2001 Qatar Open – Doubles

2001 Qatar Open s BAH Mark Knowles CAN Daniel Nestor ESP Juan Balcells RUS Andrei Olhovskiy 6–3, 6–1 16 4 singles doubles ATP Qatar Open Qatar Open Qatar Open 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 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / BLR Max Mirnyi (quarterfinals) BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (champions) GER David Prinosil / FR Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals) SWE Simon Aspelin / CZE Cyril Suk (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 RUS Y KafelnikovBLR M Mirnyi 7 7     GER L BurgsmüllerNED S Groen 5 5     ESP J BalcellsRUS A Olhovskiy 7 6     CZE P PálaCZE P Vízner 5 2   4 SWE S AspelinCZE C Suk 6 6     CRO G IvaniševićGER R Schüttler 1 3     ESP Á CalatravaESP A Portas 6 6   WC QAT N Al-KhulafiQAT S Khalfan 0 4     MAR K AlamiMAR H Arazi 4 65     SUI I HeubergerGER A Waske 6 77     GER N KieferNED S Schalken 2 2   3 GER D PrinosilFR Yugoslavia N Zimonjić 6 6     FRA J BoutterFRA F Santoro 77 6     FRA N EscudéSUI M Rosset 63 1   Q FRA J-F BachelotBEL D Norman 2 64   2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 77   1 RUS Y KafelnikovBLR M Mirnyi 4 6 3   ESP J BalcellsRUS A Olhovskiy 6 1 6 4 SWE S AspelinCZE C Suk 2 1r   ESP Á CalatravaESP A Portas 6 2     SUI I HeubergerGER A Waske 6 77   3 GER D PrinosilFR Yugoslavia N Zimonjić 2 64     FRA J BoutterFRA F Santoro 64 4   2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 77 6     ESP J BalcellsRUS A Olhovskiy 6 77     ESP Á CalatravaESP A Portas 3 63     SUI I HeubergerGER A Waske 3 4   2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 6     ESP J BalcellsRUS A Olhovskiy 3 1   2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 6   Qualifying Seeds FRA Nicolas Coutelot / GER Andy Fahlke (first round) RUS Igor Kunitcin / ITA Uros Vico (first round) Qualifiers FRA Jean-François Bachelot / BEL Dick Norman Draw First round Final Round 175 1 FRA Nicolas CoutelotGER Andy Fahlke 3 4     RUS Kirill Ivanov-SmolenskyAUT Alexander Peya 6 6   Alt FRA Jean-François BachelotBEL Dick Norman 77 6   2 RUS Igor KunitcinITA Uros Vico 61 3     RUS Kirill Ivanov-SmolenskyAUT Alexander Peya 6 3 4 Alt FRA Jean-François BachelotBEL Dick Norman 4 6 6 External links 2001 Qatar Open Doubles draw 2001 Qatar Open Doubles Qualifying draw Category:2001 Qatar Open Doubles Category:Qatar Open (tennis)