The 2001 Ericsson Open was a tennis

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...

 tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

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. It was the 17th edition of the Miami Masters

Miami Masters

The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...

 and was part of the Tennis Masters Series

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

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 of the 2001 ATP Tour

2001 ATP Tour

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 and of Tier I

WTA Tier I tournaments

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 of the 2001 WTA Tour

2001 WTA Tour

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. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park

Tennis Center at Crandon Park

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 in Key Biscayne, Florida

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 in the United States

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 from March 19 through April 2, 2001.

Men's Singles

  Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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defeated   Jan-Michael Gambill

Jan-Michael Gambill

Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...

 7–6 (7–4), 6–1, 6–0

• It was Agassi's 3rd title of the year and the 49th of his career. It was his 2nd Masters title of the year and his 12th overall. It was his 4th title at the event after winning in 1990
  1990 Lipton International Players Championships
  The 1990 Lipton International Players Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Miami tournament, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1990 WTA Tour...
  
  , 1995 and 1996.

Women's Singles

  Venus Williams

Venus Williams

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defeated   Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca...

 4–6, 6–1, 7–6 (7–4)

• It was Williams' 2nd title of the year and the 26th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 5th overall. It was her 3rd title at the event after winning in 1998
  1998 Lipton Championships
  The 1998 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour...
  
   and 1999
  1999 Lipton Championships
  The 1999 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour...
  
  .

Men's Doubles

  Jiří Novák

Jirí Novák

Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...

/   David Rikl

David Rikl

David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...

defeated   Jonas Björkman

Jonas Björkman

Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

 /   Todd Woodbridge

Todd Woodbridge

Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

 7–5, 7–6 (7–3)

• It was Novák's 1st title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Rikl's 1st title of the year and the 20th of his career.

Women's Doubles

  Aranxta Sánchez-Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

/   Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie 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....

defeated   Lisa Raymond

Lisa Raymond

Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...

 /   Rennae Stubbs

Rennae Stubbs

Rennae Stubbs is an Australian tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008....

6–0, 6–4

• It was Sánchez-Vicario's 1st title of the year and the 93rd of her career. It was Tauziat's 1st title of the year and the 30th of his career.

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