# 2001 Italian Open – Men's singles

Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Gustavo Kuerten in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2001 Italian Open.
Magnus Norman was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Vincenzo Santopadre.

## Seeds

* Gustavo Kuerten (final)
* Marat Safin (second round)
* Andre Agassi (first round)
* Pete Sampras (first round)
* Magnus Norman (first round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (third round)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (champion)
* Tim Henman (second round)
* Àlex Corretja (quarterfinals)
* Arnaud Clément (first round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
* Thomas Enqvist (second round)
* Jan-Michael Gambill (first round)
* Franco Squillari (third round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Andreas Vinciguerra | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | Andreas Vinciguerra | 2 | 4 | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | Nicolás Lapentti | 3 | 3 | 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | G Kuerten | 6$^4$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Ljubičić | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 4 | 5 | | | M Chang | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Chang | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A Voinea | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 15 | F Squillari | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | F Santoro | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 1 | 6$^5$ | | 15 | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | F Squillari | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | À Corretja | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | À Corretja | 2 | 3 |
| | C Moyá | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | À Corretja | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Escudé | 6$^5$ | 4 | | Q | A Portas | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Portas | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | À Corretja | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | T Haas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | L Hewitt | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 5 | 3 | | | T Haas | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | L Hewitt | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| 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 |
| 4 | P Sampras | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 7 | 2 | 6 | | H Levy | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | F Clavet | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Kiefer | 2 | 4 | | | |
| | C Pioline | 3 | 0 | | | N Kiefer | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 2 | 1 | | 13 | T Enqvist | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | H Levy | 6$^7$ | 2 |
| 12 | S Grosjean | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | A Vinciguerra | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| | A Ilie | 4 | 2 | | 12 | S Grosjean | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Bruguera | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | Q | S Bruguera | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Volandri | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 12 | S Grosjean | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | A Vinciguerra | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Vinciguerra | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | F Meligeni | 2 | 0 | | | A Vinciguerra | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Santopadre | 6 | 6 | | WC | V Santopadre | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Norman | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Y Kafelnikov | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 5 | 1 | r | 6 | Y Kafelnikov | 6$^3$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Díaz | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Díaz | 7$^7$ | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Puerta | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | J Díaz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | V Voltchkov | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | F Luzzi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | H Arazi | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Luzzi | 6 | 1 | 6 | WC | F Luzzi | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | A Clément | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Díaz | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | J-M Gambill | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | G Coria | 7 | 6 | | | G Coria | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | N Lapentti | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Gaudio | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | F Mantilla | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | Q | F Mantilla | 3 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| WC | M Navarra | 3 | 6$^5$ | | Q | F Mantilla | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 6 | 6 | | | Á Calatrava | 6 | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Agassi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 |
| 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 3 | 5 | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 6 | 3 | 4 | | M Ríos | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ríos | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Martin | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | J Boutter | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | J Boutter | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Boutter | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Costa | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | T Henman | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | T Henman | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | D Hrbatý | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | W Ferreira | 0 | 2 |
| | W Ferreira | 6 | 6 | | | W Ferreira | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | G Rusedski | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | W Ferreira | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | R Federer | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | R Federer | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6$^5$ | | R Federer | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | M Safin | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Safin | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Albert Portas (qualified)
* Arnaud Di Pasquale (qualifying competition)
* Wayne Arthurs (qualifying competition)
* Galo Blanco (first round)
* Sergi Bruguera (qualified)
* Ivan Ljubičić (qualified)
* Mikhail Youzhny (qualifying competition)
* Mariano Zabaleta (qualifying competition)
* Agustín Calleri (qualifying competition)
* Félix Mantilla (qualified)
* Julien Boutter (qualified)
* Tommy Robredo (first round)
* Markus Hipfl (first round)
* Andrei Stoliarov (first round)
* Fernando Meligeni (qualified)
* Lars Burgsmüller (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Albert Portas
* Adrian Voinea
* Fernando Meligeni
* Jacobo Díaz
* Sergi Bruguera
* Ivan Ljubičić
* Julien Boutter
* Félix Mantilla

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Albert Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Daniele Bracciali | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Daniele Bracciali | 2 | 4 | 1 | Albert Portas | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | Andrea Gaudenzi | 2 | 5 |
| | Andrea Gaudenzi | 6 | 6 | | Andrea Gaudenzi | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Andrei Stoliarov | 0 | 3 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Goran Ivanišević | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Goran Ivanišević | 4 | 3 | | 2 | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 1 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | | Adrian Voinea | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Adrian Voinea | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | Adrian Voinea | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 12 | Tommy Robredo | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Wayne Arthurs | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Karim Alami | 6 | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | Karim Alami | 6 | 2 | 6$^5$ | 3 | Wayne Arthurs | 6$^9$ | 6 | 1 |
| | | | | | 15 | Fernando Meligeni | 7$^{11}$ | 4 | 6 |
| WC | Stefano Galvani | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Fernando Meligeni | 7$^{11}$ | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Fernando Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Galo Blanco | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Jacobo Díaz | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jacobo Díaz | 6 | 6 | Jacobo Díaz | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | Germán Puentes | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 |
| | Germán Puentes | 6 | 6 | Germán Puentes | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | Markus Hipfl | 4 | 4 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Sergi Bruguera | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Markus Hantschk | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Markus Hantschk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Sergi Bruguera | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 16 | Lars Burgsmüller | 1 | 2 |
| | Jeff Tarango | 2 | 3 | | 16 | Lars Burgsmüller | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Lars Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Ivan Ljubičić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Daniel Elsner | 6$^0$ | 4 | | | | |
| | Daniel Elsner | 6$^0$ | 4 | 6 | Ivan Ljubičić | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 9 | Agustín Calleri | 3 | 4 |
| | Christian Vinck | 6$^3$ | 2 | 9 | Agustín Calleri | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Agustín Calleri | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Bob Bryan | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Bob Bryan | 2 | 4 | | 7 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | 11 | Julien Boutter | 6 | 6 |
| | Sargis Sargsian | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | Julien Boutter | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Julien Boutter | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Mariano Zabaleta | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | Marco Meneschincheri | 6$^3$ | 5 | | | | | |
| WC | Marco Meneschincheri | 6$^3$ | 5 | 8 | Mariano Zabaleta | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | 10 | Félix Mantilla | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | Nikolay Davydenko | 0 | 2 | 10 | Félix Mantilla | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Félix Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | | | |