2001 RCA Championships – Singles

January 2025 2001 RCA Championships AUS Patrick Rafter BRA Gustavo Kuerten 4–2 (Kuerten retired) 56 16 singles doubles Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but was forced to retire in the final losing 4–2 against Patrick Rafter. Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. BRA Gustavo Kuerten (final, retired because of right side muscle pull) RUS Marat Safin (semifinals) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (third round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round) AUS Patrick Rafter (champion) GBR Tim Henman (quarterfinals) FRA Arnaud Clément (third round) SWE Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals) SWE Thomas Johansson (third round) CRO Goran Ivanišević (semifinals) ROM Andrei Pavel (second round) USA Todd Martin (withdrew because of a bruised knee) MAR Hicham Arazi (second round) FRA Nicolas Escudé (second round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (first round) ESP Tommy Robredo (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 1 6 6 WC/10 CRO Goran Ivanišević 6 3 2 5 AUS Patrick Rafter 6 5 79 2 RUS Marat Safin 3 7 67 1 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 2r   5 AUS Patrick Rafter 4     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q ISR N Okun 6 6   Q CZE R Štěpánek 4 3     USA C Woodruff 6 77     FRA A Di Pasquale 2 65     CRO I Ljubičić 4 77 77 15 RSA W Ferreira 6 64 63 LL FRA C Saulnier 4 2   Q USA K Kim 6 6   Q CZE L Friedl 4 77 3   ARG M Zabaleta 6 65 6   ROM A Voinea 78 6     CAN S Lareau 66 1   1 BRA G Kuerten 6 6   Q ISR N Okun 4 3     USA C Woodruff 3 615     CRO I Ljubičić 6 717   Q USA K Kim 6 2 5   ARG M Zabaleta 4 6 7   ROM A Voinea 2 3   6 GBR T Henman 6 6   1 BRA G Kuerten 77 7     CRO I Ljubičić 65 5     ARG M Zabaleta 2 1   6 GBR T Henman 6 6   1 BRA G Kuerten 3 6 7 6 GBR T Henman 6 1 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC USA T Dent 77 2 6   SUI M Kratochvil 64 6 4   MAR Y El Aynaoui 6 6   Q USA V Spadea 4 4   WC USA J Blake 3 3   14 FRA N Escudé 6 6   WC/10 CRO G Ivanišević 6 6     BRA F Meligeni 4 4     BLR V Voltchkov 77 3 6 Q USA G Weiner 64 6 0   MAR K Alami 1 7 4 WC USA R Ginepri 6 5 6 3 AUS L Hewitt 6 77   WC USA T Dent 2 63     MAR Y El Aynaoui 3 77 6 14 FRA N Escudé 6 63 3 WC/10 CRO G Ivanišević 4 77 77   BLR V Voltchkov 6 64 61 WC USA R Ginepri 3 4   7 FRA A Clément 6 6   3 AUS L Hewitt 3 77 3   MAR Y El Aynaoui 6 61 6 WC/10 CRO G Ivanišević 7 7   7 FRA A Clément 5 5     MAR Y El Aynaoui 5 3   WC/10 CRO G Ivanišević 7 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   SUI G Bastl 4 1     CZE M Tabara 6 6     DEN K Pless 6 6     FRA C Pioline 3 4   WC USA M Fish 4 7 1 11 ROM A Pavel 6 5 6 13 MAR H Arazi 77 6   Q CZE O Fukárek 65 2     SWE J Björkman 712 7     CZE C Doseděl 610 5     BLR M Mirnyi 6 6     AUS A Ilie 4 4   5 AUS P Rafter 6 6     CZE M Tabara 2 0     DEN K Pless 78 3 6 11 ROM A Pavel 66 6 3 13 MAR H Arazi 1 4     SWE J Björkman 6 6     BLR M Mirnyi 6 6   4 RUS Y Kafelnikov 3 3   5 AUS P Rafter 6 6     DEN K Pless 4 4     SWE J Björkman 6 3 612   BLR M Mirnyi 3 6 714 5 AUS P Rafter 6 77     BLR M Mirnyi 3 63   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER A Popp 7 6     CZE J Vaněk 5 1     BRA A Simoni 2 3     BEL X Malisse 6 6     ISR H Levy 3 3   9 SWE T Johansson 6 6   16 ESP T Robredo 7 6     AUT S Koubek 5 1     USA M Russell 6 6     ARM S Sargsian 2 4     BRA A Sá 6 68 6   SWE M Larsson 2 710 3 8 SWE T Enqvist 77 3 6   GER A Popp 62 6 4   BEL X Malisse 6 1 4 9 SWE T Johansson 3 6 6 16 ESP T Robredo 6 7     USA M Russell 3 5     BRA A Sá 6 2 3 2 RUS M Safin 4 6 6 8 SWE T Enqvist 6 5 6 9 SWE T Johansson 2 7 1 16 ESP T Robredo 65 1   2 RUS M Safin 77 6   8 SWE T Enqvist 5 4   2 RUS M Safin 7 6   External links 2001 RCA Championships main draw 2001 RCA Championships Qualifying draw Singles