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2001 Milan Indoor

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Edition
  
24th

Draw
  
32S/16D

Surface
  
Carpet / indoor

Category
  
International Series

Prize money
  
$375,000

Date
  
January 29 – February 4

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.

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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.

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

    2001 Milan Indoor Wikipedia