
  A Pavel 62 77 61 2   G Rusedski 6 6 6
  G Rusedski 77 65 77 6   G Rusedski 6 6 6
  J Stoltenberg 6 6 3 6 8   JC Ferrero 1 4 4
  J Boutter 3 4 6 2   J Stoltenberg 64 6 3 77 3
Q   L Milligan 0 2 2 8   JC Ferrero 77 4 6 63 6
8   JC Ferrero 6 6 6

Bottom half

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Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7   Y Kafelnikov 6 6 6
Q   Y-i Yoon 4 2 4 7   Y Kafelnikov 65 6 6 6
LL   A Sá 63 77 4 6 6 WC   A Parmar 77 3 3 1
WC   A Parmar 77 65 6 4 8 7   Y Kafelnikov 6 1 3 62
  J Balcells 5 64 68   G Cañas 3 6 6 77
PR   K Carlsen 7 77 710 PR   K Carlsen 5 6 77 64 4
  G Cañas 1 6 3 6 7   G Cañas 7 4 61 77 6
32   G Gaudio 6 1 6 2 5   G Cañas 3 3 1
17   T Haas 4 7 1 0r 10   T Enqvist 6 6 6
LL   W Black 6 5 6 3 LL   W Black 6 6 77
  F Mantilla 6 6 65 3 2   F Mantilla 1 2 65
Q   M Llodra 4 2 77 6 1r LL   W Black 5 4 2
  M Hipfl 6 6 4 4 3 10   T Enqvist 7 6 6
Q   S Huet 3 3 6 6 6 Q   S Huet 2 61 1
  M Damm 1 3 5 10   T Enqvist 6 77 6
10   T Enqvist 6 6 7

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
16   V Voltchkov 3 711 68 5
  M Youzhny 6 69 710 7   M Youzhny 79 6 6
  A Dupuis 6 5 62 6 6   A Dupuis 67 3 2
Q   C Mamiit 4 7 77 3 1   M Youzhny 7 6 2
  W Arthurs 5 2 4 20   F Santoro 5 0 0r
  M Mirnyi 7 6 6   M Mirnyi 64 1 4
  M Zabaleta 5 1 3 20   F Santoro 77 6 6
20   F Santoro 7 6 6   M Youzhny 6 3 2 5
27   H Arazi 77 6 6 3   P Rafter 2 6 6 7
  D Sánchez 64 2 3 27   H Arazi 77 77 77
  A Calleri 77 3 3 3   O Rochus 63 63 63
  O Rochus 65 6 6 6 27   H Arazi 63 4 5
  C Doseděl 7 6 1 77 3   P Rafter 77 6 7
LL   J Vacek 5 1 6 65   C Doseděl 5 6 4 1
PR   D Vacek 2 67 3 3   P Rafter 7 4 6 6
3   P Rafter 6 79 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   L Hewitt 6 6 6
  M Gustafsson 1 2 4 5   L Hewitt 1 7 6 62 6
  S Bruguera 0 1 4 Q   T Dent 6 5 3 77 3
Q   T Dent 6 6 6 5   L Hewitt 7 5 6 77
  E Kempes 65 7 6 3 10   Y El Aynaoui 5 7 4 64
  Y El Aynaoui 77 5 3 6 12   Y El Aynaoui 6 6 77
  A Vinciguerra 6 77 3 6   A Vinciguerra 1 4 64
28   F Squillari 4 62 6 4 5   L Hewitt 6 4 3 6 4
24   N Escudé 6 6 6 24   N Escudé 4 6 6 4 6
LL   M Fish 2 3 2 24   N Escudé 6 6 6
Q   L Paes 6 6 3 7 Q   L Paes 3 4 2
  D Elsner 0 1 6 5 24   N Escudé 5 6 6 6
  I Ljubičić 63 64 5 9   S Grosjean 7 4 3 4
  R Schüttler 77 77 7   R Schüttler 5 2 66
  M Kratochvil 3 3 4 9   S Grosjean 7 6 78
9   S Grosjean 6 6 6

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
14   W Ferreira 64 3 0r
  A Stoliarov 77 6 3   A Stoliarov 3 63 6 6 12
  M Tabara 2 3 5   C Pioline 6 77 4 3 10
  C Pioline 6 6 7   A Stoliarov 65 4 77 3
  J Siemerink 65 4 4 19   N Kiefer 77 6 64 6
WC   K Pless 77 6 6 WC   K Pless 61 2 4
  Á Calatrava 6 3 1 4 19   N Kiefer 77 6 6
19   N Kiefer 2 6 6 6 19   N Kiefer 3 5 5
29   G Coria 4 6 6 4 3 2   A Agassi 6 7 7
  F Meligeni 6 3 0 6 6   F Meligeni 4 6 62 77 3
  N Massú 6 3 6 6   N Massú 6 2 77 63 6
WC   L Childs 4 6 1 4   N Massú 3 1 1
WC   J Delgado 6 6 7 2   A Agassi 6 6 6
  A Medvedev 2 4 5 WC   J Delgado 2 4 3
  P Wessels 61 4 4 2   A Agassi 6 6 6
2   A Agassi 77 6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Singles | 2001.07.09". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Goran Ivanisevic | Overview". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Federer Wins Historic Fifth Title". The BBC. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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