2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

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2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Date February 19 – February 25
Edition 29th
Category ATP International Series Gold
Surface Hardcourt / Indoor
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Venue Ahoy Rotterdam
Champions
Singles
France Nicolas Escudé
Doubles
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Switzerland Roger Federer

The 2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 19 through February 25, 2001.

The singles line up featured World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters champion Marat Safin, Sydney Olympics gold medalist and Moscow champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Washington and Toulouse champion Àlex Corretja. Also competing were Vienna and Brighton champion Tim Henman, Australian Open runner-up and Lyon champion Arnaud Clément, Dominik Hrbatý, Sébastien Grosjean and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Champions

Men's Singles

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France Nicolas Escudé defeated Switzerland Roger Federer 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Escudé's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.


Men's Doubles

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Sweden Jonas Björkman / Switzerland Roger Federer defeated Czech Republic Petr Pála / Czech Republic Pavel Vízner 6–3, 6–0

  • It was Björkman's 2nd title of the year and the 27th of his career. It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career.


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