2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open
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The 2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Dubai Duty Free Women's Open were tennis
tournaments played on outdoor hard courts
at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre
in Dubai
in the United Arab Emirates
that were part of the International Series Gold
of the 2001 ATP Tour
and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour
. The men's tournament was held from February 26 through March 4, 2001 while the women's tournament was held from February 19 through February 24, 2001.
Juan Carlos Ferrero
defeated
Marat Safin
6–2, 3–1 (Safin retired)
Martina Hingis
defeated
Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–4
Joshua Eagle
/ Sandon Stolle
defeated
Daniel Nestor
/ Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–4
Yayuk Basuki
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Caroline Vis
defeated
Åsa Carlsson
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Karina Habšudová
6–0, 4–6, 6–2
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournaments played on outdoor hard courts
Hardcourt
Hardcourt or hard court describes a form of surface or floor on which a sport is played. It may refer to an indoor court made from a wood, or more specifically hardwood such as maple, as in basketball or indoor soccer. Alternatively, it may refer to outdoor materials such as asphalt, shale, or clay...
at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Aviation Club Tennis Centre
The Aviation Club Tennis Centre is a tennis complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The complex is the host of the annual 500 series stop, the Dubai Tennis Championships. The Dubai Tennis Stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.- External links :* *...
in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
in the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
that were part of the International Series Gold
ATP International Series Gold
International Series Gold was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. International Series Gold offered players cash prizes and the ability to earn ATP ranking points...
of the 2001 ATP Tour
2001 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 2001 ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Tennis Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series.-Schedule:...
and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour
2001 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events...
. The men's tournament was held from February 26 through March 4, 2001 while the women's tournament was held from February 19 through February 24, 2001.
Men's Singles
Juan Carlos FerreroJuan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
defeated
Marat SafinMarat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...
6–2, 3–1 (Safin retired)
- It was Ferrero's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.
Women's Singles
Martina HingisMartina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
defeated
Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
6–4, 6–4
- It was Hingis' 3rd title of the year and the 70th of her career.
Men's Doubles
Joshua EagleJoshua Eagle
Joshua Eagle is a former professional male tennis player from Australia. He was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and now lives in Noosa, Queensland. He stands at 1.82 m and weighs 90 kg, and is classified as a doubles specialist. Eagle has won five ATP doubles titles.Eagles is married to...
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Sandon StolleSandon Stolle
Sandon Stolle is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles .Stolle is the son of former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle...
defeated
Daniel NestorDaniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
/ Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...
6–4, 6–4
- It was Eagle's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Stolle's 2nd title of the year and the 18th of his career.
Women's Doubles
Yayuk BasukiYayuk Basuki
Yayuk Basuki is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997...
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Caroline VisCaroline Vis
Caroline Vis is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned pro in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 1991 French Open, playing with countryman Paul Haarhuis. Her career-high...
defeated
Åsa CarlssonÅsa Svensson
Åsa Svensson is a female tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 1 April 1996, when she became the number 28 of the world.-Singles :-Won :-...
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Karina HabšudováKarina Habšudová
Karina Habšudová is a former Slovak female professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world . Together with Karol Kučera she won the Hopman Cup in 1998....
6–0, 4–6, 6–2
- It was Basuki's only title of the year and the 15th of her career. It was Vis' only title of the year and the 9th of her career.