2001 Qatar Open – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Qatar Open
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Juan Balcells Andrei Olhovskiy
Final score	6–3, 6–1

Mark Knowles and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Knowles with Daniel Nestor and Mirnyi with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Kafelnikov and Mirnyi lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Balcells and Andrei Olhovskiy.

Knowles and Nestor won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Balcells and Olhovskiy.

Seeds

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Max Mirnyi (Quarterfinals)
2. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Champions)
3. David Prinosil / Nenad Zimonjić (Quarterfinals)
4. Simon Aspelin / Cyril Suk (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	Y Kafelnikov M Mirnyi	7	7
		L Burgsmüller S Groen	5	5				1	Y Kafelnikov M Mirnyi	4	6	3
		J Balcells A Olhovskiy	7	6					J Balcells A Olhovskiy	6	1	6
		P Pála P Vízner	5	2												J Balcells A Olhovskiy	6	7^7
	4	S Aspelin C Suk	6	6												Á Calatrava A Portas	3	6^3
		G Ivanišević R Schüttler	1	3				4	S Aspelin C Suk	2	1^r
		Á Calatrava A Portas	6	6					Á Calatrava A Portas	6	2
	WC	N Al-Khulafi S Khalfan	0	4																			J Balcells A Olhovskiy	3	1
		K Alami H Arazi	4	6^5																		2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
		I Heuberger A Waske	6	7^7					I Heuberger A Waske	6	7^7
		N Kiefer S Schalken	2	2				3	D Prinosil N Zimonjić	2	6^4
	3	D Prinosil N Zimonjić	6	6												I Heuberger A Waske	3	4
		J Boutter F Santoro	7^7	6											2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
		N Escudé M Rosset	6^3	1					J Boutter F Santoro	6^4	4
	Q	J-F Bachelot D Norman	2	6^4				2	M Knowles D Nestor	7^7	6
	2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	7^7

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Nicolas Coutelot / Andy Fahlke (First Round)
2. Igor Kunitcin / Uros Vico (First Round)

Qualifiers

1. Jean-François Bachelot / Dick Norman

Draw

	First Round							Final Round
	1	Nicolas Coutelot   Andy Fahlke	3	4
		Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky   Alexander Peya	6	6
									Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky   Alexander Peya	6	3	4
								Alt	Jean-François Bachelot   Dick Norman	4	6	6
	Alt	Jean-François Bachelot   Dick Norman	7^7	6
	2	Igor Kunitcin   Uros Vico	6^1	3

References

• 2001 Qatar Open Doubles Draw
• 2001 Qatar Open Doubles Qualifying Draw