2001 ASB Classic – Doubles

December 2024 2001 ASB Classic s FRA Alexandra Fusai ITA Rita Grande SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi AUT Barbara Schett 7–6(7–4), 6–3 16 4 women ASB Classic WTA Auckland Open ASB Bank Classic – Doubles 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. ZIM Cara Black / FRA Sandrine Testud (semifinals) RSA Liezel Horn / ARG Paola Suárez (semifinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / ITA Rita Grande (champions) SLO Tina Križan / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 ZIM C BlackFRA S Testud 77 6     NED Y BastingGER C Schneider 62 1     USA A BradshawUSA J Hopkins 3 66     RSA K GrantAUT M Maruska 6 78   4 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 6     USA H ParkinsonVEN 1930 M Sequera 3 1     ARG M E SalerniNZL S Stephens 1 2     SUI E GagliardiAUT B Schett 6 6     GER A BachmannARG M Díaz Oliva 3 4     FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6   Q JPN H InoueJPN M Inoue 4 6 2 3 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 6 2 6 WC NZL L BakerBUL P Nola 6 2 2   JPN S AsagoeJPN Y Yoshida 4 6 6   USA L OsterlohUSA M Tu 2 1   2 RSA L HornARG P Suárez 6 6   1 ZIM C BlackFRA S Testud 7 6     RSA K GrantAUT M Maruska 5 4   4 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 2 2   SUI E GagliardiAUT B Schett 2 6 6   FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 1 5   3 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 6 7     JPN S AsagoeJPN Y Yoshida 2 63   2 RSA L HornARG P Suárez 6 77   1 ZIM C BlackFRA S Testud 2 3     SUI E GagliardiAUT B Schett 6 6   3 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 2 77 6 2 RSA L HornARG P Suárez 6 64 4   SUI Emmanuelle GagliardiAUT Barbara Schett 64 3   3 FRA Alexandra FusaiITA Rita Grande 77 6   Qualifying Seeds USA Amanda Augustus / AUS Amy Jensen (second round) JPN Haruka Inoue / JPN Maiko Inoue (Qualifiers) Qualifiers JPN Haruka Inoue / JPN Maiko Inoue Draw NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format. First round Second round Final Round 175 1 USA Amanda AugustusAUS Amy Jensen 8       FRA Stéphanie ForetzJPN Rika Fujiwara 4     WC NZL Ilke GersNZL Tracey O'Connor 81       ITA Francesca SchiavoneGER Marlene Weingärtner 97       TUN Selima SfarGBR Joanne Ward 9       LUX Anne KremerFRA Sarah Pitkowski 7       USA Jill CraybasUSA Sarah Taylor 3     2 JPN Haruka InoueJPN Maiko Inoue 8     1 USA Amanda AugustusAUS Amy Jensen 4       ITA Francesca SchiavoneGER Marlene Weingärtner 8       TUN Selima SfarGBR Joanne Ward 7r   2 JPN Haruka InoueJPN Maiko Inoue 4       ITA Francesca SchiavoneGER Marlene Weingärtner 1 2   2 JPN Haruka InoueJPN Maiko Inoue 6 6   External links 2001 ASB Classic Doubles draw Category:WTA Auckland Open Category:2001 WTA Tour