# 2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Nicolas Kiefer was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Patrick Rafter.
Juan Carlos Ferrero won the final 6–2, 3–1 after Marat Safin was forced to retire.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Marat Safin (final, retired because of a back injury)
* Magnus Norman (quarterfinals)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
* Àlex Corretja (first round)
* Patrick Rafter (second round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (semifinals)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (champion)
* Cédric Pioline (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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | M Safin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 5 | 2 | | 1 | M Safin | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boutter | 7 | 1 | 6 | | J Boutter | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Eagle | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 6 | 7$^{13}$ | | | | | | | | A Medvedev | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Nestor | 3 | 6$^{11}$ | | | A Medvedev | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 2 | 4 | | 5 | P Rafter | 6$^1$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Safin | 6$^0$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Y Kafelnikov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Johansson | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| | C Doseděl | 6$^3$ | 2 | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 2 | 1 | | | T Johansson | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ilie | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | M Mirnyi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Voltchkov | 6 | 6 | | | V Voltchkov | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 7$^{10}$ | 7 | | | M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Pioline | 6$^8$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Marat Safin | 2 | 1$^r$ |
| 6 | D Hrbatý | 6 | 6$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 3 |
| Q | T Behrend | 4 | 7$^9$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | D Hrbatý | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 3 | r | | | B Ulihrach | 7 | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 6 | | | | | | | | 6 | D Hrbatý | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Escudé | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | Q | L Burgsmüller | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Kučera | 6 | 4 | 6$^2$ | | N Escudé | 2 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | Q | L Burgsmüller | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | À Corretja | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Hrbatý | 7 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| 7 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J C Ferrero | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 4 | 3 | | 7 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | J Novák | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Norman | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Bahrouzyan | 1 | 2 | | | A Pavel | 6 | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Tarango | 4 | 4 | | 2 | M Norman | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Norman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |