2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles

2001 Stuttgart Open CZE Jiří Novák CZE David Rikl ARG Guillermo Cañas GER Rainer Schüttler AUS Michael Hill USA Jeff Tarango 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 24 8 singles doubles Stuttgart Open 2001 Stuttgart Open Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti. Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler won in the final 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round. 30em CZE Jiří Novák / CZE David Rikl (second round) CZE Petr Pála / CZE Pavel Vízner (quarterfinals) AUS Joshua Eagle / AUS Andrew Florent (quarterfinals) AUS Michael Hill / USA Jeff Tarango (final) ARG Pablo Albano / ARG Lucas Arnold (semifinals) RSA Chris Haggard / BEL Tom Vanhoudt (semifinals) ESP Juan Balcells / RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals) RSA Marius Barnard / CZE Cyril Suk (second round) Draw Final 3 Final 4 AUS Michael Hill USA Jeff Tarango 6 61 4 WC ARG Guillermo Cañas GER Rainer Schüttler 4 77 6 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   ESP T Carbonell ECU N Lapentti 6 6     BRA J Oncins ARG D Orsanic 0 2     NED S Groen GER M Kohlmann 3 4     SWE S Aspelin AUS A Kratzmann 6 6     ESP J I Carrasco UZB V Kutsenko 6 6   WC GER P Petzschner GER S Stadler 4 4     GER M-K Goellner RUS A Olhovskiy 3 2     FRA A Clément SVK D Hrbatý 6 6   1 CZE J Novák CZE D Rikl 7 3 3   ESP T Carbonell ECU N Lapentti 5 6 6   SWE S Aspelin AUS A Kratzmann 3 6 3 5 ARG P Albano ARG L Arnold 6 3 6 4 AUS M Hill USA J Tarango 6 6     ESP J I Carrasco UZB V Kutsenko 4 3     FRA A Clément SVK D Hrbatý       7 ESP J Balcells RUS Y Kafelnikov w/o       ESP T Carbonell ECU N Lapentti 1 6 4 5 ARG P Albano ARG L Arnold 6 3 6 4 AUS M Hill USA J Tarango 4 6 77 7 ESP J Balcells RUS Y Kafelnikov 6 4 62 5 ARG P Albano ARG L Arnold 60 4   4 AUS M Hill USA J Tarango 77 6   Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals WC GER L Burgsmüller SWE A Vinciguerra 3 6 3 WC ESP A Costa ESP A Martín 6 3 6 WC MAR H Arazi FRA J Boutter 3 4     MKD A Kitinov SWE J Landsberg 6 6   WC ARG G Cañas GER R Schüttler 6 6   WC ARG G Coria ARG G Gaudio 1 4     GER M Hilpert RSA D Roberts 4 2     AUT J Knowle SUI L Manta 6 6   6 RSA C Haggard BEL T Vanhoudt 0 77 6 WC ESP A Costa ESP A Martín 6 64 3   MKD A Kitinov SWE J Landsberg 63 5   3 AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 77 7   8 RSA M Barnard CZE C Suk 4 5   WC ARG G Cañas GER R Schüttler 6 7     AUT J Knowle SUI L Manta 3 4   2 CZE P Pála CZE P Vízner 6 6   6 RSA C Haggard BEL T Vanhoudt 4 77 6 3 AUS J Eagle AUS A Florent 6 64 1 WC ARG G Cañas GER R Schüttler 7 2 6 2 CZE P Pála CZE P Vízner 5 6 2 6 RSA C Haggard BEL T Vanhoudt 4 61   WC ARG G Cañas GER R Schüttler 6 77   External links 2001 Mercedes Cup doubles draw Doubles 2001 Stuttgart Doubles