2001 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
2001 DFS Classic
Champions	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva
Runners-up	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–1, 6–2

Main article: 2001 DFS Classic

Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik.

Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Kimberly Po-Messerli and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (champions)
2. Kimberly Po-Messerli / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
3. Els Callens / Rita Grande (second round)
4. Nicole Pratt / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (semifinals)
5. Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (first round)
6. Katie Schlukebir / Irina Selyutina (second round)
7. Erika deLone / Liezel Huber (first round)
8. Rachel McQuillan / Lisa McShea (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6	6
	LL	Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin	2	2
								1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6	6
								2	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	1	2
	4	Nicole Pratt Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5	1
	2	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Black E Likhovtseva	w/o
		L Bacheva M Vento	63	6	1				R Hiraki A Stevenson
		R Hiraki A Stevenson	77	3	6										1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
		N de Villiers A Ellwood	61	6	3											E Dyrberg M Matevžič	4	6	2
		D Hantuchová S Plischke	77	4	6				D Hantuchová S Plischke	1	2
		E Dyrberg M Matevžič	62	6	6				E Dyrberg M Matevžič	6	6
	7	E deLone L Huber	77	1	4																	1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	6
																						LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	2	2
								3	E Callens R Grande	4	5
		N Petrova T Pisnik	6	3	6				N Petrova T Pisnik	6	7
		T Musgrave L Osterloh	3	6	0											N Petrova T Pisnik	610	6	66
		S Reeves J Steck	1	65											LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	712	4	78
	LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	6	77				LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	6	7
	WC	J Hopkins L Latimer	3	2				6	K Schlukebir I Selyutina	1	5
	6	K Schlukebir I Selyutina	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	R McQuillan L McShea	3	6	61
		K-A Guse A Molik	6	2	77				K-A Guse A Molik	6	4	3
		S Asagoe Y Yoshida	6	7					S Asagoe Y Yoshida	4	6	6
		A Jidkova M Tu	4	5												S Asagoe Y Yoshida	3	2
		N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya	7	6											4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	6	6
		D Buth V Webb	5	3					N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya	65	1
								4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	77	6
																						4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	5	1
	5	K Boogert M Oremans	64	5																		2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	7	6
		E Bovina M Serna	77	7					E Bovina M Serna	4	77	2
	WC	H Crook V Davies	6	7				WC	H Crook V Davies	6	65	6
		H Inoue E-H Kim	2	5											WC	H Crook V Davies	7	2	4
	Q	E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	6											2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	5	6	6
		K Grant M Weingärtner	4	4				Q	E Daniilidou D Zarić	61	4
								2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	77	6

Qualifying draw

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Final qualifying round
	1	C Fernández R Kolbovic	5
		E Dominikovic M Irvin	8
									E Dominikovic M Irvin	8
									N Grandin S Sfar	1
		K Liggan G Voleková	1
		N Grandin S Sfar	8
																E Dominikovic M Irvin	4	4
																E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	6
		E Daniilidou D Zarić	97
	WC	L Ahl H Collin	82
									E Daniilidou D Zarić	8
									J Craybas A Myskina	2
		J Craybas A Myskina	8
	2	R Fujiwara S Krivencheva	4

References

• 2001 DFS Classic Draws
• ITF Tournament Page Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• ITF doubles results page
• ITF doubles qualifying results page