title: 2001 Italian Open – Men's singles
text: # 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  