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This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2001. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

In 2001, Martina Hingis finished the year as the fourth-ranked female tennis player, the first time in five years she was not ranked No. 1.^[1]

2001 Davis Cup Champions
France 9th title

Australia 2	Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia 30 November - 2 December 2001 Grass (outdoors)		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Nicolas Escudé 6 4 3 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   2 Patrick Rafter Sébastien Grosjean 6 3 78 66 7 5       3 Lleyton Hewitt / Patrick Rafter Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro 6 2 3 6 65 77 1 6     4 Lleyton Hewitt Sébastien Grosjean 6 3 6 2 6 3       5 Wayne Arthurs Nicolas Escudé 64 77 77 65 3 6 3 6

2001 Fed Cup Champions
Belgium 1st title

Russia 1	Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain 11 November 2001 Clay (indoors)		Belgium 2
1 2 3 1 Nadia Petrova Justine Henin 0 6 3 6     2 Elena Dementieva Kim Clijsters 0 6 4 6     3 Elena Likhovtseva / Nadia Petrova Els Callens / Laurence Courtois 7 5 77 62

2001 Hopman Cup Champions
Switzerland 2nd title

Switzerland 2	Hard (indoors)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Martina Hingis Monica Seles 7 5 6 4     2 Roger Federer Jan-Michael Gambill 6 4 6 3     3 Martina Hingis / Roger Federer Monica Seles / Jan-Michael Gambill 6 2 4 6 6 7

Tournament	Singles Winner	Runner-up	Score	Doubles Winner	Runner-up	Score
Sydney	Lleyton Hewitt	Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 6–3, 6–4	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4

Tournament	Singles Winner	Runner-up	Score	Doubles Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–1	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–5
Miami	Andre Agassi	Jan-Michael Gambill	7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–0	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 7–6
Monte Carlo	Gustavo Kuerten	Hicham Arazi	6–3, 6–2, 6–4	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Rome	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Gustavo Kuerten	3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6
Hamburg	Albert Portas	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Montreal	Andrei Pavel	Patrick Rafter	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Cincinnati	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter	6–1, 6–3	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Martin Damm David Prinosil	7–6, 6–3
Stuttgart	Tommy Haas	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–2, 6–2	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira Jeff Tarango	7–6, 6–3
Paris	Sébastien Grosjean	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

• Singles: Serena Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, walkover

• Class of 2001:
  • Ivan Lendl, player
  • Mervyn Rose, player

• 2001 in sports