The 2001 Milan Indoor 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 indoor carpet courts in Milan

Milan

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 in Italy

Italy

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 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

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. The tournament ran from January 29 through February 4, 2001.

The singles field was headlined by World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters

2000 Paris Masters

The 2000 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 26th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from November 13 through November 20,...

 champion Marat Safin

Marat 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...

, ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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 No. 7, Sydney Olympics gold medalist

Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia consisted of singles and doubles events for both men and women.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

, Moscow

2000 Kremlin Cup

The 2000 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2000 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from October 23 through October 29, 2000.-Men's Singles:...

 and two-time Milan champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny 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...

 and Auckland

2001 Heineken Open

The 2001 Heineken Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour...

 champion Dominik Hrbatý

Dominik Hrbatý

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. Other seeded players were Dubai and Hong Kong champion Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer

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, St. Pölten champion Andrei Pavel

Andrei Pavel

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, Sjeng Schalken

Sjeng Schalken

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, Roger Federer

Roger Federer

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 and Marc Rosset

Marc Rosset

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Men's Singles

  Roger Federer

Roger Federer

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defeated   Julien Boutter

Julien Boutter

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 6–4, 6–7 (7–9), 6–4

• It was Federer's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Men's Doubles

  Paul Haarhuis

Paul Haarhuis

Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

/   Sjeng Schalken

Sjeng Schalken

Sjeng Schalken is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Playing style:A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his continental technique on both the forehand and backhand...

defeated   Johan Landsberg /   Tom Vanhoudt

Tom Vanhoudt

Tom Vanhoudt , is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.Vanhoudt achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 in 2001. He participated in 9 Davis Cup ties for Belgium from 1991 to 2002, posting a 4–5 record in doubles.-Doubles titles :-External links:***...

7–6 (7–5), 7–6 (7–4)

• It was Haarhuis' 1st title of the year and the 52nd of his career. It was Schalken's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.