2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships AUS Lleyton Hewitt SUI Michel Kratochvil 6–4, 6–2 56 (7 Q Qualifiers / 5 WC Wild Cards) 16 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open Sjeng Schalken was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Michel Kratochvil. Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Kratochvil. With the victory, he became the last male player to win his debut event as a Grand Slam champion (having recently won the US Open) until Jannik Sinner in 2024.Tennis.com Jannik Sinner becomes first man since Lleyton Hewitt to win debut event as Grand Slam champ https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/jannik-sinner-first-man-since-lleyton-hewitt-win-debut-event-grand-slam-champ-djokovic-nadal-federer 2024-12-28 Tennis.com en Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. AUS Lleyton Hewitt (champion) NED Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals) GER Rainer Schüttler (third round) SWE Jonas Björkman (third round) SUI Michel Kratochvil (final) USA Michael Chang (third round) CHI Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals) ESP Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals) GER Lars Burgsmüller (third round) ISR Harel Levy (second round) CHI Nicolás Massú (third round) AUS Andrew Ilie (first round) ESP Álex Calatrava (first round) AUS Wayne Arthurs (second round) USA Michael Russell (third round) PAR Ramón Delgado (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 6     USA James Blake 4 0     SVK Karol Kučera 0 3   5 SUI Michel Kratochvil 6 6   1 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 6   5 SUI Michel Kratochvil 4 2   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GBR J Delgado 4 4     GER M-K Goellner 6 6   Q USA J Thomas 3 2     USA C Mamiit 6 6     RSA N Godwin 4 61   15 USA M Russell 6 77   11 CHI N Massú 6 6     NED E Kempes 4 4     KOR Y-I Yoon 3 1     CZE T Zíb 6 6     FRA N Thomann 3 1     GER T Behrend 6 6   1 AUS L Hewitt 6 6     GER M-K Goellner 2 2     USA C Mamiit 6 4 3 15 USA M Russell 3 6 6 11 CHI N Massú 6 77     CZE T Zíb 3 64     GER T Behrend 67 2   8 ESP F Clavet 79 6   1 AUS L Hewitt 6 6   15 USA M Russell 1 1   11 CHI N Massú 3 4   8 ESP F Clavet 6 6   1 AUS L Hewitt 4 6 6 8 ESP F Clavet 6 4 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q JPN M Onoda 4 4   WC JPN H Kondo 6 6     USA J Blake 6 6   WC JPN Y Ishii 3 4   Q CZE R Žitko 2 77 1 14 AUS W Arthurs 6 63 6 10 ISR H Levy 6 6   Q JPN S Iwabuchi 3 3   Q THA D Udomchoke 6 4 6   GBR B Cowan 2 6 3   ZIM B Black 6 6     USA E Taino 4 1   4 SWE J Björkman 6 6   WC JPN H Kondo 1 3     USA J Blake 77 7   14 AUS W Arthurs 64 5   10 ISR H Levy 5 0   Q THA D Udomchoke 7 6     ZIM B Black 2 5   7 CHI M Ríos 6 7   4 SWE J Björkman 1 5     USA J Blake 6 7   Q THA D Udomchoke 3 2   7 CHI M Ríos 6 6     USA J Blake 4 6 6 7 CHI M Ríos 6 4 1 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER A Pretzsch 63 77 6   THA P Srichaphan 77 65 1   ARM S Sargsian 6 6     BRA A Sá 2 3   WC JPN T Suzuki 5 6 6 12 AUS A Ilie 7 2 4 16 PAR R Delgado 6 6   WC JPN G Motomura 4 4     SVK K Kučera 6 4 6   BRA A Simoni 3 6 1   GBR M Lee 4 2     SWE M Larsson 6 6   6 USA M Chang 6 6     GER A Pretzsch 3 4     ARM S Sargsian 5 6 4 WC JPN T Suzuki 7 4 6 16 PAR R Delgado 4 4     SVK K Kučera 6 6     SWE M Larsson 3 5   3 GER R Schüttler 6 7   6 USA M Chang 63 2   WC JPN T Suzuki 77 6     SVK K Kučera 6 6   3 GER R Schüttler 2 2   WC JPN T Suzuki 3 3     SVK K Kučera 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   CZE O Fukárek 6 77   Q CZE D Vacek 2 63     KOR H-T Lee 713 6     GER M Hantschk 611 4     FRA M Llodra 63 6 2 9 GER L Burgsmüller 77 2 6 13 ESP Á Calatrava 3 1     SUI I Heuberger 6 6   Q ISR N Behr 6 6   WC JPN T Terachi 2 1     GEO 1990 I Labadze 77 3 5   GER C Vinck 63 6 7 5 SUI M Kratochvil 77 1 6   CZE O Fukárek 63 6 4   KOR H-T Lee 6 3 5 9 GER L Burgsmüller 3 6 7   SUI I Heuberger 3 6 6 Q ISR N Behr 6 4 4   GER C Vinck 3 4   2 NED S Schalken 6 6   5 SUI M Kratochvil 6 6   9 GER L Burgsmüller 3 2     SUI I Heuberger 2 2   2 NED S Schalken 6 6   5 SUI M Kratochvil 6 6   2 NED S Schalken 3 4   References External links 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships draw 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships qualifying draw Singles