2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles


was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Patrick Rafter.
Juan Carlos Ferrero won the final 6-2, 3-1 after Marat Safin was forced to retire.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
  1. Marat Safin '
  2. Magnus Norman '
  3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  4. Àlex Corretja '
  5. Patrick Rafter '
  6. Dominik Hrbatý '
  7. Juan Carlos Ferrero
  8. Cédric Pioline

    Draw