title: 2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles
text: # 2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles
  
  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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  