2001 Tennis Masters Cup
The 2001 Tennis Masters Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the year-end singles championships and was part of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament was held at the Sydney Superdome in Sydney, Australia from 12 November through 18 November 2001. The doubles competition was set to take place in Bangalore, India but was cancelled because of security fears following the September 11 attacks. A competition was held in early 2002, but it did not provide any ranking points and was held as the ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Doubles
Competition cancelled replaced by 2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
The Masters Cup was held in Australia for the first time with the tournament taking place at the 17,000 seat Sydney Superdome.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but was eliminated in the round robin stage.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 against Sébastien Grosjean, and in doing so secured the year-end World No. 1 ranking for the first time.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, Draw, Rosewall Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, Draw, Newcombe Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2001 Tennis Masters Series
The table below shows the 2001 Tennis Masters Series schedule.


2001 Tennis Masters Series
The ATP Masters Series are part of the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.


2001 TennisCup Vlaanderen
The 2001 TennisCup Vlaanderen was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier V category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 May until 20 May 2001. Fifth-seeded Barbara Rittner won the singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first-prize money.


2001 TennisCup Vlaanderen, Finals, Doubles
Els Callens /  Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated  Kristie Boogert /  Miriam Oremans, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4


2001 Tercera División play-offs
The 2001 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2000–01 Tercera División to 2001–02 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group (excluding reserve teams) took part in the play-off.


2001 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The 68 participating teams were divided into 5 series each made up of 4 groups in the category, with the exception of  Series E , which was only formed by  Group XII . Each series was divided into 4 groups formed by a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd and a 4th classified from each group, which played a double-round playoff. Each victory was equivalent to 3 points, the tie to 1 point and the defeat to 0 points. The champion of each group obtained the promotion to Second Division B.


2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston
The 2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on October 7, 2001 on the streets of Houston, Texas, USA. It was the 18th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Gil de Ferran took his second win of the season for Team Penske after starting on pole position and leading every lap ahead of Dario Franchitti and Memo Gidley.


2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston
de Ferran inherited the lead of the drivers' standings from Kenny Bräck by virtue of his win here and at the previous race at Rockingham, a lead he would not relinquish for the rest of the season. The difficult road course on the streets of Houston meant that little on-track passing could occur, and de Ferran's position throughout the race was rarely in jeopardy.


2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston
Franchitti was one of the few that could muscle his way through the field despite being hit by Hélio Castroneves at the start of the race, taking his third podium finish at Houston in four starts and his third podium of the season. Gidley, after starting 23rd, used pit strategy to move his way through the field and take his second podium of the season and his career.


2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston
The race saw multiple incidents and crashes as drivers struggled around the temporary circuit. Alex Tagliani, despite running near the front for the entire race, crashed from 2nd place with just seven laps remaining. Oriol Servià and Michel Jourdain Jr. also crashed on Lap 37, with Servià's car ending up on top of Jourdain's.


2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston
This was the final time CART would race at this track configuration in Houston; the series would return in 2006 and 2007 using a temporary circuit at NRG Park, while the IndyCar Series would race in Houston from 2013-2014.


2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with an 8–4 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 4–4.


2001 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2001 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown.


2001 Texas Rangers season
The Texas Rangers 2001 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses.


2001 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez's power hitting numbers improved with his move to Texas. In his first season with the Rangers, Alex produced one of the top offensive seasons ever for a shortstop, leading the American League with 52 HR, 133 runs scored, and 393 total bases.


2001 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Alex Rodriguez
He became the first player since 1932 with 50 homers and 200 hits in a season, just the third shortstop to ever lead his league in homers, and was just the second AL player in the last 34 seasons (beginning 1968) to lead the league in runs, homers, and total bases; his total base figure is the most ever for a major league shortstop.


2001 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Alex Rodriguez
His 52 homers made him the sixth youngest to ever reach 50 homers and were the highest total ever by a shortstop, surpassing Ernie Banks' mark of 47 in 1958, and also the most ever for an infielder other than a 1st baseman, breaking Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt's record of 48 in 1980.


2001 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Alex Rodriguez
It was his 5th 30-homer campaign, tying Banks for most ever by a shortstop. He also tied for the league lead in extra base hits (87) and ranked 3rd in RBI (135) and slugging (.622). He was also among the AL leaders in hits (4th, 201), average (7th, .318), and on-base percentage (8th, .399). He established Rangers club records for homers, runs, total bases, and hit by pitches, had the 2nd most extra base hits, and the 4th highest RBI total.


2001 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Alex Rodriguez
He led the club in runs, hits, doubles (34), homers, RBI, slugging, and on-base percentage and was 2nd in walks (75), stolen bases (18), and game-winning RBI (14) while posting career highs for homers, RBI, and total bases. Rodriguez started 161 games at shortstop and one as the DH, the only major league player to start all of his team's games in 2001.


2001 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in Southern Division of the Big 12, lost to Iowa in the 2001 Alamo Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 402 to 281. The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.


2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Previous season
The Red Raiders finished the 2000 season with an overall record of 7–6, 3–5 in Big 12 play, to finish fourth in the Big 12 South. The team was invited to the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, where they lost 27–40 to East Carolina.


2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Previous season, NFL Draft
Tackle Kris Kocurek was drafted in the 6th round (181st overall) by the Seattle Seahawks.


2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at UTEP
The game was initially scheduled to take place on September 13, but was then postponed following the September 11 attacks. The game was eventually canceled on September 21 when the two teams could not agree on a date to reschedule that would work for both. Texas Tech would eventually play Stephen F. Austin to make up for the lost game.


2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Red Raiders would not lose to the Jayhawks again until October 26, 2019, with Kansas defeating Texas Tech 37–34 in Lawrence.


2001 Thai general election
Prawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow


2001 Thai general election
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2001 Thai general election
General elections were held in Thailand on 6 January 2001 to elect the 500 seats of the House of Representatives. In accordance with the recently enacted 1997 constitution, the House of Representatives was composed of 400 members elected from single-member constituencies and 100 elected from national party lists on a proportional basis.


2001 Thai general election
The Thai Rak Thai party co-founded and led by Thaksin Shinawatra won the largest number of votes and 248 of the 500 seats on a populist platform of economic growth and anti-corruption. Following the elections, it gained a parliamentary majority by merging with the New Aspiration Party, giving it 286 seats. A coalition government was formed with the Thai Nation Party. The Democrat Party, which had run on a platform supporting neoliberal, IMF-backed economic reforms, went into the opposition with the National Development Party.


2001 Thailand Masters
The 2001 Blue Eagle/Thai Airways Thailand Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11–17 March 2001 at the Merchant Court Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.


2001 Thailand Masters
Ken Doherty won in the final 9–3 against Stephen Hendry. The defending champion, Mark Williams, was defeated by John Parrott in the last 16.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts
The 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland, Australia and was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 31 December 2000 through 6 January 2001. Eighth-seeded Justine Henin won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, Finals, Doubles
Giulia Casoni /  Janette Husárová defeated  Katie Schlukebir /  Meghann Shaughnessy 7–6(11–9), 7–5


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
The 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles is a tennis competition within the 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 31 December 2000 through 6 January 2001.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
Giulia Casoni and Janette Husárová won in the final 7–6 (11–9), 7–5 against Katie Schlukebir and Meghann Shaughnessy.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles
The 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles is a tennis competition within the 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 31 December 2000 through 6 January 2001.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles
Silvija Talaja was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Silvia Farina Elia.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles
Justine Henin won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–4 against Farina Elia.


2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Ellis Johnson served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.


2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Schedule
The Bulldogs game against Western Carolina was rescheduled from September 15 to November 17 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.


2001 The Winston
The 2001 edition of The Winston was held on May 19, 2001, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This was the 17th running of the event. The race is mostly remembered for the start, when rain progressed onto the track, causing cars to get loose and crash into the wall. One of the first ones to crash was Kevin Harvick, in his first appearance at the speedway. Then Jeff Gordon got sideways and wrecked after tapping Jeff Burton from behind, then Michael Waltrip wrecked Gordon, destroying his car, at which point the race was stopped.


2001 The Winston
All of the drivers returned with back-up cars. At the end, Gordon came across the line and won his third All-Star race, tying Dale Earnhardt. Drivers Johnny Benson and Todd Bodine advanced from The Winston Open, with Benson winning the Open and Bodine winning the No Bull 5 Sprint race. This was the first Winston event without Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt. Waltrip retired at the end of 2000 and called the 2001 race from the booth, and Earnhardt was killed earlier in the season at the Daytona 500. Both drivers competed in the first 16 events.


2001 The Winston, The Winston Open/No Bull 5 Sprint
During the Winston Open, part-time driver Ryan Newman led for most of the end of the race until he blew up an engine with 2 laps to go. Second-place driver Johnny Benson took the lead and headed on to win the race. In the No Bull 5 Sprint race, Buckshot Jones touched 60-year-old driver Dave Marcis in turn one, which caused Jones to crash hard into the wall, Jason Leffler also involved in the accident when he spun around. Jones was uninjured and was wearing the HANS Device. As for Marcis, it was his last chance of making it to the Winston as he retired after the 2002 Daytona 500. Todd Bodine won the 16-lap event and made it into the main race.


2001 The Winston, First lap mayhem
At the start of the race, pole sitter Rusty Wallace led off the green flag when rain was starting to fall at the track. Then Kevin Harvick, the third car in line, got loose and hit the wall in turn one. Jeff Gordon then hit Jeff Burton from behind, and both hit the wall. Gordon was spinning and was hit by Michael Waltrip as rain was coming down even more, Gordon's car was lying at the grass. The red flag came out once the rain was coming down hard. The drivers involved in the crash restarted the race with back-up cars. Harvick would be the only driver to not finish the race, only completing 19 laps.


2001 The Winston, Comeback and victory
After the wreck, Jeff Gordon came back from the mayhem to win his third career All-Star race victory, tying Dale Earnhardt. Gordon led for 10 laps during the race and earned $515,000 for the win.


2001 Three Days of De Panne
The 2001 Three Days of De Panne was the 25th edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycle race and was held on 3 April to 5 April 2001. The race started in Mouscron and finished in De Panne. The race was won by Nico Mattan.


2001 Thurrock Council election
The 2001 Thurrock Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. The election took place at the same time as the 2001 general election after being postponed from the first week of May due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2001 Thurrock Council election
Among the candidates in the election was Pauline Campbell who stood as an independent candidate after resigning from the Conservatives. Campbell, who was disabled and used a wheelchair, said that she had been first told she was the Conservative candidate but then told that she could not stand as she would not be able to canvass. However the Conservatives denied this and said that they just wanted to give someone else a chance.


2001 Tippeligaen
The 2001 Tippeligaen was the 57th completed season of top division football in Norway.


2001 Tippeligaen
Each team played 26 games with three points given for wins and one point for a draw. Number thirteen and fourteen were relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.


2001 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 2001 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 111th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


2001 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
On 11 November 2001, Toomevara won the title after a 1-22 to 1-13 defeat of Thurles Sarsfields in the final at Semple Stadium. It was their 17th championship title overall and their fourth title in succession.


2001 Tipperary South by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Tipperary South constituency in Ireland on 30 June 2001. It followed the death of  Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Theresa Ahearn on  20 September 2000.


2001 Tipperary South by-election
The election was won by Fine Gael Senator Tom Hayes. The other candidates being Phil Prendergast standing as an Independent, Michael Maguire for Fianna Fáil and Denis Landy for the Labour Party. Prendergast, Maguire and Landy were all members of South Tipperary County Council at the time.


2001 Tipperary South by-election
This was the second by-election in Tipperary South during the 28th Dáil.


2001 Tipperary county hurling team season
In 2001 Tipperary competed in the National Hurling League and the Munster and All-Ireland championships. It was Nicky English's third year in charge of the team with Tommy Dunne also in his third year as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.


2001 Tipperary county hurling team season
Tipperary won the treble of League, Munster and All-Ireland titles.


2001 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards
Tipperary went on to win seven All Star Awards with Brendan Cummins, Philip Maher, Éamonn Corcoran, Tommy Dunne, Eddie Enright, Mark O'Leary, and Eoin Kelly all winning awards. Tommy Dunne was also named as the Hurler of the year with Eoin Kelly winning the Young hurler of the year award.


2001 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2001 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 36th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 14 March to 21 March 2001. The race started in Sorrento and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Davide Rebellin of the Liquigas–Pata team.


2001 Tokyo Sevens
The 2001 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg held  at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 29–30 April 2001.


2001 Tokyo Sevens
The tournament was the seventh event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 26–12 in the Cup final.


2001 Tokyo Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.


2001 Tokyo Sevens, Pool stage
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2001 Tokyo Sevens title.


2001 Tokyo prefectural election
Prefectural elections were held in Tokyo for the city's Metropolitan Assembly on June 24, 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito Party secured their positions as ruling parties. Japanese Communist Party (JCP) lost almost half its seats while Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) saw an increase by ten seats.


2001 Toledo Rockets football team
The 2001 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in the West Division. The Rockets were led by head coach Tom Amstutz. Toledo's schedule originally included a game against Youngstown State on September 15, 2001, but that contest was canceled following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Tonga Club Championship
The 2001 season of the Tonga Club Championship was the 23rd season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. Lotohaʻapai United won the championship for the fourth time, the 4th in a record streak of 11 titles in the Tonga Major League. The season began on June 13, 2001.


2001 Tonga rugby union tour of Great Britain
The 2001 Tonga rugby union tour of Great Britain was a series of matches played in November 2001 in Scotland and Wales by Tonga national rugby union team.


2001 Toppserien
The 2001 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 21 April 2001 and ended on 27 October 2001.


2001 Toppserien
18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while the two top teams from the First Division were promoted.


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open
The 2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan and was part of Tier I of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from January 30 through February 4, 2001. Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Anna Kournikova /  Iroda Tulyaganova 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(8–6)


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(8–6) against Anna Kournikova and Iroda Tulyaganova.


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Lindsay Davenport 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2.


2001 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Torneo Descentralizado
The 2001 Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.


2001 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each tournament played for the national title in a two-legged final. Should the same team have won both tournaments, they would have been automatic champions.


2001 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
Qualification to CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores was won by each tournament winner and the winner of a play-off between the teams that placed second in each tournament. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh placed team played a relegation/promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).


2001 Torneo di Viareggio
The 2001 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.


2001 Torneo di Viareggio, Format
The 40 teams are seeded in 10 pools, split up into 5-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and three best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. The Round of 16 envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time with Golden goal rule and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds. Semifinal losing teams play 3rd-place final with penalties after regular time. The winning sides play the final with extra time, noGolden goal rule and repeat the match if the draw holds.


2001 Toronto Argonauts season
The 2001 Toronto Argonauts finished in 4th place in the East Division of the 2001 CFL season with a 7–11 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2001 Toronto Argonauts season, Postseason
After finishing last in the East division, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2001 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's 25th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.


2001 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2001 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2001 Toronto International Film Festival
The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival. During a hastily arranged press conference on September 11, Festival director Piers Handling and managing director Michelle Maheux announced that 30 public screenings and 20 press screenings would be cancelled during the sixth day of the festival due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The festival resumed for the final four days though some films were cancelled because the film prints could not reach Toronto due to flight restrictions.


2001 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada's Top Ten
In December 2001, TIFF introduced the Canada's Top Ten project to identify the year's ten best Canadian films as selected by festival programmers and film critics from across Canada.


2001 Toronto Phantoms season
The 2001 Toronto Phantoms season is the 5th season for the franchise, their first season in Toronto. The Phantoms finished the regular season with an 8–6 record, and beat the New York Dragons in the Wild Card round of the playoffs before falling to the Nashville Kats in the Quarterfinals.


2001 Toronto Phantoms season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated July 25, 20145 Active, 0 Inactive


2001 Toronto Rock season
The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2001 season was the 4th in franchise history and 3rd as the Rock.


2001 Toronto Rock season
The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the third straight year. The Rock beat the Washington Power in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game. However they lost to the Philadelphia Wings and failed in their attempt at three consecutive championships.


2001 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2001 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2001 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup
The 2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the year-end doubles championships and was part of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament was held at the KSLTA Tennis Centre in Bangalore in India from January 28 through February 3, 2002.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup
The tournament had been scheduled to be played between November 7 and November 11, 2001 but was cancelled for security reasons. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) made up for the cancellation by rescheduling the tournament as the ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup and holding it early in the 2002 season.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup, Champions, Men's Doubles
Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach defeated  Petr Pála /  Pavel Vízner 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles
Donald Johnson and Piet Norval were the defending champions but only Johnson competed that year with Jared Palmer.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles
Johnson and Palmer lost in the semifinals to Petr Pála and Pavel Vízner.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles
Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach won in the final 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 against Pála and Vízner.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles, Draw, Touchtel Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles, Draw, Bharti Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2001 Tour Down Under
The 2001 Tour Down Under was the third edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 16 to 21 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. This edition was won by Stuart O'Grady, who rode for Crédit Agricole.


2001 Tour de France
The 2001 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 7 to 29 July, and the 88th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005. The verdict was subsequently confirmed by the Union Cycliste Internationale.


2001 Tour de France
The race included a 67-kilometre-long (42 mi) team time trial, two individual time trials and five consecutive mountain-top finishing stages, the second of which was the Chamrousse special-category climb time trial. Thus, all the high-mountain stages were grouped consecutively, following the climbing time trial, with one rest day in between. France was ridden 'clockwise', so the Alps were visited before the Pyrenees. The Tour started in France but also visited Belgium in its first week. The ceremonial final stage finished at the Champs-Élysées in Paris, as is tradition. Erik Zabel won his record sixth consecutive points classification victory.


2001 Tour de France, Teams
The organisers felt that the 2000 Tour de France had not included enough French teams and consequently changed the selection procedure. U.S. Postal Service was selected because it included the winner of the previous edition, Lance Armstrong. Team Telekom was selected because it included the winner of the 2000 UCI Road World Cup, Erik Zabel). Mapei–Quick-Step was selected because it won the team classification in the 2000 Giro d'Italia. Kelme–Costa Blanca was selected because it won the team classifications in both the 2000 Tour de France and 2000 Vuelta a España.


2001 Tour de France, Teams
A further twelve teams qualified based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2000, after compensating for transfers. Although initially it was announced that four wildcards would be given, the tour organisation decided to add five teams: In total, 21 teams participated, each with 9 cyclists, giving a total of 189 cyclists.


2001 Tour de France, Route and stages
The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,115 m (6,939 ft) at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet mountain pass on stage 14.


2001 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
After Armstrong abandoned his fight against the United States Anti- Doping Agency (USADA), he was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles. The Union Cycliste Internationale endorsed the USADA sanctions and decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events. The 2001 Tour therefore has no official winner.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were several classifications in the 2001 Tour de France. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times in each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In this classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification and was identified with a green jersey.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists to reach the top of these climbs, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, which was marked by the white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders under 26 years of age were eligible.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative, who wore a red number bib the next stage. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification. Laurent Jalabert won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.


2001 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were also two special awards each with a prize of F 20,000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col de la Madeleine on stage 10, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given for the first time in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage 14. Laurent Roux won the Henri Desgrange and Sven Montgomery won the Jacques Goddet.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10
The 2001 Tour de France was the 88th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Dunkirk with a prologue individual time trial on 7 July and Stage 10 occurred on 17 July with mountainous stage to Alpe d'Huez. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 29 July.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
7 July 2001 — Dunkerque, 8.2 km (5.1 mi) (ITT)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
One of the favorites to win the prologue, last year's winner David Millar, fell in the last curve, and thus was only 110th. Winner was Christophe Moreau, but his gains on most other favorites were small, with the exception of Casagrande, who was 120th and lost 45 seconds. Stuart O'Grady (8th) and Jaan Kirsipuu (11th) are well-placed sprinters who might gain the yellow jersey in the coming days (there are seconds 'bonification' for the riders who score high on the final or intermediate sprints)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
8 July 2001 — Saint-Omer to Boulogne-sur-Mer, 194.5 km (120.9 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
Frenchman Jacky Durand, well known for his attacking style, did it again. He was chased, and finally joined, by his fellow countryman Christophe Oriol. The two escapers were caught back by the peloton, but Durand had managed to be first on two small (4th category) climbs, and thus was the first wearer of the mountain jersey this Tour de France. Laurent Brochard tried to get away in the last kilometres, but in the very last kilometre was caught back. Thus, the stage became a mass sprint, won by Erik Zabel.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
9 July 2001 — Calais to Antwerp, 220.5 km (137.0 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
A group of 16 riders escaped from the peloton, and stayed away until the end, although with only a small difference. Because sprinter Stuart O'Grady was present, he was expected to take both the stage and the yellow jersey, but the Rabobank team had different plans. Their rider Erik Dekker, who took 3 stages in 2000, was present, and was expected to try something, but instead he helped his teammate Marc Wauters to escape. Marc got Arnaud Pretot with him, and they scored first and second. Because he also had had a good prologue, this was enough for Wauters to take the yellow as well.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
10 July 2001 — Antwerp to Seraing, 198.5 km (123.3 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
The stage seemed to be a likely prey for Erik Zabel: Some mountains (in the Ardennes), too tough for the pure sprinters, but not tough enough to really break the peloton, with a spurt going uphill. His team worked hard for him, even though this might cost them some power which they might need to help Jan Ullrich in the mountains. Marc Wauters had the honor to drive through the village where he lives ahead in the yellow, but later had to let the peloton go in the Ardennes.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
Apparently, the pressure got too much for him, for although he is certainly not a climber, he normally should not lose any time on a hill stage like this. Another person who lost time was Francesco Casagrande, still suffering from a broken arm he got in May. Because Wauters dropped out, Stuart O'Grady got to wear the yellow jersey after all, one day later than expected.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
11 July 2001 — Huy to Verdun, 215 km (133.6 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
Patrice Halgand was the great attacker in the first part of the stage, which gained him the mountains jersey. In the end this led to a break-away group of nine. The nine riders got up to 10 minutes ahead, but the teams of US Postal (Armstrong) and ONCE (Beloki and Gonzalez de Galdeano) started chasing, because the break-away also contained Bobby Julich and Michael Boogerd, who might well be considered dangerous outsiders. The heavy chase combined with a strong wind against caused the peloton to break.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
All favorites as well as yellow jersey O'Grady were in the first group, but still some riders who could well place in the top-10 were left behind. After the nine were caught, the second group could rejoin, but the combined group of about 80 riders gained 18 minutes over a lot of other riders. Laurent Jalabert, Francisco Mancebo and Ludo Dierckxsens managed to escape. Mancebo in the end was caught back, but Jalabert and Dierckxsens were just a few seconds ahead of the (first) peloton, the first winning the sprint. One favorite was lost for this year's Tour definitively, because Casagrande abandoned.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
12 July 2001 — Verdun to Bar-le-Duc, 67 km (41.6 mi) (TTT)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
A team time trial, one of the hardest disciplines of cycling. The riders, going by team, have to make the fastest time for their team (fifth to arrive counts). Where it was expected that O'Grady would lose some time here on the major contestants for the general classification, his Crédit Agricole team surprised everyone by actually winning the stage. The ONCE team, considered the great favorites, placed second. Loser of the day was Jan Ullrich, who lost 30 seconds on Lance Armstrong (US Postal) and 1 minute on Joseba Beloki (ONCE). In the results the major GC contenders of each team are given between brackets. In the general classification, Crédit Agricole now takes places 1 to 3, while the rest of the top-10 are all ONCE riders except for Moreau.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
13 July 2001 — Commercy to Strasbourg, 211.5 km (131.4 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
Little happened in this stage. A group of 5 riders (Axel Merckx, Michele Bartoli, Laurent Brochard, Rik Verbrugghe and Fred Bessy) got ahead with a maximum lead of 3 minutes, but was caught back by the joint work of Crédit Agricole and the sprint teams. The sprint was won by Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu. Belgian sprinter Tom Steels originally placed fourth, but because of 'irregular riding' during the sprint was declassified to the last place of the peloton.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
14 July 2001 — Strasbourg to Colmar, 162.5 km (101.0 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
Although the Alps were not yet there, this was quite a mountainous ride through the Vosges. A breakaway group of five stayed ahead (the unlucky Basso crashing), containing German Jens Voigt, who thus took over the yellow jersey from his teammate O'Grady. Laurent Jalabert took his second stage win in this still young Tour de France - on the French national holiday, moreover.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
15 July 2001 — Colmar to Pontarlier, 222.5 km (138.3 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
The peloton took a day-off, but not so a group of 14 riders that had broken away. In the end they had a lead of almost 36 minutes, by far the largest one achieved in recent history. Even a lead of 22 minutes had not occurred in the last 25 years. Formally, this meant that the whole peloton finished outside the time limits, but the referees understandably used a rule that they could give clemency to any group of more than 20% of the stage's starting riders, officially citing the weather conditions as their reason to do so.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
Still, the effects on the general classification were huge: Stuart O'Grady, who was in the group, retook the yellow jersey, and was now over 35 minutes ahead of Armstrong. Armstrong also had to make good over half an hour on Frenchman François Simon. Perhaps even more dangerous was Andrei Kivilev. He was 'only' 13 minutes ahead of Armstrong, but unlike the others from the escape group, was known to be good in the mountains, so he needed not lose very much on the toppers in the rest of the Tour. Memories went back to 1990, when in the first stage a group of four riders won 15 minutes. One of them, Claudio Chiappucci, held on to the end, and ended second, only 2 minutes behind winner Greg Lemond.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
Among the fourteen breakaways was Erik Dekker, who had won a surprising three stages in the 2000 Tour de France. In the end phase of the stage, he escaped from the group, getting joined by fellow Dutchman Servais Knaven. Spanish Aitor Gonzalez set out to bridge the gap, and succeeded; however, in doing so, he also brought Dekker's teammate Marc Wauters (who had won in Antwerp and had worn the yellow jersey for one day). With the help of Wauters, Dekker had no difficulty winning the sprint, and thus he could add a fourth Tour stage to his list of wins.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
16 July 2001 — Pontarlier to Aix-les-Bains, 185 km (115.0 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
The stage started very fast, with many attacks. It was Bradley McGee and Davide Etxebarria who managed to make a gap of 1'20. Sergei Ivanov went after them and bridged the gap. The three leaders, chased by Momo Agnolutto, got a maximum of 7 minutes, but after that, the joined forces of Bonjour (of sprinter Damien Nazon) and Telekom (Zabel) quickly reduced the difference. Agnolutto was caught back, but the others managed to stay away, albeit only by a few seconds. Ivanov looked tired, and did not do his part of the work, but that appeared to be just a fake, trying to save his strength. He escaped, and went to the finish alone.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
17 July 2001 — Aix-les-Bains to Alpe d'Huez, 209 km (129.9 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
Finally the mountains were reached, and the work started for the riders who went for the general classification. Only one normal Alps stage this year, plus a climbing time trial (stage 11).


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
Laurent Roux, Eladio Jimenez and Toni Tauler were the early attackers this stage, and by the time the riders reached the first of three 'hors category' climbs, the Madeleine, they were 13'35 ahead of a peloton of about 45 riders. The Telekom team of Jan Ullrich led this peloton, hoping to make it a tough race. On the second climb, the Glandon, only one man was still up front, Roux, and he was 7 minutes before the peloton. In that peloton, Armstrong seemed to be in problems. Where usually he would climb in the front of the group, he was now in the back, and his facial expressions were also not that positive. Furthermore, only two riders from his team (Roberto Heras and Jose Luis Rubiera) were with him.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
But when the final mountain, the famous Alpe d'Huez was reached, things were shown to be very different, it looked like Armstrong had been bluffing in order to tempt Ullrich and his team into wasting their energy by forcing the pace too early in the stage. Rubiera attacked on the start of the climb, Armstrong followed, but only a few other riders did - in the end it is just Armstrong and Ullrich. When Rubiera has to drop off, Armstrong looks back.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
The camera angle made it appear as if he looks straight into the eyes of Ullrich, but in a later interview Armstrong denied this, saying he was looking for who else was around. Armstrong then attacks again. Ullrich cannot respond to Armstrong who loses him and climbs the Alpe alone. He overtakes Roux, and climbs up the Alpe d'Huez in 38'01" - only 26 seconds short of Marco Pantani's record from 1995, scored after a much lighter stage.


2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
Kivilev (12th at 4.39) keeps up well, and seems likely to take the yellow jersey in the Pyrenees, whilst Ullrich battles hard to limit his losses and take 2nd place on the stage. For now, the yellow is on the shoulders of François Simon, who scored a creditable 29th place (10.20 behind Armstrong). Stuart O'Grady ends way in the back. After having worn it six days, he says goodbye to the yellow jersey. He is now concentrating on the green one. Armstrong is now the first of the favourites, at fourth place. He will still have to deal with Simon and Kivilev before getting the yellow.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20
The 2001 Tour de France was the 88th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Dunkirk with a prologue individual time trial on 7 July and Stage 11 occurred on 18 July with an individual time trial from Grenoble. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 29 July.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11
18 July 2001 — Grenoble to Chamrousse, 32 km (19.9 mi) (ITT)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11
A mountain time trial was part of the Tour de France for the first time in several years. Lance Armstrong once again showed that he is the #1 contender for this year's tour. Laiseka, Sevilla and Montgomery all have a good result. Kivilev, however, falters, placing 32nd at more than 6 minutes behind Armstrong. He is a good climber but not a skilled time trialist.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12
20 July 2001 — Perpignan to Ax-les-Thermes, 166.5 km (103.5 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12
After stage 11 there was a rest day, although the amount of rest the riders actually did get was diminished by the fact that they had to make a long transportation. Stage 12 was the first of three stages in the Pyrenees. In the first stages of the race, Italian Paolo Bettini was the great attacker. Grouping with Stuart O'Grady and finally alone, he was ahead for a long time. In the final climb, however, he was caught by two other riders who were better climbers: Spain's David Etxebarria and Colombia's Felix Cardenas. By then, the Tour was already over for Christophe Moreau: He suffered what was probably a case of food poisoning, and abandoned.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12
Behind the three riders, Armstrong, Ullrich and Kivilev had escaped from the group of favorites. When Ullrich attacked, Kivilev was unable to follow. At the front, Etxebarria made a few attempts, which dropped Bettini but not Cardenas. When Cardenas himself attacked, Etxebarria was unable to follow. Armstrong and Ullrich were joined by Roberto Laiseka, who soon left the two favorites behind and started chasing Cardenas. Beloki tried to reach the Armstrong-Ullrich duo, but failed. Armstrong managed to get away from Ullrich, but he could not further overtake Laiseka and Cardenas. Simon lost another 4 minutes to Armstrong, who moved within half a minute of Kivilev.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
21 July 2001 — Foix to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 194 km (120.5 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
A group of nine attacked early. On the first climb, Laurent Roux took the points, strengthening his position, then Laurent Jalabert attacked, and started a long solo. Behind him, the group got smaller and smaller, in the end only Alexandre Vinokourov and Stive Vermaut remained.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
Jan Ullrich attacked on the Peyresourde, and escaped together with Lance Armstrong and Ullrich's teammate Kevin Livingston, who had escaped earlier. However, during the descent he mis-judged a curve, and ended up off the road. Luckily, both bicycle and rider had no severe damage, and Ullrich quickly was able to ride again. Armstrong had not mis-used Ullrich's problems to attack, and Ullrich rejoined a group with Armstrong, Beloki and a few others. By now, all original escapers but Jalabert had been caught back, between Jaja and the group-Armstrong/Ullrich, there was only Stefano Garzelli left.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
Jalabert, understandably tired of his long solo on a very difficult stage, was in problems during the final climb. Armstrong had chosen this climb for yet another attack. First his teammate Rubiera led the group, then Heras took over. Only Armstrong and Ullrich were able to follow. Heras himself had to drop off too later, and Armstrong managed to ride away from Ullrich. Jalabert's long solo was not rewarded with a stage win, Armstrong and five others took him over. However, it did bring him both the mountains jersey and the first place in the most combative rider classification. He would keep both to the finish in Paris.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
Armstrong dedicated his win to Fabio Casartelli, his (then) teammate, who died after a fall on the Portet d'Aspet, this stage's first climb, in the Tour de France of 1995. Apart from the stage, he also took over the first place in the general classification. Kivilev and Simon still hang on, in second and third place.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14
22 July 2001 — Tarbes to Luz Ardiden, 141.5 km (87.9 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14
The last mountain stage of this Tour de France. At the first climb, a group of 10 riders was ahead, but at the second climb, the Tourmalet, the highest point of this year's Tour (2,115 m (6,939 ft)), Sven Montgomery and Mario Aerts lost everyone but David Moncoutié and Bobby Julich, with the latter not looking good either. Julich did indeed drop off, as did Montgomery during the descent. The other two were caught back by Wladimir Belli, who attacked on the final climb to Luz Ardiden, hoping to win the stage in a solo.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14
However, the group with Armstrong, Ullrich and the other favourites was only one minute behind, and from this group Roberto Laiseka attacked, and passed the remaining escapers one by one, finally passing Belli and getting ready for the win 5 km before the finish. Armstrong again ordered Heras to turn up the speed, and again Armstrong and Ullrich were the only ones who were able to follow. When Heras also had to drop off, Ullrich attacked, but Armstrong did not break, and together the two went to the finish, hand-in-hand with Armstrong not contesting the third-place time bonus. Ullrich took the second place in the general classification, Beloki still has to gain 1'20" on Kivilev in the time trial to gain third place.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15
24 July 2001 — Pau to Lavaur, 232.5 km (144.5 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15
After the second resting day, and this time without a move, the last tour week started. Expected were some breaks to keep getting away, and a mass spurt in the last stage and maybe once or twice more. For the general classification, only the time trial (stage 18) seems important.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15
Stage 15 fits nicely in this pattern, but with a small twist. After a wild start, with many attacks, a group of 25 riders got away, and at the finish had 15 minutes over the peloton. In the final stages, attacks happened in this group too, and Italian Marco Pinotti managed to get away. However, Belgian Rik Verbrugghe did the same, and after a long chase managed to reach Pinotti – not really unexpectedly, as Verbrugghe is known to be a good time trialist. The rest of the group would finish just a few seconds after the two. The spurt was easily won by Verbrugghe, Pinotti simply having not enough energy already in the last kilometers.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15
The little twist is that one of the riders in the group ahead was Michael Boogerd, who managed to climb from 16th to 8th place in the general classification, thus causing some change in the top 10 after all. The Kelme team of Santiago Botero tried to diminish the group's lead, so as to keep their leader in front of Boogerd in the general classification, but to no avail. Still, Boogerd was not satisfied. He would gladly have given his top-ten position for the stage win. Even less satisfied was Alessandro Petacchi, who easily won the spurt of the group, but realised that he had missed his chance of a stage win.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16
25 July 2001 — Castelsarrasin to Sarran, 227.5 km (141.4 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16
The stage went like the last one: Many attacks at the start, resulting in a group getting away and staying away. This time the group was smaller, just seven riders, but again someone escaped from the group around 25 km (16 mi) before the end. It was German attacker Jens Voigt; Australian time trialist Bradley McGee was the only one who was able to follow. In the uphill finish, McGee was not able to follow Voigt, who thus got a well-deserved stage win. In the peloton, a crash unfortunately forced several riders to resign.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17
26 July 2001 — Brive-la-Gaillarde to Montluçon, 194 km (120.5 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17
Early on a group of 16 riders escaped. When US Postal gave up chasing, their lead rapidly grew, but then the Bonjour team of Damien Nazon decided to lead the chase, and some other teams with sprinters (in particular Telekom) joined in. This caused the gap to become less again. Up front, Lelli attacked, and Baguet and Piil joined in. The rest of the group was caught by the peloton. Lelli, suffering from cramps, stopped working at the front, but the riders managed to stay ahead nevertheless. Baguet won the sprint.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18
27 July 2001 — Montluçon to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 61 km (37.9 mi) (ITT)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18
The last stage that is supposed to be important for the final standings is an individual time trial. Armstrong, starting last because he is first in the general classification, shows once again his great form in this year's Tour, and gets his fourth stage, over 1 minute faster than number 2, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (although he is known as a good time trialist, still a slight surprise, as Ullrich is also a good time trialist and clearly the second-best in this Tour). Kivilev rode an excellent time trial given his weakness on this specialization, finishing 18th, but it was not enough to avoid losing third place to Beloki. Perhaps the greatest surprise of this stage was the fourth place of Frenchman Didier Rous.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19
28 July 2001 — Orléans to Évry, 149.5 km (92.9 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19
Probably the least exciting stage of this year's Tour, stage 19 had no major escapes (Jens Voigt attacking more to help teammate Stuart O'Grady by avoiding too many points going to Erik Zabel), and ended in a mass sprint. Deutsche Telekom had worked hard to keep the group together, and was rewarded with Zabel's second stage win. O'Grady, finishing second, did remain ahead of Zabel in the points classification, but the difference is only 2 points now.


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20
29 July 2001 — Corbeil Essones to Paris, 160.5 km (99.7 mi)


2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20
As traditional, the last stage went to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and as traditionally a number of attackers was unable to stay away from a peloton led by the groups of the sprinters. Although Française des Jeux had been working hard for Jimmy Casper, it was Jan Svorada who found himself well ahead about 200 meters from the finish. None of the other sprinters had a chance to overtake him. Erik Zabel was second, and had amassed enough points to take the green jersey from Stuart O'Grady. Zabel now had won the points classification for the sixth year in row. No one else had succeeded in winning the classification six times.


2001 Tour de Hongrie
The 2001 Tour de Hongrie was the 28th edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 8 to 12 August 2001. The race started in Veszprém and finished in Budapest. The race was won by Mikoš Rnjaković.


2001 Tour de Langkawi
The 2001 Tour de Langkawi was the 6th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began with prologue on 4 February in Langkawi and ended on 18 February in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.3 category race.


2001 Tour de Langkawi
Paolo Lanfranchi, Italian cyclist emerged as the winner of general classification and mountains classification of the race. Paolo Bettini became the winner of points classification and second-placed in general classification. Chris Wherry was third-placed in general classification. Mapei–Quick-Step became the winner of team classification.


2001 Tour de Langkawi, Stages
The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,833.47 kilometres. Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage.


2001 Tour de Langkawi, List of teams and riders
A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 173 riders, a total of 108 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.


2001 Tour de Pologne
The 2001 Tour de Pologne was the 58th edition of the Tour de Pologne cycle race l. It was held from 3 September to 9 September 2001. The race started in Gdańsk and finished in Karpacz. The race was won by Ondřej Sosenka.


2001 Tour de Romandie
The 2001 Tour de Romandie was the 55th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 8 May to 13 May 2001. The race started in Pfaffnau and finished in Geneva. The race was won by Dario Frigo of the Fassa Bortolo team.


2001 Tour de Romandie, Doping cases
Sergio Barbero and Laurent Chotard tested positive for EPO during the 2001 Tour de Romandie.


2001 Tour de Suisse
The 2001 Tour de Suisse was the 65th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 19 June to 28 June 2001. The race started in Rust and finished in Lausanne. The race has no overall winner. Although Lance Armstrong originally won the event, he was stripped of the title due to violating anti-doping regulations. In 2012, the United States Anti- Doping Agency disqualified him from his results after 1 August 1998. The verdict was confirmed by the Union Cycliste Internationale.


2001 Tour de la Région Wallonne
The 2001 Tour de la Région Wallonne was the 28th edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 3–8 August 2001. The race started in Mouscron and finished in Aubel. The race was won by Glenn D'Hollander.


2001 Tour du Haut Var
The 2001 Tour du Haut Var was the 33rd edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 24 February 2001. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Daniele Nardello.


2001 Tour of Flanders
The 85th edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic in Belgium took place on 8 April 2001. It was won by Italian Gianluca Bortolami before Erik Dekker and Dennis Zanette.


2001 Tour of Flanders, Route
The race started on the Market Square in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke, covering 269 km.


2001 Tour of Flanders, Race Summary
Cycling News remarked that Bortolami won the race by outfoxing the favorites:


2001 Tour of Flanders, Race Summary
Tacconi-Sport's Gianluca Bortolami has won the 85th Ronde van Vlaanderen, beating Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Denis Zanette (Liquigas) in an eight man sprint. The former World Cup winner rode an intelligent race, saving everything for the finale while the stronger riders wore each other out. He also profited from the lack of co-operation between the favourites (Tchmil, Museeuw, Bartoli, Vainsteins etc. ), who were in a chasing group but not willing to close it down.


2001 Tour of the Basque Country
The 2001 Tour of the Basque Country was the 41st edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 9 April to 13 April 2001. The race started in Asteasu and finished at Lasarte-Oria. The race was won by Raimondas Rumšas of the Fassa Bortolo team.


2001 Tournament of the Americas
The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also as the Championship of the Americas for Men), was hosted by Argentina, from 16 August, to 26 August 2001. The games were played at the Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn berths at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Argentina won the tournament, the country's first AmeriCup championship. The United States performed poorly at this tournament, mainly because it sent in junior players.


2001 Tournament of the Americas, Quarterfinal group
The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then, each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.


2001 Tournament of the Americas squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2001 Tournament of the Americas played in Neuquén, Argentina from August 16 to August 26, 2001.


2001 Towson Tigers football team
The 2001 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Towson finished sixth in the Patriot League.


2001 Towson Tigers football team
In their 10th year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers compiled a 3–7 record.


2001 Towson Tigers football team
The Tigers were outscored 257 to 149. Their 2–5 conference record placed sixth out of eight in the Patriot League standings.


2001 Towson Tigers football team
Like most of the Patriot League, Towson played just 10 of its 11 scheduled regular season games, after its September 15 matchup, against Ivy League opponent Yale, was canceled following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Towson Tigers football team
Towson played its home games at Minnegan Stadium on the university campus in Towson, Maryland.


2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The 2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on April 8, 2001 on the streets of Long Beach, California, USA. It was the 2nd round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Team Penske driver Hélio Castroneves led all 82 laps from pole position ahead of Monterrey winner Cristiano da Matta and Penske teammate Gil de Ferran to win his fourth career race.


2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
While Castroneves dominated the race from the front, his lead was threatened with each of the four caution periods throughout the race, which grouped the field together behind the pace car and erased the gap between each driver. Nevertheless, Castroneves was able to pull away each time with little threat to his position. After starting in 2nd place, Kenny Bräck was forced to retire early due to a gearbox issue.


2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Castroneves jumped five places in the points standings to 3rd overall, while podium finishers da Matta and de Ferran remained 1st and 2nd, respectively. Meanwhile, Honda eked ahead of Toyota in the manufacturer's standings by one point. This would be the last CART race for Dale Coyne Racing's two drivers, Luiz Garcia Jr. and Michael Krumm; after competing full-time since 1984, the team withdrew from the series after the race and did not return until 2003.


2001 Toyota Princess Cup
The 2001 Toyota Princess Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. It was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 September through 23 September 2001.Third-seeded Jelena Dokić won the singles title and earned $90,000 first-prize money.


2001 Toyota Princess Cup, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Kim Clijsters /  Ai Sugiyama, 6–1, 6–3


2001 Toyota Princess Cup – Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Halard-Decugis retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season.


2001 Toyota Princess Cup – Doubles
Sugiyama teamed up with Kim Clijsters and lost in the final to Cara Black and Liezel Huber, with a score of 6–1, 6–3. It was the first ever participation for Black and Huber as a team, as well as their first title.


2001 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2001 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles
Jelena Dokic won the title by defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2001 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2001 Trampoline World Championships
The 22nd Trampoline World Championships were held in Odense, Denmark from 26 July to 28 July 2001.


2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Alexander Brest Field on the campus of Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida from May 16 through 19. UCF won its fifth tournament championship to earn the Trans America Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.


2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Tournament Most Valuable Player
Jeremy Kurella was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kurella was an infielder for UCF.


2001 Trans-Am Series
The 2001 Trans-Am Series was the 36th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. The victory at Portland would mark Dodge's final Trans Am win until the 2012 Trans-Am Series.


2001 Transnistrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the breakaway republic of Transnistria on 9 December 2001. The result was a victory for incumbent President Igor Smirnov, who received 82% of the vote. The other candidates were Tom Zenovich, mayor of Bender (the second largest city in the country), and Alexander Radchenko of the Power to the People party, which advocated reunion with Moldova.


2001 Tri Nations Series
The 2001 Tri Nations Series was contested from 21 July to 1 September between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Wallabies won another thrilling game at Stadium Australia in Sydney with number eight Toutai Kefu scoring a try at the death in captain John Eales' final test match, to successfully defend the Tri Nations trophy.


2001 Tri Nations Series
Australia made it 4 wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998.


2001 Trinidad and Tobago general election
Early general elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 December 2001, after the ruling United National Congress lost its majority in the House of Representatives following four defections. However, the election results saw the UNC and the People's National Movement both win 18 seats. Although the UNC received the most votes, President A. N. R. Robinson nominated PNM leader Patrick Manning as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 66.1%.


2001 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2001 Tro-Bro Léon was the 18th edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 3 June 2001. The race was won by Jacky Durand.


2001 Trophée Lalique
The 2001 Trophée Lalique was the fourth event of six in the 2001–02 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy in Paris on November 15–18. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2001–02 Grand Prix Final.


2001 Trophée Lalique
The competition was named after the Lalique company, which was its chief sponsor at the time.


2001 Trophée des Champions
The 2001 Trophée des Champions was a football match held at Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg on July 19, 2001, that saw 2000–01 Division 1 champions FC Nantes defeat 2001 Coupe de France winners RC Strasbourg 4-1.


2001 Troy State Trojans football team
The 2001 Troy State Trojans football team represented Troy State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Trojans played their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The 2001 season was Troy State's transitional year of moving to Division I-A.


2001 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 2001 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Green Wave played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They competed in Conference USA. The team was coached by head coach Chris Scelfo.


2001 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 2001 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Keith Burns. They played home games at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.


2001 Turkish economic crisis
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Turkey relied heavily on foreign investment for economic growth, with trade above 40% of GNP. The Turkish government and banking systems lacked the financial means to support meaningful economic growth. The government was already running enormous budget deficits, and one of the ways it managed to sustain these was by selling huge quantities of high-interest bonds to Turkish banks. Continuing inflation (likely a result of the enormous flow of foreign capital into Turkey) meant that the government could avoid defaulting on the bonds in the short term. As a consequence, Turkish banks came to rely on these high-yield bonds as a primary investment.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Political instability
In March 1997 a Coalition was formed between the Motherland Party's Mesut Yılmaz and the True Path Party's Tansu Çiller. The plan was for Yilmaz and Çiller to alternate the Prime Ministry. However, there was much public distraction caused by leader of the Welfare Party Necmettin Erbakan's threats to investigate Çiller for corruption. Meanwhile, Erbakan, who had been excluded from the coalition, did everything he could to rally support for an Islamic NATO, and an Islamic version of the European Union.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Political instability
The Motherland Coalition collapsed in part because of Erbakan's widespread public support. Addition tensions wreaked havoc on the government. Yilmaz was forced to resign on June 6, 1996, with the government having lasted for only 90 days. Erbakan became Prime Minister on June 29 as the head of a Welfare/True Path coalition. The success of the new Welfare-Path Coalition was viewed with hostility by the military. Erbakan's explicitly Islamist policies resulted in a post modern coup in which the military forced Erbakan to yield power to Demirel who yielded to Yilmaz on June 19, 1997.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Political instability
The political fighting between Yilmaz and Ciller on one side, and Erbakan on the other would continue, making coalitions difficult to create. In addition, corruption was rampant at this time. People were highly disillusioned with their government. This lack of faith and efficacy would cause foreign nations to carefully examine any investment in Turkey.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Political instability
The next government that came also had a constitution booklet crisis which started after a dispute in National Security Council between Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Bülent Ecevit, and the namesake of the crisis came after Sezer throwing an constitution booklet to Ecevit.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Foreign divestment
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team in 1996 warned of an impending financial crisis because of the deficit, which soon came into being. Turkey's unstable political landscape led many foreign investors to divest from the country. As foreign investors observed the political turmoil and the government's attempts to eliminate the budget deficit, they withdrew $70 billion worth of capital from the country in a matter of months. This left a vacuum of capital that Turkish banks were unable to alleviate because the government was no longer able to pay off its bonds. With no capital to speak of, the Turkish economy slowed dramatically.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Stabilization efforts
In November 2000, the IMF provided Turkey with $11.4 billion in loans  and Turkey sold many of its state-owned industries in an effort to balance the budget. In the case of Turkish Airlines, advertisements were placed in newspapers to attract offers for a 51% stake in the company. By 2000 there was massive unemployment, a lack of medicine, tight credit, slow production to fight inflation and increasing taxes. Stabilisation efforts had yet to produce any meaningful effects, and the IMF loan was widely seen as insufficient.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Crash
On February 19, 2001, Prime Minister Ecevit emerged from a meeting with President Sezer saying, "This is a serious crisis." This underscored financial and political instability and led to further panic in the markets. Stocks plummeted and the interest rate reached 3,000%. Large quantities of Turkish lira were exchanged for U.S. dollars or euro, causing the Turkish central bank to lose $5 billion of its reserves.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Crash
The crash triggered even more economic turmoil. In the first eight months of 2001, 14,875 jobs were lost, the dollar rose to 1,500,000 liras, and income inequality had risen from its already high level.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Significance
The crash was emblematic of the political and economic problems that had been wearing on Turkey for years. Confidence in the government had been eroded by corruption and the inability to form lasting coalitions. The stock market crash revealed Turkey's economic situation to be not only extremely fragile but also entirely dependent on foreign investment. Although not as significant as decreased foreign investment or the massive budget deficit, the crash highlights Turkey's recent political instability.


2001 Turkish economic crisis, Significance
Critical interpretations look more fundamentally at the effects of the 2001 crisis on Turkish society and its post-1980s turn to neoliberalism. According to one journal article, the 2001 Turkish crisis and state-organised rescue served to preserve, renew, and intensify "the structurally unequal social relations of power and class characteristic offinance-led neoliberal capitalism" in ways institutionally specific to Turkish society.


2001 Tuvalu A-Division
The 2001 season of the Tuvalu A-Division was the inaugural season of association football competition. FC Niutao won the championship.


2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 14 and 21, 2001 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.


2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2001 World Championships, 2001 Four Continents Championships, and the 2001 World Junior Championships.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and ran from April 30 through May 6, 2001. Andy Roddick won the singles title.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi /  Leander Paes defeated  Kevin Kim /  Jim Thomas 7–6(7–4), 6–2


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Leander Paes and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Paes with Mahesh Bhupathi and Siemerink with Jack Waite.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Siemerink and Waite lost in the quarterfinals to George Bastl and Irakli Labadze.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Bhupathi and Paes won in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–2 against Kevin Kim and Jim Thomas.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
Fernando González was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Michal Tabara.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
Andy Roddick won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Hyung-Taik Lee.


2001 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2001 United States Open Championship was the 101st U.S. Open, held June 14–18  at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The U.S. Open returned to Southern Hills for the first time since 1977. Retief Goosen won the first of his two U.S. Open titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mark Brooks. The tournament was also notable for ending defending champion Tiger Woods' run of four consecutive major championship wins, the "Tiger Slam;" he finished seven strokes back in a tie for twelfth. Woods reclaimed the U.S. Open title the following year, and won the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2007.


2001 U.S. Open (golf)
The total purse was $5 million with a winner's share of $900,000.


2001 U.S. Open (golf)
At the end of the final round on Sunday, Brooks three-putted his way out of the lead on the 72nd hole. In the final pairing, co-leaders Goosen and Stewart Cink both had approach shots from the 18th fairway. Cink missed the green long and then three-putted from fifteen feet (4.5 m) to double bogey. Goosen had ten feet (3 m) for birdie, but also three-putted to tie Brooks, forcing the next-day playoff.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Previous majors at Southern Hills
This U.S. Open was the third at Southern Hills and its sixth major championship. Former Open  champions were Tommy Bolt in 1958, and Hubert Green in 1977. Southern Hills had a history of hot championships with temperatures soaring above 90 °F (32 °C). In 1977, Green led by one shot with four holes to go when he was informed of a death threat against him, received by the FBI. He decided to continue on and won the title by one stroke, the first of his two major championships.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Previous majors at Southern Hills
The course also previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1970, 1982, and 1994, all played in August, and later hosted the 2007 event.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round
Severe thunderstorms halted play Thursday afternoon with only 66 players completing their rounds. South Africa's Goosen completed an opening round of 66, four-under-par, to lead the way. Goosen resumed his unfinished round at three-under-par and raced to six-under, but bogeys at the 16th and 17th took the edge off his round. However, it was enough to earn him a one-stroke lead over three-time champion Hale Irwin and Canadian Mike Weir with tour journeyman J. L. Lewis one stroke further back.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round
Irwin, age 56, won his last U.S. Open title in 1990; he capped his opening 67 (−3) with a birdie at the treacherous par-four 18th. Woods could only manage a first round of 74 (+4), eight shots off the lead. He bogeyed the ninth, before recording his first birdie of the round at the 15th. But even that could not spark a revival in his fortunes as he bogeyed the last.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
The delay created by Thursday's thunderstorms meant 33 players could not finish the second round on Friday, and had to play Saturday morning. The cut line was 146 (+6) with 79 players making the cut. Brooks fired a 64 (−6) Friday to grab a share of the lead. Goosen, who led after the first round was completed Friday morning, and Lewis joined Brooks at 136 (−4). Sergio García and Stewart Cink were tied for fourth at two-under par. Phil Mickelson and David Duval, players who briefly flirted with the lead during Woods' run at the Masters in April, were knotted at 139 (−1) after each posted 69 on Friday. Woods shot a 71 for 145 (+5), one stroke ahead of the cut.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round
Cink finished with a three-under 67 and a share of the third-round lead with Goosen. One of three leaders at the start of the day, Goosen parred each of the last nine holes despite a number of wayward shots down the stretch. The 32-year-old South African managed a 69 to push the leading total to 205 (−5). Brooks, a co-leader of Goosen's after a tournament-low 64 on Friday, shot even-par 70 to join Rocco Mediate and García in third place at 206 (−4). Mickelson, who ended the day three under, was the first big name to make a charge in the third round. Woods shot a 69 for 214 (+4), nine strokes back in tie for 23rd.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Goosen missed a two-foot (0.6 m) par putt at the 72nd hole to fall back into a tie with Brooks, forcing an 18-hole playoff on Monday. Brooks was in the clubhouse when Goosen charged his ten-foot (3 m) birdie putt past the cup. Goosen, after watching his playing partner and co-leader Cink miss a 20-inch (50 cm) putt for bogey, pushed his short par putt by the right edge of the cup. He then sank a short bogey putt to finish regulation alongside Brooks at four-under-par 276.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
When Goosen and Cink dialed it up to go to five-under, Brooks responded by two-putting for birdie at the par-five 13th. The lead was his after Cink drove into a creek for bogey at 13 and Goosen suffered his first three-putt of the championship at the 14th. Goosen, who stoically battled to hold on to a piece of the top spot all week, knocked his approach at the 15th to the back fringe and rolled in a 12-footer to return to minus-five with Brooks.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Brooks' 200-yard (180 m) approach to 18 landed forty feet (12 m) left of the right-side pin placement. His first putt was too hard and sped eight feet (2.4 m) past the hole, and his par try stopped on the right edge. The bogey gave Brooks an even-par 70 and dropped him to four-under. Back at 17, Cink replaced Brooks as co-leader after a brilliant wedge approach over the flag landed past the pin before spinning back to two feet for birdie.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Two players who had been expected to make a charge in the final round - Mickelson and García - blew their chances with poor displays. The most eye-catching performances of the day came from Vijay Singh and Tom Kite, who both stormed to 64 (−6) - the best rounds of the week - and Olin Browne, who sank a hole-in-one at the 11th. Woods, winner of the previous four major championships, failed to make a charge on Sunday and saw his run come to an end. He turned in his second straight 69 to finish seven strokes back, tied for 12th at 283 (+3), snapping streaks of eight straight top-10s in majors and 40 consecutive events under par.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff
In the 18-hole playoff, Brooks birdied the third hole and Goosen the sixth to pull even at one-under par. Brooks bogeyed the seventh and again at the ninth, while Goosen birdied it to go three strokes up at the turn. Brooks bogeyed #10 while Goosen birdied to take a five-shot lead with eight holes to be played. They halved the next six holes, all pars except bogeys at #12, and Goosen maintained his five-stroke lead with just two holes remaining.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff
A two-shot swing in Brooks' favor at the 17th cut the lead to three, but Brooks, who struggled off the tee all day, sent his final drive into the right-hand rough. He chose a fairway wood for his approach and did well to run his ball into the bunker short and left of the final green. Goosen found the 18th fairway with his drive, then hit a five-iron that landed short of the green and rolled 20 yards (18 m) back down the slope.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff
Taking no chances with his tight uphill lie, Goosen used a putter to knock his ball onto the putting surface, leaving 25 feet (7.6 m) for his par. Brooks blasted out of the trap to three feet and converted for par for a two-over 72. Goosen cautiously left his par putt five-foot (1.5 m) short, then rolled in the clinching putt for an even-par 70 and became just the sixth foreign-born winner of the U.S. Open in the last 70 years. The seemingly stoic 32-year-old became the third South African to win the title, joining Gary Player and Ernie Els as champions of the USGA's premier event.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"It's amazing and I don't want to consider what it would have felt like if I had lost but I played solid and my putter was warm in places – except yesterday." – Retief Goosen


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"It's been a long week, it feels like a year out here." – Retief Goosen


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"When I got up this morning, I was more comfortable than I was Sunday morning. I knew I had a 50 percent chance of winning." – Retief Goosen


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"I got punished severely in the rough today and that was kind of the difference," – Mark Brooks after his playoff loss.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"I started hitting the ball a lot better a few weeks ago, and just the putter wasn't working. And putting a new putter in the bag last week, it just helped." – Retief Goosen


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"To be honest with you I played as hard as I could, I tried on every shot, and there's no regrets." – Tiger Woods after failing to win his fifth straight major championship


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"I don't think people really understand how difficult it is on you to keep putting yourself there and the stress it puts on you coming down the back nine on Sunday with a chance to win. More times than not it wears you out." – Tiger Woods


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"It's certainly not the finish I would have liked, but out of playing (36) majors now, and not winning any, I'm tired of beating myself up time after time," – Phil Mickelson.


2001 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes
"It was really tough to dig in and concentrate on that second putt because I really didn't think it was really all that important," – Stewart Cink after missing a two-foot putt which ultimately would have put him in the playoff with Goosen and Brooks (since Goosen missed his own two-foot putt seconds later).


2001 U.S. Open Cup
The 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October 2001, open to all soccer teams in the United States.


2001 U.S. Open Cup
The Los Angeles Galaxy won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over the New England Revolution in extra time in the final at Titan Stadium on the campus of Cal State-Fullerton.


2001 U.S. Open Cup
Four MLS squads were upset in the second round. However, one team that held on was the San Jose Earthquakes, who won 7–6 on penalties in the third round against the Milwaukee Rampage, then in the quarterfinals lost to their California rival Los Angeles, but not before an exciting game that in the end saw penalties from all ten position players. LA won 10–9 on PKs after a 1–1 draw.


2001 U.S. Open Cup
The Seattle Sounders Select had the best performance by a PDL team, defeating the Dallas Burn in extra time in the second round, then lost to the eventual champion Los Angeles 3–1. The farthest run by a lower-division team was accomplished by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, who lost to the Chicago Fire in the quarterfinals in extra time.


2001 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.


2001 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule, Second round
Twelve MLS, Eleven A-League, and Five D3 Pro League teams enter.


2001 U.S. Women's Open
The 2001 U.S. Women's Open was the 56th U.S. Women's Open, held May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.


2001 U.S. Women's Open
Defending champion Karrie Webb repeated as champion, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years. Webb became the seventh to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, and the win was the fifth of her seven major titles.


2001 U.S. Women's Open
Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and it returned in 2007.


2001 UAB Blazers football team
The 2001 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 2001, and was the eleventh team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his seventh season as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their sixth season at the I-A level, and their third affiliated with a conference with a record of 6–5 (5–2 C-USA).


2001 UBS Open
The 2001 UBS Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad in Switzerland and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 56th edition of the tournament and ran from 9 July until 15 July 2001. Jiří Novák won the singles title.


2001 UBS Open, Finals, Doubles
Roger Federer /  Marat Safin defeated  Michael Hill /  Jeff Tarango 0–1 (Hill and Tarango retired)


2001 UBS Open – Doubles
Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti.


2001 UBS Open – Doubles
Roger Federer and Marat Safin won the final 0–1 after Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango were forced to retire.


2001 UBS Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 UBS Open – Singles
Àlex Corretja was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Jiří Novák.


2001 UBS Open – Singles
Novák won in the final 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Juan Carlos Ferrero.


2001 UBS Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2001 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2001 NCAA Division II football season. They played as a Division II independent in 2001. They would stay an independent until 2004 when they became a charter member of the Great West Conference (GWC).


2001 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2001 Aggies were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Biggs and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the regular season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2). This was the 32nd consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record.


2001 UC Davis Aggies football team
At the end of the season the Aggies were ranked #12 and were invited to the Division II playoffs for the sixth year in a row. In the first round they defeated 11th-ranked Texas A&M–Kingsville in Kingsville, Texas. In the second round (quarterfinal) they played in their home stadium, and defeated 17th-ranked Tarleton State. In the semifinal round (quarterfinal) they played in Grand Forks, North Dakota and were defeated by 4th-ranked North Dakota. That brought the Aggies final record to ten wins and three losses (10–3). The Aggies outscored their opponents 490–286 for the season.


2001 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
The following UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft.