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2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles

Singles
2001 Tennis Masters Cup
Champion Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Runner-up France Sébastien Grosjean
Final score 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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.

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

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.

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.


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