2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles

Singles
Singles
2001 Tennis Masters Cup
Champion	Lleyton Hewitt
Runner-up	Sébastien Grosjean
Score	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Draw	8

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Sébastien Grosjean in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2001 Tennis Masters Cup. With his round-robin victory against Pat Rafter, Hewitt secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking for the first time.^[1] Gustavo Kuerten and Andre Agassi were in contention for the number 1 ranking before the tournament.

Kuerten was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

Gustavo Kuerten (round robin)
Lleyton Hewitt (champion)
Andre Agassi (round robin)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
Patrick Rafter (round robin)
Sébastien Grosjean (final)
Goran Ivanišević (round robin)

Alternate

Tommy Haas (Did not play)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Semifinals				Final

5	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	2

7	Sébastien Grosjean	6	6
				7	Sébastien Grosjean	3	3	4

				2	Lleyton Hewitt	6	6	6
2	Lleyton Hewitt	6	6

4	Juan Carlos Ferrero	3	3

Rosewall group

		Kuerten	Ferrero	Kafelnikov	Ivanišević	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Gustavo Kuerten		6–7^(3–7), 2–6	2–6, 6–4, 3–6	2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 4–6	0–3	2–6	32–47	4
4	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6^(7–3), 6–2		6–4, 1–6, 6–7^(5–7)	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)	2–1	5–2	40–37	2
5	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 4–6, 6–3	4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)		6–3, 6–4	3–0	6–2	45–31	1
8	Goran Ivanišević	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 6–4	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)	3–6, 4–6		1–2	2–5	37–39	3

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Newcombe group

		Hewitt	Agassi	Rafter	Grosjean	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Lleyton Hewitt		6–3, 6–4	7–5, 6–2	3–6, 6–2, 6–3	3–0	6–1	40–25	1
3	Andre Agassi	3–6, 4–6		6–2, 6–4	3–6, 4–6	1–2	2–4	26–30	3
6	Patrick Rafter	5–7, 2–6	2–6, 4–6		6–7^(4–7), 3–6	0–3	0–6	22–38	4
7	Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 2–6, 3–6	6–3, 6–4	7–6^(7–4), 6–3		2–1	5–2	36–31	2