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
Final
ChampionAustralia Lleyton Hewitt
Runner-upSwitzerland Michel Kratochvil
Score6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw56 (7 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Kratochvil. With the victory, Hewitt became the last male player to win his debut event as a Grand Slam champion (having recently won the US Open) until Jannik Sinner in 2024.[1]

Seeds

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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

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Finals

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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  

Top half

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Section 1

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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

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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 Žitko 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  

Bottom half

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Section 3

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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

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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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  1. ^ Qureshi, Fatima. "U.S. mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck becomes the first woman to win the Abel Prize". Editage Insights. Retrieved 2024-02-25.