2001 DFS Classic – Doubles

November 2019 2001 DFS Classic s ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva USA Kimberly Po-MesserliFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6–1, 6–2 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic 2001 DFS Classic Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik. Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Kimberly Po-Messerli and Nathalie Tauziat. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round. 30em ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (champions) USA Kimberly Po-Messerli / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final) BEL Els Callens / ITA Rita Grande (second round) AUS Nicole Pratt / FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (semifinals) NED Kristie Boogert / NED Miriam Oremans (first round) USA Katie Schlukebir / KAZ Irina Selyutina (second round) USA Erika deLone / RSA Liezel Huber (first round) AUS Rachel McQuillan / AUS Lisa McShea (first round) Draw Finals 1 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 6   LL AUS Evie DominikovicUSA Marissa Irvin 2 2   4 AUS Nicole PrattFRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 5 1   2 USA Kimberly Po-MesserliFRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 6   1 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 6   2 USA Kimberly Po-MesserliFRA Nathalie Tauziat 1 2   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   BUL L BachevaVEN 1930 M Vento 63 6 1   JPN R HirakiUSA A Stevenson 77 3 6   RSA N de VilliersAUS A Ellwood 61 6 3   SVK D HantuchováAUT S Plischke 77 4 6   DEN E DyrbergSLO M Matevžič 62 6 6 7 USA E deLoneRSA L Huber 77 1 4   RUS N PetrovaSLO T Pisnik 6 3 6   AUS T MusgraveUSA L Osterloh 3 6 0   USA S ReevesRSA J Steck 1 65   LL AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 6 77   WC USA J HopkinsGBR L Latimer 3 2   6 USA K SchlukebirKAZ I Selyutina 6 6   1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva w/o       JPN R HirakiUSA A Stevenson         SVK D HantuchováAUT S Plischke 1 2     DEN E DyrbergSLO M Matevžič 6 6   3 BEL E CallensITA R Grande 4 5     RUS N PetrovaSLO T Pisnik 6 7   LL AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 6 7   6 USA K SchlukebirKAZ I Selyutina 1 5   1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 4 6   DEN E DyrbergSLO M Matevžič 4 6 2   RUS N PetrovaSLO T Pisnik 610 6 66 LL AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 712 4 78 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   LL AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 2 2   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 AUS R McQuillanAUS L McShea 3 6 61   AUS K-A GuseAUS A Molik 6 2 77   JPN S AsagoeJPN Y Yoshida 6 7     RUS A JidkovaUSA M Tu 4 5     FRA N DechyRUS L Krasnoroutskaya 7 6     USA D ButhCAN V Webb 5 3   5 NED K BoogertNED M Oremans 64 5     RUS E BovinaESP M Serna 77 7   WC GBR H CrookGBR V Davies 6 7     JPN H InoueKOR E-H Kim 2 5   Q GRE E DaniilidouSCG D Zarić 6 6     RSA K GrantGER M Weingärtner 4 4     AUS K-A GuseAUS A Molik 6 4 3   JPN S AsagoeJPN Y Yoshida 4 6 6   FRA N DechyRUS L Krasnoroutskaya 65 1   4 AUS N PrattFRA A-G Sidot 77 6     RUS E BovinaESP M Serna 4 77 2 WC GBR H CrookGBR V Davies 6 65 6 Q GRE E DaniilidouSCG D Zarić 61 4   2 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 77 6     JPN S AsagoeJPN Y Yoshida 3 2   4 AUS N PrattFRA A-G Sidot 6 6   WC GBR H CrookGBR V Davies 7 2 4 2 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 5 6 6 4 AUS N PrattFRA A-G Sidot 5 1   2 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 7 6   Qualifying draw First qualifying round Second qualifying round Final qualifying round 1 ARG C FernándezCAN R Kolbovic 5       AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 8       IRL K LigganSVK G Voleková 1       RSA N GrandinTUN S Sfar 8       GRE E DaniilidouSCG D Zarić 97     WC GBR L AhlGBR H Collin 82       USA J CraybasRUS A Myskina 8     2 JPN R FujiwaraBUL S Krivencheva 4       AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 8       RSA N GrandinTUN S Sfar 1       GRE E DaniilidouSCG D Zarić 8       USA J CraybasRUS A Myskina 2       AUS E DominikovicUSA M Irvin 4 4     GRE E DaniilidouSCG D Zarić 6 6   References 2001 DFS Classic Draws ITF Tournament Page https://web.archive.org/web/20160428105008/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100001049 28 April 2016 ITF doubles results page ITF doubles qualifying results page DFS Classic - Doubles Doubles