# 2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles

Qualifier Albert Portas defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2001 Hamburg European Open.
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Max Mirnyi.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Gustavo Kuerten (first round)
* Marat Safin (second round)
* Andre Agassi (second round)
* Pete Sampras (first round)
* Magnus Norman (second round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (final)
* Tim Henman (first round)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Arnaud Clément (first round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
* Thomas Enqvist (first round)
* Jan-Michael Gambill (third round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (first round)
* Roger Federer (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Albert Costa | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Albert Costa | 1 | 2 | | 8 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 |
| | | | | | Q | Albert Portas | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| Q | Albert Portas | 3 | 7 | 6 | Q | Albert Portas | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 7 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First 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 | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | M Mirnyi | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 4 | 4 | | | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 14 | J-M Gambill | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Moyá | 4 | 4 | | | M Ríos | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Pretzsch | 2 | 5 | | 14 | J-M Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | J-M Gambill | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Johansson | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 |
| | G Rusedski | 3 | 4 | | 10 | A Corretja | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Dupuis | 2 | 3 | | | H Levy | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Bruguera | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | J C Ferrero | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J C Ferrero | 3 | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 1 | 4 | 3 | A Agassi | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | F Santoro | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 1 | 4 | | | | | | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | N Kiefer | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | A Pavel | 4 | 4 | | N Kiefer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | T Martin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | T Martin | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | T Enqvist | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | A Clément | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | A Costa | 6 | 6 |
| | B Ulihrach | 7 | 6 | | B Ulihrach | 6 | 1 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 3 | 4 | | A Costa | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | A Vinciguerra | 5 | 3 | | | | | | N Escudé | 3 | 0 | | | |
| | C Pioline | 7 | 6 | | C Pioline | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | N Escudé | 7 | 7 | | N Escudé | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | M Norman | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Rosset | 3 | 5 | | 5 | M Norman | 6$^5$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Voltchkov | 1 | 3 | | Q | A Portas | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | A Portas | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 6$^7$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | 12 | S Grosjean | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | A Calleri | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | Q | A Calleri | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | S Grosjean | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | S Grosjean | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Portas | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | D Hrbatý | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | A Martín | 3 | 2 |
| | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | T Haas | 6 | 6$^8$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 6 | 1 | 6 | | H Arazi | 2 | 7$^{10}$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | H Arazi | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| LL | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | LL | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 3 | 0 | | LL | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | Á Calatrava | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Sampras | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 |
| 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A di Pasquale | 3 | 2 | | 7 | L Hewitt | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira | 4 | 6 | 3 | | F Vicente | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | A Ilie | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | A Ilie | 2 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| Q | J Balcells | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | A Ilie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | WC | L Burgsmüller | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | T Henman | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | R Federer | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Squillari | 4 | 2 |
| | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | F Squillari | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Gustafsson | 4 | 4 | | | M Chang | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Gaudio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Gaudio | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Puerta | 2 | 3 | | | G Gaudio | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Knippschild | 2 | 4 | | 2 | M Safin | 0 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Alberto Martín (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Albert Portas (qualified)
* Joan Balcells (qualified)
* Wayne Arthurs (first round)
* Arnaud Di Pasquale (qualified)
* Magnus Gustafsson (qualified)
* Marc Rosset (qualified)
* Michel Kratochvil (first round)
* Xavier Malisse (qualifying competition)
* Olivier Rochus (qualifying competition)
* Sergi Bruguera (qualified)
* Ivan Ljubičić (qualifying competition)
* Agustín Calleri (qualified)
* Mariano Zabaleta (qualifying competition, retired due to an illness)
* Félix Mantilla (qualifying competition)
* Antony Dupuis (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Agustín Calleri
* Albert Portas
* Joan Balcells
* Antony Dupuis
* Arnaud Di Pasquale
* Magnus Gustafsson
* Marc Rosset
* Sergi Bruguera

### Lucky loser

* Alberto Martín (replaces Alexander Popp)

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Alberto Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 3 | 2 | 1 | Alberto Martín | 3 | 6$^9$ |
| | | | | 13 | Agustín Calleri | 6 | 7$^{11}$ |
| Alt | Paradorn Srichaphan | 0 | 0 | 13 | Agustín Calleri | 6 | 7$^{11}$ |
| 13 | Agustín Calleri | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Albert Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Christian Vinck | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Christian Vinck | 1 | 2 | 2 | Albert Portas | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | 14 | Mariano Zabaleta | 3 | 1$^r$ |
| | Andrea Gaudenzi | 0 | 5 | 14 | Mariano Zabaleta | 3 | 1$^r$ |
| 14 | Mariano Zabaleta | 6 | 7 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Joan Balcells | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Jiří Vaněk | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Jiří Vaněk | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Joan Balcells | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 9 | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| | Stefan Koubek | 3 | 4 | | 9 | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Wayne Arthurs | 6$^7$ | 7 | 5 | | | | |
| Alt | Germán Puentes | 7$^9$ | 5 | 7 | | | | |
| Alt | Germán Puentes | 7$^9$ | 5 | 7 | Alt | Germán Puentes | 6$^4$ | 1 |
| | | | | | 16 | Antony Dupuis | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Julien Boutter | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | Antony Dupuis | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 16 | Antony Dupuis | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Christophe Rochus | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Christophe Rochus | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | 5 | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 12 | Ivan Ljubičić | 4 | 3 |
| | Andrei Stoliarov | 0 | 1 | | 12 | Ivan Ljubičić | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | Ivan Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Magnus Gustafsson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Daniel Elsner | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Daniel Elsner | 5 | 4 | | 6 | Magnus Gustafsson | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 10 | Olivier Rochus | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| WC | Andy Fahlke | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | Olivier Rochus | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| 10 | Olivier Rochus | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Marc Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Tommy Robredo | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Tommy Robredo | 2 | 2 | 7 | Marc Rosset | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 15 | Félix Mantilla | 3 | 2 |
| | Markus Hipfl | 4 | 0 | 15 | Félix Mantilla | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Félix Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Michel Kratochvil | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | David Sánchez | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | David Sánchez | 1 | 7 | 6 | | David Sánchez | 3 | 6$^7$ |
| | | | | | 11 | Sergi Bruguera | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| WC | Denis Gremelmayr | 2 | 1 | | 11 | Sergi Bruguera | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| 11 | Sergi Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | | | |