2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Nicolas Kiefer was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Patrick Rafter.

Singles
2001 Dubai Tennis Championships
and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open
ChampionSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Runner-upRussia Marat Safin
Score6–2, 3–1 (Safin retired)

Juan Carlos Ferrero won the final 6–2, 3–1 after Marat Safin was forced to retire.

Seeds

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

  1. Russia Marat Safin (final, retired because of a back injury)
  2. Sweden Magnus Norman (quarterfinals)
  3. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
  4. Spain Àlex Corretja (first round)
  5. Australia Patrick Rafter (second round)
  6. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (semifinals)
  7. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (champion)
  8. France Cédric Pioline (first round)

Draw

Key
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Russia M Safin 7 6  
  Germany D Prinosil 5 2   1 Russia M Safin 7 77  
  France J Boutter 7 1 6   France J Boutter 5 65  
WC Australia J Eagle 5 6 1 1 Russia M Safin 6 6  
  Ukraine A Medvedev 6 713     Ukraine A Medvedev 1 2  
Q Canada D Nestor 3 611     Ukraine A Medvedev 77 4 6
  Germany N Kiefer 2 4   5 Australia P Rafter 61 6 1
5 Australia P Rafter 6 6   1 Russia M Safin 60 77 6
3 Russia Y Kafelnikov 77 6     Sweden T Johansson 77 64 3
  Czech Republic C Doseděl 63 2   3 Russia Y Kafelnikov 64 5  
  Germany R Schüttler 2 1     Sweden T Johansson 77 7  
  Sweden T Johansson 6 6     Sweden T Johansson 6 6  
  Australia A Ilie 4 3     Belarus M Mirnyi 4 4  
  Belarus V Voltchkov 6 6     Belarus V Voltchkov 1 4  
  Belarus M Mirnyi 710 7     Belarus M Mirnyi 6 6  
8 France C Pioline 68 5   1 Russia Marat Safin 2 1r
6 Slovakia D Hrbatý 6 67 77 7 Spain J C Ferrero 6 3  
Q Germany T Behrend 4 79 65 6 Slovakia D Hrbatý 5 77 6
  France J Golmard 3 r     Czech Republic B Ulihrach 7 63 3
  Czech Republic B Ulihrach 6     6 Slovakia D Hrbatý 7 6  
  France N Escudé 4 6 77 Q Germany L Burgsmüller 5 4  
WC Slovakia K Kučera 6 4 62   France N Escudé 2 r  
Q Germany L Burgsmüller 6 6   Q Germany L Burgsmüller 6    
4 Spain À Corretja 4 2   6 Slovakia D Hrbatý 7 64 3
7 Spain J C Ferrero 6 6   7 Spain J C Ferrero 5 77 6
  Sweden J Björkman 4 3   7 Spain J C Ferrero 6 6  
  Czech Republic J Novák 6 6     Czech Republic J Novák 3 4  
  Italy G Pozzi 4 1   7 Spain J C Ferrero 6 4 6
  Romania A Pavel 6 6   2 Sweden M Norman 2 6 4
WC United Arab Emirates O Bahrouzyan 1 2     Romania A Pavel 6 3 62
Q United States J Tarango 4 4   2 Sweden M Norman 1 6 77
2 Sweden M Norman 6 6  
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