Australian Open 2001

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Holland's Tommy Berden Steals Australian Men's Open

Sarah Fitz-Gerald Overpowers light Women's Field
Tommy Berden, the young world number 33 player from Holland, stole away with the Australia Men's Open for 2001. Australia, which boasts the world's #4, 5 and 15th ranked players, saw Berden vanquish world #26 Anthony Ricketts from Australia in five games in the finals. Ricketts had ousted world #4 Paul Price in a five game semi final, while Berden had ousted world #15 Stewart Boswell, also in five games.

Australia's world #5, David Palmer, had ducked this event, as had world #22 John Williams and world #24 Joseph Kneipp.

Sarah Fitz-Gerald, the effervescent world #3 and reigning British Open Champion, continued her policy of taking on all comers in every available events, in this case totally dominating the field as she easily bested Natalie Grinham 3-0 in the finals. Her natural rivals, Carol Owens from Australia and Leilani Joyce from New Zealand both skipped the event.

	2001 Australian Open Updated: 12-aug-01 22:19
	Thurs Aug 9 1st Round	Fri Aug 10 Quarters	Sat Aug 11 Semis	Sun Aug 12 Finals
(1) Paul Price (Vic)	(1) Paul Price (Vic) 15/7,15/7, 15/12	(1) Paul Price (Vic) 15/7, 15/13, 15/12	(3) Anthony Ricketts (NSW) 15/13, 16/17, 14/17, 15/7, 15/9	(4) Tommy Berden (NED) 15/12, 17/16, 11/15, 12/15, 15/13
Jason Wolff (SA)
(5-8) John Goodchild (SA)	(5-8) John Goodchild (SA) 8/15, 15/13, 15/14, 15/13
Jeff Osborne (NSW)
(5-8) Byron Davis (SA)	(5-8) Byron Davis (SA) 15/7, 15/9, 15/14	(3) Anthony Ricketts (NSW) 15/6, 15/10, 15/4
Jason Groves (SA)
(3) Anthony Ricketts (NSW)	(3) Anthony Ricketts (NSW) 15/5, 15/3, 15/6
Alex Ask (SA)
(4) Tommy Berden (NED)	(4) Tommy Berden (NED) 15/6, 15/6, 15/7	(4) Tommy Berden (NED) 15/10, 7/15, 15/7, 15/4	(4) Tommy Berden (NED) 15/6, 11/15, 15/13, 9/15, 15/7
Scott Coombe (SA)
(5-8) Cameron White (Vic)	(5-8) Cameron White (Vic)15/2, 15/6, 17/14
James Rogers (SA)
(5-8) Mark Jory (SA)	(5-8) Mark Jory (SA)15/8, 15/4, 15/6	(2) Stewart Boswell (ACT) 15/7, 15/4, 15/3
Paul Webster (SA)
Luke Margan (SA)	(2) Stewart Boswell (ACT)
(2) Stewart Boswell (ACT)

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	2001 Australian Open Updated: 12-aug-01 22:19
	Wed Aug 8 1st Round	Thurs Aug 9 Quarters	Fri Aug 10 Semis	Sun Aug 11 Finals
(1) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Vic)	(1) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Vic) 9/2, 9/1, 9/0	(1) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Vic) 9/0, 9/6, 9/0	(1) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Vic) 9/2, 9/0, 9/2	(1) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Vic) 9/0, 9/2, 9/2
Alison Ward (SA)
Karen Kronemeyer (Vic)	Sue Baker (SA)) 9/10, 9/0, 10/8, 9/6
Sue Baker (SA)
(5-8) Amelia Pittock (Vic)	(5-8) Amelia Pittock (Vic) 9/6, 2/9, 9/2, 9/4	(3) Shannon McNamara (NSW) 10/8, 9/7, 9/1
Heidi Mather (NSW)
(3) Shannon McNamara (NSW)	(3) Shannon McNamara (NSW) 9/1, 9/2, 9/0
(Q) Di Davis (SA)
(4) Laura Keating (ACT)	(4) Laura Keating (ACT) 9/3, 9/0, 9/0	(4) Laura Keating (ACT) 9/3, 9/5, 9/4	(2) Natalie Grinham (Qld) 9/0, 9/3, 9/3
(Q) Janine Bryan (SA)
(5-8) Melissa Vacca (SA)	(5-8) Melissa Vacca (SA)9/2, 9/3, 9/5
Sarah Nelson (NSW)
(5-8) Dianne Desira (Vic)	(5-8) Dianne Desira (Vic) 9/2, 9/2, 9/4	(2) Natalie Grinham (Qld) 9/1, 9/2, 9/2
Jacki McNamara (NSW)
Dani Davis (SA)	(2) Natalie Grinham (Qld) 9/0, 9/0, 9/4
(2) Natalie Grinham (Qld)

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