2001 Italian Open – Women's doubles

2001 Italian Open s ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva ARG Paola SuárezARG Patricia Tarabini 6–1, 6–1 2001 Italian Open (tennis) 2001 Italian Open women's doubles took place May 14–20, 2001. Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the reigning champions. They did not defend their title. Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini. Seeds 30em ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (champions) FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot / FRA Sandrine Testud (second round) FRA Mary Pierce / JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Caroline Vis (second round) ARG Paola Suárez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (final) FRA Alexandra Fusai / ITA Rita Grande (first round) ITA Tathiana Garbin / SVK Janette Husárová (withdrew) USA Martina Navratilova / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 6 FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicESP Conchita Martínez 2 4 Q SVK Daniela HantuchováSVK Henrieta Nagyová 4 4 5 ARG Paola SuárezARG Patricia Tarabini 6 6 1 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 6 5 ARG Paola SuárezARG Patricia Tarabini 1 1 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals ROM R Dragomir-IlieITA S Farina Elia 1 4 GER B LamadeSUI P Schnyder 6 6 SVK K HabšudováCAN S Jeyaseelan 77 6 BEL K ClijstersESP M Serna 65 2 RSA L HuberARG L Montalvo 77 6 LL SLO M MatevžičROM A Vanc 65 0 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 6 6 WC ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 3 4 ITA G CasoniITA R Vinci 5 6 3 CRO I MajoliAUT B Schett 7 1 6 USA E deLoneARG ME Salerni 6 5 6 6 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 4 7 3 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 GER B LamadeSUI P Schnyder 0 2 SVK K HabšudováCAN S Jeyaseelan 1 4 RSA L HuberARG L Montalvo 6 6 4 USA N ArendtNED C Vis 5 5 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 7 7 CRO I MajoliAUT B Schett 2 6 3 USA E deLoneARG ME Salerni 6 4 6 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 RSA L HuberARG L Montalvo 3 1 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 6 6 USA E deLoneARG ME Salerni 0 3 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 2 4 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 USA M NavratilovaESP A Sánchez Vicario 77 2 6 FRA N DechyFRA N Tauziat 63 6 3 Q SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 6 6 AUS K-A GuseAUS A Molik 4 3 USA D GrahamGER M Weingärtner 2 6 4 WC ITA G PizzichiniITA MP Zavagli 6 4 6 5 ARG P SuárezARG P Tarabini 6 77 SWE Å CarlssonAUS N Pratt 1 65 ARG M Díaz OlivaSLO P Rampre 6 2 4 SUI E GagliardiKAZ I Selyutina 4 6 6 RSA N de VilliersAUS A Ellwood 0 77 3 USA L OsterlohUSA K Schlukebir 6 65 6 8 USA M NavratilovaESP A Sánchez Vicario 64 5 Q SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 77 7 WC ITA G PizzichiniITA MP Zavagli 5 4 3 FRA M PierceJPN A Sugiyama 7 6 5 ARG P SuárezARG P Tarabini 6 6 SUI E GagliardiKAZ I Selyutina 2 3 USA L OsterlohUSA K Schlukebir 6 4 6 2 FRA A-G SidotFRA S Testud 2 6 4 Q SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 6 6 3 FRA M PierceJPN A Sugiyama 1 3 5 ARG P SuárezARG P Tarabini 6 6 USA L OsterlohUSA K Schlukebir 3 1 Q SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 4 4 5 ARG P SuárezARG P Tarabini 6 6 External links Draws Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles Category:2001 in Italian women's sport