2001 St. Petersburg Open
Encyclopedia
The 2001 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis
tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg
in Russia
and was part of the International Series
of the 2001 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from October 22 through October 28, 2001.
Marat Safin
defeated
Rainer Schüttler
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Denis Golovanov / Yevgeny Kafelnikov
defeated
Irakli Labadze
/ Marat Safin
7–5, 6–4
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 indoor hard courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and was part of the International Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
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:...
. The tournament ran from October 22 through October 28, 2001.
Men's Singles
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...
defeated
Rainer SchüttlerRainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player, ranked World No. 113 in the ATP rankings. He is the last German player who reached a final in a grand slam tournament....
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
- It was Safin's 3rd title of the year and the 11th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Denis Golovanov / Yevgeny KafelnikovYevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
defeated
Irakli LabadzeIrakli Labadze
Irakli Labadze |Georgia]]) is a professional tennis player. His career high singles ranking was "World No. 42" which he attained in July, 2004.Labadze turned pro in 1998, and has recently passed the $1 205 296 career prize money mark...
/
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...
7–5, 6–4
- It was Golovanov's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Kafelnikov's 5th title of the year and the 48th of his career.