2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles
# 2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles

Albert Portas defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 0–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2001 Hamburg European Open.

Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Max Mirnyi.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Gustavo Kuerten (first round)
* Marat Safin (second round)
* Andre Agassi (second round)
* Pete Sampras (first round)
* Magnus Norman (second round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (final)
* Tim Henman (first round)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Arnaud Clément (first round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
* Thomas Enqvist (first round)
* Jan-Michael Gambill (third round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (first round)
* Roger Federer (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Albert Costa | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Albert Costa | 1 | 2 | | 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 6 | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ | 5 |
| | | | | | Q | Albert Portas | 4 | 6 | 0 | $7^7$ | 7 |
| Q | Albert Portas | 3 | 7 | 6 | Q | Albert Portas | 4 | 6 | 0 | $7^7$ | 7 |
| 7 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | G Kuerten | 3 | 6 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | M Mirnyi | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 4 | 4 | | | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 14 | J-M Gambill | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Moyá | 4 | 4 | | | M Ríos | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Pretzsch | 2 | 5 | | 14 | J-M Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | J-M Gambill | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Johansson | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 |
| | G Rusedski | 3 | 4 | | 10 | A Corretja | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | $7^7$ | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Dupuis | 2 | 3 | | | H Levy | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Bruguera | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | J C Ferrero | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J C Ferrero | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 1 | 4 | 3 | A Agassi | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | F Santoro | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 1 | 4 | | | | | | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | N Kiefer | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | A Pavel | 4 | 4 | | N Kiefer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | T Martin | 6 | $7^7$ | | T Martin | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | T Enqvist | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | A Clément | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | A Costa | 6 | 6 |
| | B Ulihrach | 7 | 6 | | B Ulihrach | 6 | 1 | $1^r$ | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 3 | 4 | | A Costa | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | A Vinciguerra | 5 | 3 | | | | | | N Escudé | 3 | 0 | | | |
| | C Pioline | 7 | 6 | | C Pioline | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | N Escudé | 7 | 7 | | N Escudé | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | M Norman | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Rosset | 3 | 5 | | 5 | M Norman | $6^5$ | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Voltchkov | 1 | 3 | | Q | A Portas | $7^7$ | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | A Portas | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | $6^7$ | $6^1$ | | | | | | | 12 | S Grosjean | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | A Calleri | $7^9$ | $7^7$ | | Q | A Calleri | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | S Grosjean | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | S Grosjean | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Portas | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | D Hrbatý | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | A Martín | 3 | 2 |
| | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | T Haas | 6 | $6^8$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 6 | 1 | 6 | | H Arazi | 2 | $7^{10}$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | H Arazi | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| LL | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | LL | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 3 | 0 | | LL | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | Á Calatrava | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Sampras | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A di Pasquale | 3 | 2 | | 7 | L Hewitt | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira | 4 | 6 | 3 | | F Vicente | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | A Ilie | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | A Ilie | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | |
| Q | J Balcells | 6 | $6^5$ | 4 | | A Ilie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | WC | L Burgsmüller | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | T Henman | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | R Federer | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Squillari | 4 | 2 |
| | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | F Squillari | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Gustafsson | 4 | 4 | | | M Chang | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Gaudio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Gaudio | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Puerta | 2 | 3 | | | G Gaudio | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Knippschild | 2 | 4 | | 2 | M Safin | 0 | $6^0$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
