2001 RCA Championships – Singles

2001 RCA Championships
2000 champion   Gustavo Kuerten
Champion   Patrick Rafter
Runner-up   Gustavo Kuerten
Final score   4–2 (Kuerten retired)
Events
Singles   Doubles

Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but was forced to retire in the final losing 4–2 against Patrick Rafter.

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Gustavo Kuerten (Final)
  2. Marat Safin (Semifinals)
  3. Lleyton Hewitt (Third Round)
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Second Round)
  5. Patrick Rafter (Champion)
  6. Tim Henman (Quarterfinals)
  7. Arnaud Clément (Third Round)
  8. Thomas Enqvist (Quarterfinals)
  1. Thomas Johansson (Third Round)
  2. Goran Ivanišević (Semifinals)
  3. Andrei Pavel (Second Round)
  4. n/a
  5. Hicham Arazi (Second Round)
  6. Nicolas Escudé (Second Round)
  7. Wayne Ferreira (First Round)
  8. Tommy Robredo (Third Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1   Gustavo Kuerten 1 6 6  
WC/10   Goran Ivanišević 6 3 2  
  1   Gustavo Kuerten 2 r  
  5   Patrick Rafter 4    
5   Patrick Rafter 6 5 79
  2   Marat Safin 3 7 67  

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1   G Kuerten 6 6    
Q   N Okun 6 6       Q   N Okun 4 3    
Q   R Štěpánek 4 3         1   G Kuerten 77 7    
    C Woodruff 6 77             I Ljubičić 65 5    
    A di Pasquale 2 65           C Woodruff 3 615  
    I Ljubičić 4 77 77         I Ljubičić 6 717    
15   W Ferreira 6 64 63       1   G Kuerten 3 6 7
LL   C Saulnier 4 2         6   T Henman 6 1 5
Q   K Kim 6 6       Q   K Kim 6 2 5  
Q   L Friedl 4 77 3         M Zabaleta 4 6 7  
    M Zabaleta 6 65 6           M Zabaleta 2 1  
    A Voinea 78 6         6   T Henman 6 6    
    S Lareau 66 1           A Voinea 2 3  
    6   T Henman 6 6    
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    3   L Hewitt 6 77    
WC   T Dent 77 2 6     WC   T Dent 2 63    
    M Kratochvil 64 6 4       3   L Hewitt 3 77 3  
    Y El Aynaoui 6 6             Y El Aynaoui 6 61 6  
Q   V Spadea 4 4           Y El Aynaoui 3 77 6
WC   J Blake 3 3       14   N Escudé 6 63 3  
14   N Escudé 6 6             Y El Aynaoui 5 3  
WC/10   G Ivanišević 6 6         WC/10   G Ivanišević 7 6  
    F Meligeni 4 4       WC/10   G Ivanišević 4 77 77  
    V Voltchkov 77 3 6         V Voltchkov 6 64 61  
Q   G Weiner 64 6 0       WC/10   G Ivanišević 7 7  
    K Alami 1 7 4       7   A Clément 5 5    
WC   R Ginepri 6 5 6     WC   R Ginepri 3 4  
    7   A Clément 6 6    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    5   P Rafter 6 6    
    G Bastl 4 1           M Tabara 2 0    
    M Tabara 6 6         5   P Rafter 6 6    
    K Pless 6 6             K Pless 4 4    
    C Pioline 3 4           K Pless 78 3 6
WC   M Fish 4 7 1     11   A Pavel 66 6 3  
11   A Pavel 6 5 6       5   P Rafter 6 77  
13   H Arazi 77 6             M Mirnyi 3 63  
Q   O Fukárek 65 2       13   H Arazi 1 4    
    J Björkman 712 7           J Björkman 6 6    
    C Doseděl 610 5             J Björkman 6 3 612
    M Mirnyi 6 6             M Mirnyi 3 6 714  
    A Ilie 4 4           M Mirnyi 6 6  
    4   Y Kafelnikov 3 3    
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8   T Enqvist 77 3 6  
    A Popp 7 6           A Popp 62 6 4  
    J Vaněk 5 1         8   T Enqvist 6 5 6  
    A Simoni 2 3         9   T Johansson 2 7 1  
    X Malisse 6 6           X Malisse 6 1 4
    H Levy 3 3       9   T Johansson 3 6 6  
9   T Johansson 6 6         8   T Enqvist 5 4  
16   T Robredo 7 6         2   M Safin 7 6  
    S Koubek 5 1       16   T Robredo 6 7    
    M Russell 6 6           M Russell 3 5    
    S Sargsian 2 4         16   T Robredo 65 1  
    A Sá 6 68 6       2   M Safin 77 6    
    M Larsson 2 710 3         A Sá 6 2 3
    2   M Safin 4 6 6  
 

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