2001 French Open

2001 French Open
Date 28 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

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.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten defeated Spain Àlex Corretja, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0

Women's Singles

United States Jennifer Capriati defeated Belgium Kim Clijsters,[1] 1–6, 6–4, 12–10

Men's Doubles

India Leander Paes / India Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Czech Republic Petr Pála / Czech Republic Pavel Vízner, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Women's Doubles

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

Mixed Doubles

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

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Spain Carlos Cuadrado defeated Argentina Brian Dabul, 6-1, 6-0

Girls' Singles

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

Boys' Doubles

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

Girls' Doubles

Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská / Czech Republic Renata Voráčová defeated 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.

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Preceded by
2001 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2001 Wimbledon Championships
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