2001 Mercedes Cup – Singles

Singles
2001 Mercedes Cup
2000 Champion Argentina Franco Squillari
Champion Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Runner-up Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Final score 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Franco Squillari was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Guillermo Cañas.

Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 against Cañas.

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 to the second round.

  1. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (Champion)
  2. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Quarterfinals)
  3. France Arnaud Clément (Third Round)
  4. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (Third Round)
  5. France Fabrice Santoro (Second Round)
  6. Argentina Franco Squillari (Third Round)
  7. Morocco Hicham Arazi (Second Round)
  8. Argentina Guillermo Coria (Second Round)
  1. Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti (Quarterfinals)
  2. Argentina Guillermo Cañas (Final)
  3. Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra (Second Round)
  4. Czech Republic Jiří Novák (Semifinals)
  5. Spain Alberto Martín (Quarterfinals)
  6. Argentina Gastón Gaudio (Quarterfinals)
  7. Romania Andrei Pavel (Second Round)
  8. Spain Albert Costa (Third Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                             
  1  Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 4 77 7  
12  Czech Republic Jiří Novák 6 65 5  
  1  Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 6 6 6    
  10  Argentina Guillermo Cañas 3 2 4    
Q  Spain Marc López 2 2  
  10  Argentina Guillermo Cañas 6 6    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1  Brazil G Kuerten 6 6    
   Australia A Ilie 6 6          Australia A Ilie 1 2    
   Germany L Burgsmüller 1 3         1  Brazil G Kuerten 6 6    
   United States M Russell 2 77 3          Spain T Robredo 4 1    
   Spain T Robredo 6 65 6        Spain T Robredo 4 77 712
    15  Romania A Pavel 6 65 610  
      1  Brazil G Kuerten 6 66 6
      9  Ecuador N Lapentti 4 78 3
    9  Ecuador N Lapentti 6 6    
Q  Spain F López 64 4          Austria M Hipfl 2 3    
   Austria M Hipfl 77 6         9  Ecuador N Lapentti 7 6  
   Germany C Vinck 4 2            Spain D Sánchez 5 4    
   Spain D Sánchez 6 6          Spain D Sánchez 6 6  
    5  France F Santoro 2 1    
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    4  Slovakia D Hrbatý 711 6    
   Spain F Clavet 1 6 77        Spain F Clavet 69 3    
   Spain J Díaz 6 1 64       4  Slovakia D Hrbatý 6 2 4  
WC  Germany J Herm-Zahlava 2 4         14  Argentina G Gaudio 1 6 6  
   Switzerland M Rosset 6 6          Switzerland M Rosset 3 5  
    14  Argentina G Gaudio 6 7    
      14  Argentina G Gaudio 5 77 5
      12  Czech Republic J Novák 7 65 7
    12  Czech Republic J Novák 6 6    
   Spain G Blanco 6 6          Spain G Blanco 3 1    
WC  Germany B Phau 1 1         12  Czech Republic J Novák 6 6  
   France J Boutter 65 79 6          France J Boutter 1 4    
   Argentina J Acasuso 77 67 3        France J Boutter 65 6 7
    7  Morocco H Arazi 77 4 5  
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8  Argentina G Coria 4 67    
Q  Australia R Fromberg 4 6 4     Q  Spain M López 6 79    
Q  Spain M López 6 3 6       Q  Spain M López 5 7 6  
   Spain S Bruguera 6 6            Spain S Bruguera 7 5 1  
Q  Norway J F Andersen 4 1          Spain S Bruguera 6 6  
    11  Sweden A Vinciguerra 2 3    
      Q  Spain M López 4 6 6
      13  Spain A Martín 6 4 3
    13  Spain A Martín 6 6    
   Spain F Vicente 77 6          Spain F Vicente 1 3    
WC  Germany M-K Goellner 63 4         13  Spain A Martín 7 6  
WC  Germany M Kohlmann 77 3 5       3  France A Clément 5 3    
   Chile N Massú 62 6 7        Chile N Massú 4 6 3
    3  France A Clément 6 3 6  
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    6  Argentina F Squillari 6 6    
Q  Netherlands R Wassen 6 4 6     Q  Netherlands R Wassen 3 1    
   Spain J Balcells 1 6 2       6  Argentina F Squillari 5 4    
   Ukraine A Medvedev 77 6         10  Argentina G Cañas 7 6    
   France A di Pasquale 65 1          Ukraine A Medvedev 3 6 5
    10  Argentina G Cañas 6 2 7  
      10  Argentina G Cañas 4 6 6
      2  Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 3 3
    16  Spain A Costa 6 5 6  
   France C Pioline 6 6          France C Pioline 4 7 4  
   Germany R Schüttler 4 3         16  Spain A Costa 4 4  
Q  Romania G Trifu 5 66         2  Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6    
   Italy A Gaudenzi 7 78          Italy A Gaudenzi 4 6 r
    2  Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6    
 

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