2001 Qatar Open – Singles

Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Gianluca Pozzi.

Singles
2001 Qatar Open
Champion	Marcelo Ríos
Runner-up	Bohdan Ulihrach
Final score	6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Marcelo Ríos won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 against Bohdan Ulihrach.

Seeds

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Quarterfinals)
2. Nicolas Kiefer (Quarterfinals)
3. Sjeng Schalken (Second Round)
4. Younes El Aynaoui (First Round)
5. Marc Rosset (Second Round)
6. Hicham Arazi (Quarterfinals)
7. Fabrice Santoro (First Round)
8. Gastón Gaudio (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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	Q	Bohdan Ulihrach	3	7	7^9
		Nicolas Escudé	6	5	6^7
								Q	Bohdan Ulihrach	3	6	3
									Marcelo Ríos	6	2	6
		Marcelo Ríos	6	6
		Vladimir Voltchkov	1	3

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
		F Clavet	2	2				1	Y Kafelnikov	6	7^7
		D Sanguinetti	5	3				Q	F Jonsson	3	6^3
	Q	F Jonsson	7	6											1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6^5	4
	Q	B Ulihrach	6	4	7										Q	B Ulihrach	1	7^7	6
	Q	N Coutelot	2	6	5			Q	B Ulihrach	6	6
	WC	S Khalfan	3	2				5	M Rosset	2	3
	5	M Rosset	6	6																		Q	B Ulihrach	3	7	7^9
	WC/4	Y El Aynaoui	1	6^4																			N Escudé	6	5	6^7
		N Escudé	6	7^7					N Escudé	6	6
	WC	G Ivanišević	4	4					J Boutter	3	4
		J Boutter	6	6												N Escudé	6	6
		M Zabaleta	1	4											6	H Arazi	3	1
		A di Pasquale	6	6					A di Pasquale	4	5
		A Portas	6^5	4				6	H Arazi	6	7
	6	H Arazi	7^7	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	F Santoro	6	3	6^3
		G Pozzi	1	6	7^7				G Pozzi	2	2
	Q	N Zimonjić	4	6	1				M Ríos	6	6
		M Ríos	6	3	6											M Ríos	7^7	7
		F Vicente	6	7^7												F Vicente	6^4	5
		R Schüttler	4	6^5					F Vicente	6	5	6
		K Alami	3	1				3	S Schalken	1	7	1
	3	S Schalken	6	6																			M Ríos	6	6
	8	G Gaudio	6	2	3																		V Voltchkov	1	3
		V Voltchkov	3	6	6				V Voltchkov	4	6	7
		D Prinosil	6^4	4					M Mirnyi	6	3	5
		M Mirnyi	7^7	6												V Voltchkov	6	6
		S Koubek	5	6	4										2	N Kiefer	2	1
		Á Calatrava	7	4	6				Á Calatrava	0	6^2
		J Björkman	6	1	5			2	N Kiefer	6	7^7
	2	N Kiefer	4	6	7

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Juan Balcells (Second Round)
2. Bohdan Ulihrach (Qualifier)
3. Attila Sávolt (Second Round)
4. Nicolas Coutelot (Qualifier)
5. Ján Krošlák (Second Round)
6. Filippo Volandri (Second Round)
7. Lars Burgsmüller (First Round)
8. Juan Albert Viloca (Final Round)

Qualifiers

1. Fredrik Jonsson
2. Bohdan Ulihrach
3. Nenad Zimonjić
4. Nicolas Coutelot

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Final Round
	1	Juan Balcells	6^3	6	7
		Marcus Sarstrand	7^7	3	5
								1	Juan Balcells	4	7^7	3
									Renzo Furlan	6	6^3	6
		Renzo Furlan	6	6
		Marc Fornell	2	2
																Renzo Furlan	4	3
																Fredrik Jonsson	6	6
		Andy Fahlke	2	2
		Fredrik Jonsson	6	6
									Fredrik Jonsson	6	6
								6	Filippo Volandri	3	3
		Daniel Nestor	2	0
	6	Filippo Volandri	6	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Final Round
	2	Bohdan Ulihrach	7	6
	WC	Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	5	3
								2	Bohdan Ulihrach	6	6
								WC	Mario Ančić	3	2
	WC	Mario Ančić	4	6	6
		Ivo Heuberger	6	1	0
															2	Bohdan Ulihrach	6	1	7^7
																Paul-Henri Mathieu	2	6	6^5
		Paul-Henri Mathieu	6	6
		Melvyn op der Heijde	1	2
									Paul-Henri Mathieu	6	6
								5	Ján Krošlák	3	1
		Marzio Martelli	4	6^4
	5	Ján Krošlák	6	7^7

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Final Round
	3	Attila Sávolt	6	6
	WC	Nasser Al-Khulafi	2	1
								3	Attila Sávolt	3	1	r
									Nenad Zimonjić	6	2
		Vasilis Mazarakis	4	4
		Nenad Zimonjić	6	6
																Nenad Zimonjić	6	6
																Alexander Waske	3	2
		Mark Knowles	7^7	1	4
		Dick Norman	6^5	6	6
									Dick Norman	4	6	3
									Alexander Waske	6	1	6
		Alexander Waske	7	6
	7	Lars Burgsmüller	5	2

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Final Round
	4	Nicolas Coutelot	3	6	6
		Federico Luzzi	6	4	4
								4	Nicolas Coutelot	6	6
									Jean-François Bachelot	3	2
		Jean-François Bachelot	6	6
	Alt	Uros Vico	3	3
															4	Nicolas Coutelot	6	6
															8	Juan Albert Viloca	3	2
		Oscar Burrieza	6	7^7
		Igor Kunitcin	4	6^1
									Oscar Burrieza	6	3	5
								8	Juan Albert Viloca	2	6	7
	WC	Mohammad Ghareeb	2	6	6^10
	8	Juan Albert Viloca	6	4	7^12

References

• 2001 Qatar Open Draw
• 2001 Qatar Open Singles Qualifying Draw