2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles

Sjeng Schalken was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Michel Kratochvil.

Men's Singles
2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion Lleyton Hewitt
Runner-up Michel Kratochvil
Final score6–4, 6–2
Draw56 (7 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds16

Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Kratochvil.

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Lleyton Hewitt (Champion)
  2. Sjeng Schalken (Quarterfinals)
  3. Rainer Schüttler (Third Round)
  4. Jonas Björkman (Third Round)
  5. Michel Kratochvil (Final)
  6. Michael Chang (Third Round)
  7. Marcelo Ríos (Quarterfinals)
  8. Francisco Clavet (Quarterfinals)
  9. Lars Burgsmüller (Third Round)
  10. Harel Levy (Second Round)
  11. Nicolás Massú (Third Round)
  12. Andrew Ilie (First Round)
  13. Álex Calatrava (First Round)
  14. Wayne Arthurs (Second Round)
  15. Michael Russell (Third Round)
  16. Ramón Delgado (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Lleyton Hewitt 6 6  
  James Blake 4 0  
1 Lleyton Hewitt 6 6  
5 Michel Kratochvil 4 2  
  Karol Kučera 0 3  
5 Michel Kratochvil 6 6  

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 L Hewitt 6 6  
  J Delgado 4 4     M-K Goellner 2 2  
  M-K Goellner 6 6   1 L Hewitt 6 6  
Q J Thomas 3 2   15 M Russell 1 1  
  C Mamiit 6 6     C Mamiit 6 4 3
  N Godwin 4 61   15 M Russell 3 6 6
15 M Russell 6 77   1 L Hewitt 4 6 6
11 N Massú 6 6   8 F Clavet 6 4 2
  E Kempes 4 4   11 N Massú 6 77  
  Y-I Yoon 3 1     T Zíb 3 64  
  T Zíb 6 6   11 N Massú 3 4  
  N Thomann 3 1   8 F Clavet 6 6  
  T Behrend 6 6     T Behrend 67 2  
8 F Clavet 79 6  

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 J Björkman 6 6  
Q M Onoda 4 4   WC H Kondo 1 3  
WC H Kondo 6 6   4 J Björkman 1 5  
  J Blake 6 6     J Blake 6 7  
WC Y Ishii 3 4     J Blake 77 7  
Q R Zitko 2 77 1 14 W Arthurs 64 5  
14 W Arthurs 6 63 6   J Blake 4 6 6
10 H Levy 6 6   7 M Ríos 6 4 1
Q S Iwabuchi 3 3   10 H Levy 5 0  
Q D Udomchoke 6 4 6 Q D Udomchoke 7 6  
  B Cowan 2 6 3 Q D Udomchoke 3 2  
  B Black 6 6   7 M Ríos 6 6  
  E Taino 4 1     B Black 2 5  
7 M Ríos 6 7  

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
6 M Chang 6 6  
  A Pretzsch 63 77 6   A Pretzsch 3 4  
  P Srichaphan 77 65 1 6 M Chang 63 2  
  S Sargsian 6 6   WC T Suzuki 77 6  
  A Sá 2 3     S Sargsian 5 6 4
WC T Suzuki 5 6 6 WC T Suzuki 7 4 6
12 A Ilie 7 2 4 WC T Suzuki 3 3  
16 R Delgado 6 6     K Kučera 6 6  
WC G Motomura 4 4   16 R Delgado 4 4  
  K Kučera 6 4 6   K Kučera 6 6  
  A Simoni 3 6 1   K Kučera 6 6  
  M Lee 4 2   3 R Schüttler 2 2  
  M Larsson 6 6     M Larsson 3 5  
3 R Schüttler 6 7  

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
5 M Kratochvil 77 1 6
  O Fukárek 6 77     O Fukárek 63 6 4
Q D Vacek 2 63   5 M Kratochvil 6 6  
  H-T Lee 713 6   9 L Burgsmüller 3 2  
  M Hantschk 611 4     H-T Lee 6 3 5
  M Llodra 63 6 2 9 L Burgsmüller 3 6 7
9 L Burgsmüller 77 2 6 5 M Kratochvil 6 6  
13 Á Calatrava 3 1   2 S Schalken 3 4  
  I Heuberger 6 6     I Heuberger 3 6 6
Q N Behr 6 6   Q N Behr 6 4 4
WC T Terachi 2 1     I Heuberger 2 2  
  I Labadze 77 3 5 2 S Schalken 6 6  
  C Vinck 63 6 7   C Vinck 3 4  
2 S Schalken 6 6  

References
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