2001 Stuttgart Open – Singles

Singles
2001 Stuttgart Open
2000 Champion Franco Squillari
Champion Gustavo Kuerten
Runner-up Guillermo Cañas
Score6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Draw48
Seeds16

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. Gustavo Kuerten (champion)
  2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
  3. Arnaud Clément (third round)
  4. Dominik Hrbatý (third round)
  5. Fabrice Santoro (second round)
  6. Franco Squillari (third round)
  7. Hicham Arazi (second round)
  8. Guillermo Coria (second round)
  9. Nicolás Lapentti (quarterfinals)
  10. Guillermo Cañas (final)
  11. Andreas Vinciguerra (second round)
  12. Jiří Novák (semifinals)
  13. Alberto Martín (quarterfinals)
  14. Gastón Gaudio (quarterfinals)
  15. Andrei Pavel (second round)
  16. Albert Costa (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

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

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 G Kuerten 6 6  
  A Ilie 6 6     A Ilie 1 2  
  L Burgsmüller 1 3   1 G Kuerten 6 6  
  M Russell 2 77 3   T Robredo 4 1  
  T Robredo 6 65 6   T Robredo 4 77 712
15 A Pavel 6 65 610
1 G Kuerten 6 66 6
9 N Lapentti 4 78 3
9 N Lapentti 6 6  
Q F López 64 4     M Hipfl 2 3  
  M Hipfl 77 6   9 N Lapentti 7 6  
  C Vinck 4 2     D Sánchez 5 4  
  D Sánchez 6 6     D Sánchez 6 6  
5 F Santoro 2 1  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 D Hrbatý 711 6  
  F Clavet 1 6 77   F Clavet 69 3  
  J Díaz 6 1 64 4 D Hrbatý 6 2 4
WC J Záhlava 2 4   14 G Gaudio 1 6 6
  M Rosset 6 6     M Rosset 3 5  
14 G Gaudio 6 7  
14 G Gaudio 5 77 5
12 J Novák 7 65 7
12 J Novák 6 6  
  G Blanco 6 6     G Blanco 3 1  
WC B Phau 1 1   12 J Novák 6 6  
  J Boutter 65 79 6   J Boutter 1 4  
  J Acasuso 77 67 3   J Boutter 65 6 7
7 H Arazi 77 4 5

Bottom half

Section 3

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

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 F Squillari 6 6  
Q R Wassen 6 4 6 Q R Wassen 3 1  
  J Balcells 1 6 2 6 F Squillari 5 4  
  A Medvedev 77 6   10 G Cañas 7 6  
  A Di Pasquale 65 1     A Medvedev 3 6 5
10 G Cañas 6 2 7
10 G Cañas 4 6 6
2 Y Kafelnikov 6 3 3
16 A Costa 6 5 6
  C Pioline 6 6     C Pioline 4 7 4
  R Schüttler 4 3   16 A Costa 4 4  
Q G Trifu 5 66   2 Y Kafelnikov 6 6  
  A Gaudenzi 7 78     A Gaudenzi 4 6 r
2 Y Kafelnikov 6 6  

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