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
Final
ChampionSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Runner-upRussia Marat Safin
Score6–2, 3–1 (Safin retired)
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Juan Carlos Ferrero won the final 6–2, 3–1 after Marat Safin was forced to retire.

Seeds

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

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

Draw

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