2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date	1–7 October
Edition	28th
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles
Lleyton Hewitt [1]
Women's singles
Monica Seles
Men's doubles
Rick Leach / David Macpherson [2]
Women's doubles
Liezel Huber / Rachel McQuillan
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The 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from October 1 through October 7, 2001. Lleyton Hewitt and Monica Seles won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Michel Kratochvil 6–4, 6–2

• It was Hewitt's 5th title of the year and the 13th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Monica Seles defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2

• It was Seles' 3rd title of the year and the 56th of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Rick Leach / David Macpherson defeated Paul Hanley / Nathan Healey 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4)

• It was Leach's 1st title of the year and the 41st of his career. It was Macpherson's 2nd title of the year and the 15th of his career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Liezel Huber / Rachel McQuillan defeated Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya 6–2, 6–0

• It was Huber's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was McQuillan's only title of the year and the 5th of her career.

References

1. "2001 Tokyo – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "2001 Tokyo – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile