Editing Gustavo Kuerten (section)

===2001: Continued dominance, start of injuries===
In 2001, he won his third French Open crown, joining former greats [[Björn Borg]] (6), [[Ivan Lendl]] (3) and [[Mats Wilander]] (3) with three or more French Open titles in the [[Tennis Open Era|Open Era]]; former champion [[Jim Courier]] presented him with the trophy. His road to the title saw him save a match point against fourth round opponent [[Michael Russell (tennis)|Michael Russell]].<ref name="rg2015">{{cite web|author1=Matt Trollope|title=Guga returns to Roland-Garros|url=http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2015-05-30/guga_returns_to_rolandgarros.html|publisher=[[Fédération Française de Tennis]] (FFT)|date=30 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Michael McDonough|title=Kuerten wins third French Open title|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/kuerten-wins-third-french-open-title-9179402.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=10 June 2001}}</ref> He also won the biggest hardcourt title of his career in August at the [[Cincinnati Masters]], where he defeated [[Patrick Rafter]] in the final. At the [[2001 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] he was seeded first but lost in the quarterfinals in straight sets to seventh-seeded [[Yevgeni Kafelnikov]].<ref name="bbc_2001">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/us_open_tennis/1529686.stm|title=Top seed Kuerten toppled|date=6 September 2001|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Injuries started to plague Kuerten as he lost 8 of the next 9 matches to conclude the year. Despite being the favorite to finish as world No. 1 for the second consecutive year, his poor season ending showing saw Lleyton Hewitt overtake him. He led the ATP in prize money for the second straight year, with US$4,091,004.