Magnus Norman was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in double ...
won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against
Michel Kratochvil
Michel Frank Kratochvil (born 7 April 1979) is a former tennis player from Switzerland. He was a member of the Swiss Davis Cup Team between 2000–2004 with a singles record 3–9, winning the decider in the first round of the 2003 World Group a ...
.
Francisco Clavet set an ATP tournament record for the shortest match in the first round when he defeated Shan Jiang in 25 minutes, 6–0, 6-0.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
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Andre Agassi ''(first round)''
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Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in double ...
(champion)
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Michel Kratochvil
Michel Frank Kratochvil (born 7 April 1979) is a former tennis player from Switzerland. He was a member of the Swiss Davis Cup Team between 2000–2004 with a singles record 3–9, winning the decider in the first round of the 2003 World Group a ...
''(final)''
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Francisco Clavet ''(semifinals)''
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Álex Calatrava
Alex Patricio Calatrava (born 14 June 1973) is a former tour tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1993. The right-hander won one singles title (2000, San Marino). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 44 in Febr ...
''(first round)''
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Andrei Stoliarov
Andrei Iurievich Stoliarov (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Столяров, born 9 January 1977) is a Russian professional tennis player and a former member of the Russia Davis Cup team.
Stoliarov gained entry to the 2002 French Open as ...
''(first round)''
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Lars Burgsmüller ''(first round)''
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Andrew Ilie
Andrew Ilie (born 18 April 1976) is a former tennis player. Ilie fled Romania at age 10 with his family, spending a year at a refugee camp in Austria before emigrating to Australia. He turned professional in 1994 and became a citizen of Austra ...
''(first round)''
Draw
References
External links
2001 Heineken Open Shanghai Draw
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Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
2001 ATP Tour