# 2001 Salem Open – Singles

Nicolas Kiefer was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Marcelo Ríos won in the final 7–6 (7–3), 6–2 against Rainer Schüttler.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (quarterfinals)
* Marat Safin (second round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (quarterfinals)
* Andy Roddick (first round)
* Mark Philippoussis (second round)
* Jonas Björkman (quarterfinals)
* Michael Chang (second round)
* Marcelo Ríos (champion)

## 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
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Srichaphan | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | J C Ferrero | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Heuberger | 6$^5$ | 4 | | Q | C Mamiit | 6 | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Mamiit | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J C Ferrero | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| | M Russell | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | R Schüttler | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 3 | 5 | | 5 | M Philippoussis | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Philippoussis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | A Roddick | 3 | 6 | 3/r | | | | | | | | | | | A Sá | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | A Sá | 6 | 4 | 3 | | A Sá | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 6$^3$ | 6$^4$ | | | M Kratochvil | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kratochvil | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | A Sá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | J Björkman | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Woodbridge | 2 | 2 | | | W Arthurs | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 2 | 4 | | 6 | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rainer Schüttler | 6$^3$ | 2 |
| 8 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Marcelo Ríos | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| Q | D Vacek | 2 | 1 | | 8 | M Ríos | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-T Lee | 1 | 5 | | | K Carlsen | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 8 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | 3 | S Grosjean | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Massú | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | N Massú | 6$^2$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller | 6$^4$ | 4 | | 3 | S Grosjean | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Grosjean | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | M Chang | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Ilie | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Blake | 6$^3$ | 5 | | 7 | M Chang | 3 | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ilie | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | A Ilie | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Motomura | 6 | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | A Ilie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Godwin | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M Larsson | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Larsson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Larsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Hui | 3 | 2 | | 2 | M Safin | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |