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2001 ASB Classic – Doubles

Doubles
2001 ASB Classic
Final
ChampionsFrance Alexandra Fusai
Italy Rita Grande
Runners-upSwitzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Austria Barbara Schett
Score7–6(7–4), 6–3
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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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. Zimbabwe Cara Black / France Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
  2. South Africa Liezel Horn / Argentina Paola Suárez (semifinals)
  3. France Alexandra Fusai / Italy Rita Grande (champions)
  4. Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Zimbabwe C Black
France S Testud
77 6  
  Netherlands Y Basting
Germany C Schneider
62 1   1 Zimbabwe C Black
France S Testud
7 6  
  United States A Bradshaw
United States J Hopkins
3 66     South Africa K Grant
Austria M Maruska
5 4  
  South Africa K Grant
Austria M Maruska
6 78   1 Zimbabwe C Black
France S Testud
2 3  
4 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6     Switzerland E Gagliardi
Austria B Schett
6 6  
  United States H Parkinson
Venezuela M Sequera
3 1   4 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 2 2
  Argentina M E Salerni
New Zealand S Stephens
1 2     Switzerland E Gagliardi
Austria B Schett
2 6 6
  Switzerland E Gagliardi
Austria B Schett
6 6     Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Austria Barbara Schett
64 3  
  Germany A Bachmann
Argentina M Díaz Oliva
3 4   3 France Alexandra Fusai
Italy Rita Grande
77 6  
  France N Dechy
France É Loit
6 6     France N Dechy
France É Loit
1 5  
Q Japan H Inoue
Japan M Inoue
4 6 2 3 France A Fusai
Italy R Grande
6 7  
3 France A Fusai
Italy R Grande
6 2 6 3 France A Fusai
Italy R Grande
2 77 6
WC New Zealand L Baker
Bulgaria P Nola
6 2 2 2 South Africa L Horn
Argentina P Suárez
6 64 4
  Japan S Asagoe
Japan Y Yoshida
4 6 6   Japan S Asagoe
Japan Y Yoshida
2 63  
  United States L Osterloh
United States M Tu
2 1   2 South Africa L Horn
Argentina P Suárez
6 77  
2 South Africa L Horn
Argentina P Suárez
6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. United States Amanda Augustus / Australia Amy Jensen (second round)
  2. Japan Haruka Inoue / Japan Maiko Inoue (Qualifiers)

Qualifiers

  1. Japan Haruka Inoue / Japan Maiko Inoue

Draw

  • NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format.
First round Second round Final Round
               
1 United States Amanda Augustus
Australia Amy Jensen
8    
  France Stéphanie Foretz
Japan Rika Fujiwara
4    
1 United States Amanda Augustus
Australia Amy Jensen
4    
  Italy Francesca Schiavone
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
8    
WC New Zealand Ilke Gers
New Zealand Tracey O'Connor
81    
  Italy Francesca Schiavone
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
97    
  Italy Francesca Schiavone
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
1 2  
2 Japan Haruka Inoue
Japan Maiko Inoue
6 6  
  Tunisia Selima Sfar
United Kingdom Joanne Ward
9    
  Luxembourg Anne Kremer
France Sarah Pitkowski
7    
  Tunisia Selima Sfar
United Kingdom Joanne Ward
7r  
2 Japan Haruka Inoue
Japan Maiko Inoue
4    
  United States Jill Craybas
United States Sarah Taylor
3    
2 Japan Haruka Inoue
Japan Maiko Inoue
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