# 2001 Paris Masters – Singles

Sébastien Grosjean defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2001 Paris Masters.
Marat Safin was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Andreas Vinciguerra.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Gustavo Kuerten (third round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (second round)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)
* Marat Safin (third round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (champion)
* Tommy Haas (semifinals)
* Tim Henman (second round)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Roger Federer (second round)
* Arnaud Clément (second round)
* Goran Ivanišević (second round)
* Andy Roddick (second round)
* Guillermo Cañas (second round)
* Thomas Johansson (quarterfinals)
* Fabrice Santoro (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | |
| | Sjeng Schalken | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andreas Vinciguerra | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andreas Vinciguerra | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | Andreas Vinciguerra | 1 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Jiří Novák | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jiří Novák | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6$^3$ | 1 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Sébastien Grosjean | 7$^7$ | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | |
| 6 | Sébastien Grosjean | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Sébastien Grosjean | 7$^7$ | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| | Hicham Arazi | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hicham Arazi | 2 | 2 | | 6 | Sébastien Grosjean | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Tommy Haas | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tommy Haas | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Tommy Haas | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Thomas Johansson | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | | B Ulihrach | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Clavet | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | F Luzzi | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | S Schalken | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | S Schalken | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | A Roddick | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Schalken | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6$^6$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Vinciguerra | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ |
| | | | | | 12 | G Ivanišević | 4 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Vinciguerra | 3 | 6 | 6 | | A Vinciguerra | 6 | 3 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | A Vinciguerra | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | C Pioline | 4 | 7$^9$ | 3 | | | | | | 5 | M Safin | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | K Kučera | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | Q | K Kučera | 6$^2$ | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | M Safin | 7$^7$ | 5 | 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Mahut | 3 | 4 | | M Philippoussis | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Philippoussis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Costa | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | A Costa | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | M Llodra | 6$^3$ | 1 | | A Costa | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | G Cañas | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Novák | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | 10 | R Federer | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | J Novák | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | J Novák | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 4 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | WC | J Boutter | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| WC | J Boutter | 6 | 3 | WC | J Boutter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | T Henman | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 6 | S Grosjean | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | D Hrbatý | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 6 | S Grosjean | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | C Rochus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | C Rochus | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| | W Ferreira | 3 | 3 | | Q | C Rochus | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | À Corretja | 7 | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Grosjean | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Arazi | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | 16 | F Santoro | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | H Arazi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | J C Ferrero | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | F Squillari | 2 | 3 | | | A Portas | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Moyá | 5 | 1 | | | I Ljubičić | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | T Haas | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Rusedski | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | X Malisse | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | X Malisse | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | A Clément | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | T Haas | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | T Johansson | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | 15 | T Johansson | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | T Enqvist | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Escudé | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 15 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | A Dupuis | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 5 | | N Lapentti | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Hewitt | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Félix Mantilla (first round)
* Francisco Clavet (qualified)
* Fernando Vicente (first round)
* Andrea Gaudenzi (first round)
* Mikhail Youzhny (first round)
* Lars Burgsmüller (qualifying competition)
* Antony Dupuis (qualified)
* Markus Hipfl (first round, retired)
* Davide Sanguinetti (first round)
* Nicolás Massú (first round)
* Ramón Delgado (qualifying competition)
* Christophe Rochus (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Federico Luzzi
* Francisco Clavet
* Antony Dupuis
* Nicolas Mahut
* Christophe Rochus
* Karol Kučera

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Félix Mantilla | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Michael Russell | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michael Russell | 4 | 6 | 6 | Michael Russell | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| | | | | | Federico Luzzi | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| | Federico Luzzi | 6 | 3 | 6 | Federico Luzzi | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| 9 | Davide Sanguinetti | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Francisco Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 0 | 4 | 2 | Francisco Clavet | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | 11 | Ramón Delgado | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| | Marc Rosset | 3 | 4 | 11 | Ramón Delgado | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ramón Delgado | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Fernando Vicente | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Julien Benneteau | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Julien Benneteau | 6 | 6 | WC | Julien Benneteau | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | 7 | Antony Dupuis | 6 | 7 |
| | Magnus Larsson | 4 | 4 | 7 | Antony Dupuis | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Antony Dupuis | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Andrea Gaudenzi | 6$^3$ | 6$^{11}$ | | | | |
| WC | Nicolas Mahut | 7$^7$ | 7$^{13}$ | | | | |
| WC | Nicolas Mahut | 7$^7$ | 7$^{13}$ | WC | Nicolas Mahut | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | WC | Sébastien de Chaunac | 5 | 3 |
| WC | Sébastien de Chaunac | 6 | | WC | Sébastien de Chaunac | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Markus Hipfl | 1 | r | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6$^5$ | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Attila Sávolt | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Attila Sávolt | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 | | Attila Sávolt | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 12 | Christophe Rochus | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | Adrian Voinea | 7 | 0$^r$ | | 12 | Christophe Rochus | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Christophe Rochus | 5 | 2 | | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Lars Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ivo Karlović | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | Ivo Karlović | 4 | 4 | 6 | Lars Burgsmüller | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | Karol Kučera | 6 | 6 |
| | Karol Kučera | 6 | 6 | | Karol Kučera | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Nicolás Massú | 4 | 4 | | | | |