2001 Milan Indoor

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

2001 Milan Indoor
Date29 January – 4 February
Edition24th
CategoryInternational Series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$375,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationMilan, Italy
VenuePalaLido [1]
Champions
Singles
Roger Federer [2]
Doubles
Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken [3]

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.[4][5]

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2001 Milan Indoor – Singles

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

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

Doubles
Main article: 2001 Milan Indoor – 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. Remo Borgatti (18 February 2016). "Tornei scomparsi. Stelle senza polvere all'indoor di Milano". Ubitennis (in Italian).
  2. "2001 Milan Men's Singles draw". www.atptour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "2001 Milan Men's Doubles draw". www.atptour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  4. "Federer claims first ATP title". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 4 February 2001.
  5. Bowers, Chris (2013). Federer : The Biography (Revised and updated edition. ed.). London: John Blake. pp. 87, 88. ISBN 978-1782192282.
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