2001 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles

Singles
Singles
2001 Monte Carlo Masters
Final
Champion	Gustavo Kuerten
Runner-up	Hicham Arazi
Score	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	64 (8Q / 4WC)
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Hicham Arazi in the final, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2001 Monte Carlo Masters.

Cédric Pioline was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Arazi.

Seeds

Marat Safin (first round)
Gustavo Kuerten (champion)
Magnus Norman (second round)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
Àlex Corretja (first round)
Arnaud Clément (first round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
Sébastien Grosjean (semifinals)
Dominik Hrbatý (first round)
Thomas Enqvist (second round)
Franco Squillari (second round)
Wayne Ferreira (first round)
Cédric Pioline (third round)
Roger Federer (quarterfinals)
Carlos Moyá (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

15	Roger Federer	4	3

9	Sébastien Grosjean	6	6
					9	Sébastien Grosjean	4	4

						Hicham Arazi	6	6
	Hicham Arazi	7⁷	2	7⁷

8	Tim Henman	6³	6	6²
										Hicham Arazi	3	2	4

									2	Gustavo Kuerten	6	6	6
	Guillermo Coria	6	4	6

Q	Alberto Martín	3	6	3
						Guillermo Coria	4	2

					2	Gustavo Kuerten	6	6
	Sjeng Schalken	7⁷	2	4

2	Gustavo Kuerten	6¹	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	M Safin	3	1
	A di Pasquale	6	6			A di Pasquale	6	6
	J Boutter	6	5	4		Á Calatrava	4	4
	Á Calatrava	2	7	6							A di Pasquale	1	2
	D Sanguinetti	7⁷	6²	6						15	R Federer	6	6
	A Medvedev	6²	7⁷	4		D Sanguinetti	6⁵	6⁰
	M Chang	4	3		15	R Federer	7⁷	7⁷
15	R Federer	6	6											15	R Federer	4	3
9	S Grosjean	6	7											9	S Grosjean	6	6
	F Clavet	4	5		9	S Grosjean	7	6
	B Ulihrach	6	6			B Ulihrach	5	3
Q	J Balcells	4	2							9	S Grosjean	6	6
	G Rusedski	6⁵	5							Q	M Gustafsson	4	3
	A Pavel	7⁷	7			A Pavel	2	7⁷	3
Q	M Gustafsson	6⁵	6	6	Q	M Gustafsson	6	6⁴	6
5	À Corretja	7⁷	2	2

Section 2

First round				Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

3	M Norman	6	6
	N Escudé	2	2	3	M Norman	2	4
	M Puerta	0^r			H Arazi	6	6
	H Arazi	1							H Arazi	7⁷	6
	T Johansson	2	4					14	C Pioline	6⁴	1
	A Ilie	6	6		A Ilie	6²	2
	D Prinosil	2	1	14	C Pioline	7⁷	6
14	C Pioline	6	6											H Arazi	7⁷	2	7⁷
10	D Hrbatý	5	4										8	T Henman	6³	6	6²
	A Costa	7	6		A Costa	w/o
Q	K Kučera	4	4		M Ríos
	M Ríos	6	6						A Costa	6	6⁶	1
	G Gaudio	7	6					8	T Henman	2	7⁸	6
	H Levy	5	2		G Gaudio	4	2
	F Santoro	3	0	8	T Henman	6	6
8	T Henman	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

7	J C Ferrero	6	6
WC	S Bruguera	2	1		7	J C Ferrero	2	6³
	N Lapentti	5	2^r		Q	G Blanco	6	7⁷
Q	G Blanco	7	3							Q	G Blanco	5	1
	A Vinciguerra	1	4								G Coria	7	6
	G Coria	6	6			G Coria	4	6	6
	G Pozzi	2	2		12	F Squillari	6	1	2
12	F Squillari	6	6												G Coria	6	4	6
13	W Ferreira	5	6	2										Q	A Martín	3	6	3
	J Björkman	7	3	6		J Björkman	4	6	0
Q	M Youzhny	6	6		Q	M Youzhny	6	0	6
	N Kiefer	3	0							Q	M Youzhny	3	4
	J Novák	5	6⁹							Q	A Martín	6	6
Q	A Martín	7	7¹¹		Q	A Martín	6	6
Q	M Hipfl	5	6	7	Q	M Hipfl	4	2
4	Y Kafelnikov	7	2	5

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

6	A Clément	7⁷	1	6⁴
WC	J Golmard	6⁴	6	7⁷	WC	J Golmard	6	7⁷
	V Voltchkov	1	4			A Portas	4	6²
	A Portas	6	6							WC	J Golmard	6	0	1
	S Schalken	6	6								S Schalken	3	6	6
WC	K Alami	2	0			S Schalken	2	6	6
	R Schüttler	2	6	3	11	T Enqvist	6	4	2
11	T Enqvist	6	4	6												S Schalken	7⁷	2	4
16	C Moyá	6	6												2	G Kuerten	6¹	6	6
WC	M Rosset	4	4		16	C Moyá	6	3	3
	T Haas	6	6			T Haas	1	6	6
	M Mirnyi	0	1								T Haas	7⁸	2	3
	F Vicente	0	6	6						2	G Kuerten	6⁶	6	6
Q	I Ljubičić	6	4	1		F Vicente	2	2
	Y El Aynaoui	4	6	4	2	G Kuerten	6	6
2	G Kuerten	6	4	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Nicolás Massú (first round)
Joan Balcells (qualified)
Alberto Martín (qualified)
Agustín Calleri (qualifying competition)
Karol Kučera (qualified)
Ivan Ljubičić (qualified)
Mariano Zabaleta (first round)
Magnus Gustafsson (qualified)
Galo Blanco (qualified)
Michel Kratochvil (qualifying competition)
Jan Siemerink (first round)
Mikhail Youzhny (qualified)
Antony Dupuis (qualifying competition)
Sláva Doseděl (first round)
Andrei Stoliarov (first round)
Sargis Sargsian (first round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Nicolás Massú	3	1

	Andrea Gaudenzi	6	6
					Andrea Gaudenzi	3	1

					Markus Hipfl	6	6
	Markus Hipfl	7	6

11	Jan Siemerink	5	3

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Joan Balcells	7	6

	Nikolay Davydenko	5	2
					2	Joan Balcells	6	6

						Cyril Saulnier	2	4
	Cyril Saulnier	6¹	6	6

15	Andrei Stoliarov	7⁷	4	1

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Alberto Martín	6	6

	Stéphane Huet	0	3
					3	Alberto Martín	6	7¹⁰

					WC	John van Lottum	3	6⁸
WC	John van Lottum	6	1	6

16	Sargis Sargsian	2	6	3

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Agustín Calleri	3	6	6

	Michaël Llodra	6	1	4
					4	Agustín Calleri	4	6	6⁵

					12	Mikhail Youzhny	6	3	7⁷
	Jacobo Díaz	4	6	4

12	Mikhail Youzhny	6	2	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Karol Kučera	4	6	6

	Lars Burgsmüller	6	2	3
					5	Karol Kučera	6	6

					10	Michel Kratochvil	2	3
	Tomáš Zíb	3	7⁷	3

10	Michel Kratochvil	6	6¹	6

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Ivan Ljubičić	6	6

WC	Juan Albert Viloca	2	3
					6	Ivan Ljubičić	7⁸	6

					13	Antony Dupuis	6⁶	4
	Kristian Pless	5	7⁷	3

13	Antony Dupuis	7	6⁴	6

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Mariano Zabaleta	6	6⁴	2

	Adrian Voinea	4	7⁷	6
						Adrian Voinea	3	3

					9	Galo Blanco	6	6
WC	Renzo Furlan	3	1

9	Galo Blanco	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Magnus Gustafsson	6	6

	Christian Vinck	4	3
					8	Magnus Gustafsson	6	6

					WC	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1	4
WC	Paul-Henri Mathieu	3	6	6

14	Sláva Doseděl	6	3	1