2001 Milan Indoor

2001 Milan Indoor
Date	January 29 – February 4
Edition	24th
Category	International Series
Draw	32S/16D
Prize money	$375,000
Surface	Carpet / indoor
Location	Milan, Italy
Champions
Singles
Roger Federer [1]
Doubles
Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken [2]

The 2001 Milan Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Milan in Italy and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and ran from January 29 through February 4, 2001.

The singles field was headlined by World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters champion Marat Safin, ATP No. 7, Sydney Olympics gold medalist, Moscow and two-time Milan champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Auckland champion Dominik Hrbatý. Other seeded players were Dubai and Hong Kong champion Nicolas Kiefer, St. Pölten champion Andrei Pavel, Sjeng Schalken, Roger Federer and Marc Rosset.

This tournament in 2001 was significant as it was the first title of Roger Federer's career.^[3][4]

Champions

Men's Singles

Roger Federer defeated Julien Boutter 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–4

• It was Federer's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Men's Doubles

Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken defeated Johan Landsberg / Tom Vanhoudt 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)

• It was Haarhuis' 1st title of the year and the 52nd of his career. It was Schalken's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.

References

1. "ATP – 2001 Milan Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
2. "ATP – 2001 Milan Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
3. "Federer claims first ATP title". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 4 February 2001.
4. Bowers, Chris (2013). Federer : The Biography (Revised and updated edition. ed.). London: John Blake. pp. 87, 88. ISBN 978-1782192282.

External links

• ATP Milan Main Draw Singles (pdf)