2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles

Singles

2001 Tennis Masters Cup

Final

Champion

Lleyton Hewitt

Runner-up

Sébastien Grosjean

Score

6–3, 6–3, 6–4

Details

Draw

Events

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Doubles

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2001 tennis event results

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

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