2001 Qatar Open – Singles
# 2001 Qatar Open – Singles

Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Gianluca Pozzi.

Marcelo Ríos won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 against Bohdan Ulihrach.

## Seeds

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
* Nicolas Kiefer (quarterfinals)
* Sjeng Schalken (second round)
* Younes El Aynaoui (first round)
* Marc Rosset (second round)
* Hicham Arazi (quarterfinals)
* Fabrice Santoro (first round)
* Gastón Gaudio (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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q | Bohdan Ulihrach | 3 | 7 | $7^9$ | | | | | |
| | Nicolas Escudé | 6 | 5 | $6^7$ | | | | | |
| | Nicolas Escudé | 6 | 5 | $6^7$ | Q | Bohdan Ulihrach | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | Vladimir Voltchkov | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 2 | 2 | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 5 | 3 | | Q | F Jonsson | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Jonsson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | B Ulihrach | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | Q | B Ulihrach | 1 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | N Coutelot | 2 | 6 | 5 | Q | B Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Khalfan | 3 | 2 | | 5 | M Rosset | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | B Ulihrach | 3 | 7 | $7^9$ |
| WC/4 | Y El Aynaoui | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | N Escudé | 6 | 5 | $6^7$ |
| | N Escudé | 6 | $7^7$ | | | N Escudé | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Ivanišević | 4 | 4 | | | J Boutter | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boutter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Escudé | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | H Arazi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | A di Pasquale | 6 | 6 | | | A di Pasquale | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Portas | $6^5$ | 4 | | 6 | H Arazi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | H Arazi | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | F Santoro | 6 | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 1 | 6 | $7^7$ | | G Pozzi | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Zimonjić | 4 | 6 | 1 | | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ríos | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | M Ríos | $7^7$ | 7 | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | F Vicente | $6^4$ | 5 | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 4 | $6^5$ | | | F Vicente | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 3 | 1 | | 3 | S Schalken | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Ríos | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | G Gaudio | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | V Voltchkov | 1 | 3 |
| | V Voltchkov | 3 | 6 | 6 | | V Voltchkov | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | $6^4$ | 4 | | | M Mirnyi | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | V Voltchkov | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | S Koubek | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | N Kiefer | 2 | 1 | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 7 | 4 | 6 | | Á Calatrava | 0 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | N Kiefer | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Kiefer | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Juan Balcells (second round)
* Bohdan Ulihrach (Qualifier)
* Attila Sávolt (second round)
* Nicolas Coutelot (Qualifier)
* Ján Krošlák (second round)
* Filippo Volandri (second round)
* Lars Burgsmüller (first round)
* Juan Albert Viloca (final round)

### Qualifiers

* Fredrik Jonsson
* Bohdan Ulihrach
* Nenad Zimonjić
* Nicolas Coutelot

### Draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Juan Balcells | $6^3$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Marcus Sarstrand | $7^7$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Marcus Sarstrand | $7^7$ | 3 | 5 | 1 | Juan Balcells | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Renzo Furlan | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | |
| | Renzo Furlan | 6 | 6 | | | Renzo Furlan | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | |
| | Marc Fornell | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Marc Fornell | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | Renzo Furlan | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Fredrik Jonsson | 6 | 6 |
| | Andy Fahlke | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Fredrik Jonsson | 6 | 6 |
| | Fredrik Jonsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fredrik Jonsson | 6 | 6 | | | Fredrik Jonsson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Filippo Volandri | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Daniel Nestor | 2 | 0 | | 6 | Filippo Volandri | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| 6 | Filippo Volandri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Bohdan Ulihrach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky | 5 | 3 | | 2 | Bohdan Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Mario Ančić | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Mario Ančić | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | Mario Ančić | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Ivo Heuberger | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ivo Heuberger | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | 2 | Bohdan Ulihrach | 6 | 1 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ |
| | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ |
| | Melvyn op der Heijde | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Melvyn op der Heijde | 1 | 2 | | | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Ján Krošlák | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Marzio Martelli | 4 | $6^4$ | | 5 | Ján Krošlák | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Ján Krošlák | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Attila Sávolt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Nasser Al-Khulafi | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Nasser Al-Khulafi | 2 | 1 | | 3 | Attila Sávolt | 3 | $1^r$ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Vasilis Mazarakis | 4 | 4 | | | Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Alexander Waske | 3 | 2 |
| | Mark Knowles | $7^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Alexander Waske | 3 | 2 |
| | Dick Norman | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Dick Norman | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | Dick Norman | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Alexander Waske | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | |
| | Alexander Waske | 7 | 6 | | | Alexander Waske | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | |
| 7 | Lars Burgsmüller | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Nicolas Coutelot | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Federico Luzzi | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Federico Luzzi | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Nicolas Coutelot | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jean-François Bachelot | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Jean-François Bachelot | 6 | 6 | | | Jean-François Bachelot | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Alt | Uros Vico | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | Uros Vico | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | Nicolas Coutelot | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Juan Albert Viloca | 3 | 2 |
| | Oscar Burrieza | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Juan Albert Viloca | 3 | 2 |
| | Igor Kunitcin | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Igor Kunitcin | 4 | $6^1$ | | | Oscar Burrieza | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Juan Albert Viloca | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Mohammad Ghareeb | 2 | 6 | $6^{10}$ | 8 | Juan Albert Viloca | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 8 | Juan Albert Viloca | 6 | 4 | $7^{12}$ | | | | | | | | | |
