Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Gianluca Pozzi.
Marcelo Ríos won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 against Bohdan Ulihrach.
Seeds
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals) Nicolas Kiefer (quarterfinals) Sjeng Schalken (second round) Younes El Aynaoui (first round) Marc Rosset (second round) Hicham Arazi (quarterfinals) Fabrice Santoro (first round) Gastón Gaudio (first round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Juan Balcells (second round) Bohdan Ulihrach (Qualifier) Attila Sávolt (second round) Nicolas Coutelot (Qualifier) Ján Krošlák (second round) Filippo Volandri (second round) Lars Burgsmüller (first round) Juan Albert Viloca (final round)
Qualifiers
Fredrik Jonsson Bohdan Ulihrach Nenad Zimonjić Nicolas Coutelot
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
External links 2001 Qatar Open draw 2001 Qatar Open Singles Qualifying draw