2001 Indian Wells Open

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The '''2001 Indian Wells Open''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the 28th edition of the [[Indian Wells Open]] and was part of the [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Tennis Masters Series]] of the [[2001 ATP Tour]] and of [[WTA Tier I tournaments|Tier I]] of the [[2001 WTA Tour]]. Both the men's and women's events took place at the [[Indian Wells Tennis Garden]] in [[Indian Wells, California]] in the [[United States]] from March 8 through March 18, 2001.

==Finals==

===Men's singles=== {{Main|2001 Indian Wells Open – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]] 7–6, 7–5, 6–1 * It was Agassi's 2nd title of the year and the 48th of his career. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 11th overall.

===Women's singles=== {{Main|2001 Indian Wells Open – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] defeated {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 * It was Williams' 2nd title of the year and the 19th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 2nd overall.

===Men's doubles=== {{Main|2001 Indian Wells Open – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Wayne Ferreira]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] defeated {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Björkman]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] 6–2, 7–5 * It was Ferreira's 1st title of the year and the 23rd of his career. It was Kafelnikov's 2nd title of the year and the 45th of his career.

===Women's doubles=== {{Main|2001 Indian Wells Open – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Arendt]] / {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]] defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] / {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]] 6–4, 6–4 * It was Arendt's 2nd title of the year and the 15th of her career. It was Sugiyama's 2nd title of the year and the 23rd of her career.

==See also== * [[Williams sisters#Boycott of the Indian Wells Masters|2001 Indian Wells controversy]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://www.bnpparibasopen.com}} * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/indian-wells/404/overview ATP tournament profile] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2001/609.pdf WTA tournament details]

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