2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
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2001 Tennis Masters Cup | |
Champion |
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Runner-up |
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Final score | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
The Masters Cup was held in Australia for the first time with the tournament taking place at the 17,000 seat Sydney Superdome.
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but was eliminated in the round robin stage.
Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 against Sébastien Grosjean, and in doing so secured the year-end World No. 1 ranking for the first time.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
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Gustavo Kuerten (Round Robin)
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Lleyton Hewitt (Champion)
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Andre Agassi (Round Robin)
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Juan Carlos Ferrero (Semifinals)
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Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Semifinals)
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Patrick Rafter (Round Robin)
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Sébastien Grosjean (Final)
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Goran Ivanišević (Round Robin)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special Exempt
- PR = Protected Ranking
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
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6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
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3 | 3 |
Rosewall Group
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
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6–3, 6–4 | 7–5, 6–2 | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 40–25 | 1 | |
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3–6, 4–6 | 6–2, 6–4 | 3–6, 4–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 26–30 | 3 | |
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5–7, 2–6 | 2–6, 4–6 | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 22–38 | 4 | |
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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.