2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
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 the win, he secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking for the first time.[1]
Singles | |
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2001 Tennis Masters Cup | |
Champion | Lleyton Hewitt |
Runner-up | Sébastien Grosjean |
Score | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
Draw | 8 |
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.
Seeds edit
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 edit
- Tommy Haas (Did not play)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 |
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.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
External links edit
- 2001 Tennis Masters Cup draw