2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's singles
# 2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's singles

Juan Ignacio Chela was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Galo Blanco.

## Seeds

* Gustavo Kuerten (champion)
* Franco Squillari (first round)
* Carlos Moyá (semifinals)
* Gastón Gaudio (quarterfinals)
* Albert Costa (second round)
* Fernando Vicente (first round)
* Francisco Clavet (first round)
* Hicham Arazi (second 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Guillermo Cañas | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | Guillermo Cañas | 1 | 4 | | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Galo Blanco | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Carlos Moyá | 4 | $7^7$ | 5 | WC | Galo Blanco | 4 | 2 |
| WC | Galo Blanco | 6 | $6^3$ | 7 | | | | |

### Top 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Mantilla | 4 | 1 | | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rochus | 3 | 0 | | LL | A Simoni | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Simoni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | G Kuerten | $6^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Vaněk | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | WC | F Meligeni | $7^7$ | 3 | $2^r$ | | | | |
| WC | A Hernández | 3 | $6^4$ | | | J Vaněk | 5 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Meligeni | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | F Meligeni | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F Clavet | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | G Gaudio | 7 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | G Cañas | 1 | 4 |
| Q | M Rodríguez | 5 | $6^6$ | | 4 | G Gaudio | $7^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Horna | 4 | 4 | | | Y El Aynaoui | $6^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | G Gaudio | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | G Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | G Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Sánchez | 4 | 2 | | Q | G Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 2 | 3 | | 8 | H Arazi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H Arazi | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | A Costa | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 4 | $6^4$ | | 5 | A Costa | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Portas | 3 | 3 | | | S Bruguera | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Bruguera | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | N Massú | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | C Moyá | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | A Martín | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 4 | 4 | | 3 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Moyá | 4 | $7^7$ | 5 |
| 6 | F Vicente | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | G Blanco | 6 | $6^3$ | 7 |
| | A di Pasquale | $7^7$ | 6 | | | A di Pasquale | 4 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | Q | C Ruud | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Elsner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | C Ruud | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | WC | G Blanco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | G Puentes | $6^3$ | 4 | | | M Zabaleta | 6 | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Blanco | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | WC | G Blanco | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | F Squillari | 6 | 1 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Qualifying seeds

* Tommy Robredo (first round)
* Alexandre Simoni (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Markus Hipfl (qualifying competition)
* Juan Antonio Marín (qualifying competition)
* Óscar Serrano (first round)
* Luis Horna (qualified)
* Christian Ruud (qualified)
* Martín Rodríguez (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Guillermo Cañas
* Luis Horna
* Martín Rodríguez
* Christian Ruud

### Lucky loser

* Alexandre Simoni

### Qualifying draws

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tommy Robredo | 5 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | |
| | Solon Peppas | 7 | $6^3$ | 6 | Solon Peppas | Solon Peppas | 3 | 4 |
| | Guillermo Cañas | $7^7$ | 6 | | Guillermo Cañas | Guillermo Cañas | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Óscar Serrano | $6^3$ | 1 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Alexandre Simoni | $7^{10}$ | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | David Nalbandian | $6^8$ | $7^8$ | 3 | 2 | Alexandre Simoni | $6^2$ | 4 |
| WC | Marcello Amador | 2 | 2 | | 6 | Luis Horna | $7^7$ | 6 |
| 6 | Luis Horna | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Markus Hipfl | $7^7$ | $7^9$ | | | | | |
| | Gastón Etlis | $6^4$ | $6^7$ | 3 | Markus Hipfl | $7^8$ | 4 | 4 |
| | Álex López Morón | 4 | 2 | 8 | Martín Rodríguez | $6^6$ | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Martín Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Juan Antonio Marín | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Feliciano López | 5 | 5 | 4 | Juan Antonio Marín | 3 | 2 |
| | Nicolas Coutelot | 1 | 4 | 7 | Christian Ruud | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Christian Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | | |
