Tigran played his only Davis Cup tennis to date in 2001, losing a singles rubber in each of two ties.

He lost in another first round before winning his first ever tournament beating Jean-Yves Aubone 6–3, 5–7, 6–0 in the final.

The best result he got in the rest of the season was reaching the final at USA F28 before losing 5–7, 4–6 to Daniel Yoo.

Tigran won two futures doubles titles in USA F1 & F3 with Uladzimir Ignatik and Jesse Witten respectively.

Tigran started his singles year with a 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 win over American teenager Robert Johannes van Overbeek.