1.   For Irvin, the victory took away some of the pain of losing the doubles final earlier in the day.

2.   He and Knippschild had company in that the doubles final was also filled with unseeded guys.

3.   Hingis already has won three times in Grand Slam events, the first last year in the Wimbledon doubles final alongside Helena Sukova.

4.   Justin Gimelstob of Miami and Richey Reneberg of Atlanta advanced to the doubles final and will meet Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Australian Sandon Stolle.

5.   Majoli and Martina Hingis fell to Gabriela Sabatini and Brenda McCarthy-Schultz in the doubles final of the du Maurier Ltd. Canadian Open.

6.   Several weeks ago, Sugiyama and a healthy Clijsters were in the doubles final at Wimbledon.

7.   Yet, he thought it best not to tell coach Tut Bartzen until after the doubles final.

8.   Patrick Rafter of Australia and Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden won the doubles final, downing Byron Black of Zimbabwe and Wayne Ferreria of South Africa in straight sets.

9.   Bjorkman also reached the U.S. Open doubles final with Kulti.

10.   Bjorkman reached the U.S. Open semifinals and the doubles final and is playing the best tennis of his career.