The 2001 Hamburg Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 94th edition of the Hamburg Masters and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany from May 14 through May 20, 2001.
The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 1, Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Monte Carlo and Hamburg defending champion Gustavo Kuerten, Paris and US Open champion and Dubai runner-up Marat Safin, and Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami champion and San Jose runner-up Andre Agassi. Other top seeds competing were Wimbledon defending champion Pete Sampras, Sydney and Scottsdale finalist Magnus Norman, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Lleyton Hewitt and Juan Carlos Ferrero.
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