2001 Adidas International Explained

The 2001 Adidas International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney in Australia that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 7 through 14 January 2001.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
		4	1
		7	2
		13	3
		16	4
		18	5
		19	6
		23	7
		25	8

Rankings are as of January 1, 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt into the main draw:

Bohdan Ulihrach

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
		1	1
		2	2
		4	3
		5	4
		6	5
		9	6
		12	7
		14	8

Rankings are as of January 1, 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2001 Adidas International – Men's singles. Lleyton Hewitt defeated Magnus Norman 6–4, 6–1

It was Hewitt's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.

Women's singles

See main article: 2001 Adidas International – Women's singles. Martina Hingis defeated Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 4–6, 7–5

It was Hingis' 1st title of the year and the 68th of her career.

Men's doubles

See main article: 2001 Adidas International – Men's doubles. Daniel Nestor / Sandon Stolle defeated Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge 2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)

It was Nestor's 2nd title of the year and the 18th of his career. It was Stolle's 1st title of the year and the 17th of his career.

Women's doubles

See main article: 2001 Adidas International – Women's doubles. Anna Kournikova / Barbara Schett defeated Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 7–5

It was Kournikova's 1st title of the year and the 13th of her career. It was Schett's only title of the year and the 8th of her career.

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