2001 ASB Classic – Doubles

Doubles
2001 ASB Classic
2000 Champions	Cara Black Alexandra Fusai
Champions	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
Runners-up	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett
Final score	7–6 (7–4), 6–3

Cara Black and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Black with Sandrine Testud and Fusai with Rita Grande.

Black and Testud lost in the semifinals to Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Barbara Schett.

Fusai and Grande won in the final 7–6 (7–4), 6–3 against Gagliardi and Schett.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Cara Black / Sandrine Testud (Semifinals)
2. Liezel Horn / Paola Suárez (Semifinals)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (Champions)
4. Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	C Black S Testud	7^7	6
		Y Basting C Schneider	6^2	1				1	C Black S Testud	7	6
		A Bradshaw J Hopkins	3	6^6					K Grant M Maruska	5	4
		K Grant M Maruska	6	7^8											1	C Black S Testud	2	3
	4	T Križan K Srebotnik	6	6												E Gagliardi B Schett	6	6
		H Parkinson M Sequera	3	1				4	T Križan K Srebotnik	6	2	2
		M E Salerni S Stephens	1	2					E Gagliardi B Schett	2	6	6
		E Gagliardi B Schett	6	6																			Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett	6^4	3
		A Bachmann M Díaz-Oliva	3	4																		3	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	7^7	6
		N Dechy É Loit	6	6					N Dechy É Loit	1	5
	Q	H Inoue M Inoue	4	6	2			3	A Fusai R Grande	6	7
	3	A Fusai R Grande	6	2	6										3	A Fusai R Grande	2	7^7	6
	WC	L Baker P Nola	6	2	2										2	L Horn P Suárez	6	6^4	4
		S Asagoe Y Yoshida	4	6	6				S Asagoe Y Yoshida	2	6^3
		L Osterloh M Tu	2	1				2	L Horn P Suárez	6	7^7
	2	L Horn P Suárez	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Amanda Augustus / Amy Jensen (Second Round)
2. Haruka Inoue / Maiko Inoue (Qualifiers)

Qualifiers

1. Haruka Inoue / Maiko Inoue

Draw

• NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format.

	First Round							Second Round							Final Round
	1	Amanda Augustus   Amy Jensen	8
		Stéphanie Foretz   Rika Fujiwara	4
								1	Amanda Augustus   Amy Jensen	4
									Francesca Schiavone   Marlene Weingärtner	8
	WC	Ilke Gers   Tracey O'Connor	8^1
		Francesca Schiavone   Marlene Weingärtner	9^7
																Francesca Schiavone   Marlene Weingärtner	1	2
															2	Haruka Inoue   Maiko Inoue	6	6
		Selima Sfar   Joanne Ward	9
		Anne Kremer   Sarah Pitkowski	7
									Selima Sfar   Joanne Ward	7	r
								2	Haruka Inoue   Maiko Inoue	4
		Jill Craybas   Sarah Taylor	3
	2	Haruka Inoue   Maiko Inoue	8

References

• 2001 ASB Classic Doubles Draw