Defending champion
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...
defeated
Àlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja i Verdegay (; born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. During his career, he was twice a major runner-up at the French Open (in 1998 and 2001), won the Tour Finals in 1998, reached a career-high single ...
in the final, 6–7
(3–7), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2001 French Open. It was his third and last
French Open title. Kuerten
saved a match point en route to the title, against
Michael Russell in the fourth round.
This tournament marked the first time that future
world No. 1 and 20-time
major champion
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
reached a major quarterfinal. He would go on to win the title eight years later.
This was the last major to feature only 16 seeds.
Seeds
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
External links
Official Roland Garros 2001 Men's Singles DrawMain DrawQualifying Draw2001 French Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation
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Men's Singles
French Open by year – Men's singles
French Open