2001 French Open – Women's doubles

2001 French Open s ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokićESP Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–1 10 June 2001 64 (4 WC Wild Cards) 16 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce were the defending champions, but neither participated in this tournament. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Jelena Dokić and Conchita Martínez in the final 6–2, 6–1. This was the first Grand Slam title for both Ruano Pascual and Suárez; they would later go on to win 8 Grand Slam Doubles titles together. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 1 1USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (semifinals) 2 4ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (champions) 3 2ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (third round) 4 3USA Kimberly Po-Messerli / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) 5USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams (withdrew) 6 1BEL Els Callens / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (third round) 7 3FRA Alexandra Fusai / ITA Rita Grande (second round) 8 2USA Nicole Arendt / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) 9 2USA Martina Navratilova / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (first round) 10 4GER Anke Huber / AUT Barbara Schett (quarterfinals) 11 1ITA Tathiana Garbin / SVK Janette Husárová (first round) 12 3RSA Liezel Huber / ARG Laura Montalvo (second round) 13 4SLO Tina Križan / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (first round) 14 3USA Jennifer Capriati / JPN Ai Sugiyama (third round) 15 1AUS Nicole Pratt / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) 16 2FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic / ESP Conchita Martínez (final) 17 4RSA Amanda Coetzer / USA Lori McNeil (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 190 1 USA Lisa RaymondAUS Rennae Stubbs 7 66 6 FRA Sandrine TestudITA Roberta Vinci 5 78 4 16 FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicESP Conchita Martínez 6 6 8 USA Nicole ArendtNED Caroline Vis 3 4 BEL Justine HeninUKR Elena Tatarkova 3 7 11 4 USA Kimberly Po-MesserliFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 5 9 10 GER Anke HuberAUT Barbara Schett 6 2 3 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 3 6 6 1 USA Lisa RaymondAUS Rennae Stubbs 5 2 16 FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicESP Conchita Martínez 7 6 BEL Justine HeninUKR Elena Tatarkova 2 0 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 16 FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicESP Conchita Martínez 2 1 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 FRA C DheninSUI E Gagliardi 4 1 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 79 6 FRA A CocheteuxFRA S Foretz 67 3 ROM R Dragomir IlieITA S Farina Elia 6 6 WC FRA L GhirardiFRA C Pin 2 0 RUS A JidkovaUSA M Tu 4 6 3 15 AUS N PrattARG P Tarabini 6 3 6 11 ITA T GarbinSVK J Husárová 6 5 1 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 0 7 6 CRO I MajoliFRA V Razzano 4 5 SVK K HabšudováCAN S Jeyaseelan 6 7 KAZ I SelyutinaUZB I Tulyaganova 4 2 ESP E BesBLR T Poutchek 6 6 AUS R McQuillanAUS L McShea 2 6 1 6 BEL E CallensUSA M Shaughnessy 6 4 6 1 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 3 3 ROM R Dragomir IlieITA S Farina Elia 4 2 15 AUS N PrattARG P Tarabini 6 6 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 6 6 SVK K HabšudováCAN S Jeyaseelan 3 3 ESP E BesBLR T Poutchek 7 1 3 6 BEL E CallensUSA M Shaughnessy 5 6 6 1 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 15 AUS N PrattARG P Tarabini 3 3 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 6 1 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA M Shaughnessy 3 6 3 1 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 7 66 6 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 5 78 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 3 6 ESP A OrtuñoVEN M Vento 4 6 3 JPN N MiyagiIND N Vaidyanathan 3 5 GER K FreyeAUS T Musgrave 6 7 FRA N DechyRUS N Petrova 6 77 Alt USA D ButhESP C Martínez Granados 3 63 AUS A MolikUSA L Osterloh 4 1 16 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 6 6 9 USA M NavratilovaESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 3 5 CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 2 6 7 GER A GlassSLO T Pisnik 1 6 0 USA A FrazierUSA K Schlukebir 6 1 6 AUT S PlischkeCAN V Webb 7 6 ESP M SernaUSA A Stevenson 5 4 JPN R HirakiHUN K Marosi-Aracama 2 2 8 USA N ArendtNED C Vis 6 6 3 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 GER K FreyeAUS T Musgrave 1 4 FRA N DechyRUS N Petrova 2 6 2 16 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 6 1 6 CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 7 6 USA A FrazierUSA K Schlukebir 5 3 AUT S PlischkeCAN V Webb 1 2 8 USA N ArendtNED C Vis 6 6 3 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 1 1 16 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 4 6 6 CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 8 USA N ArendtNED C Vis w/o 16 FR Yugoslavia J DokicESP C Martínez 6 6 8 USA N ArendtNED C Vis 3 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 6 6 SLO M MatevžičGER C Schneider 4 4 BEL J HeninUKR E Tatarkova 65 6 6 RSA K GrantGER M Weingärtner 77 2 3 BEL K ClijstersBEL L Courtois 6 6 WC FRA C BornuFRA S Georges 3 2 NED K BoogertNED M Oremans 3 6 4 12 RSA L HuberARG L Montalvo 6 4 6 14 USA J CapriatiJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 ARG M Díaz OlivaSLO P Rampre 4 2 SWE Å CarlssonBUL M Maleeva 2 6 6 ESP MJ Martínez SánchezESP A Medina Garrigues 6 3 3 GER B LamadeSUI P Schnyder 6 4 6 ITA G CasoniFR Yugoslavia S Načuk 1 6 2 CZE E MartincováNED S Noorlander 2 2 4 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 6 6 7 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 66 5 BEL J HeninUKR E Tatarkova 78 7 BEL K ClijstersBEL L Courtois 6 6 12 RSA L HuberARG L Montalvo 4 2 14 USA J CapriatiJPN A Sugiyama 5 6 6 SWE Å CarlssonBUL M Maleeva 7 4 4 GER B LamadeSUI P Schnyder 65 7 3 4 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 77 5 6 BEL J HeninUKR E Tatarkova 6 6 BEL K ClijstersBEL L Courtois 4 0 14 USA J CapriatiJPN A Sugiyama 64 77 4 4 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 77 65 6 BEL J HeninUKR E Tatarkova 3 7 11 4 USA K Po-MesserliFRA N Tauziat 6 5 9 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 17 RSA A CoetzerUSA L McNeil 3 5 SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 6 7 WC FRA A-L HeitzFRA É Le Bescond 2 6 6 AUS E DominikovicCAN R Kolbovic 6 4 4 FRA É LoitFRA AG Sidot 6 4 6 GER A BachmannDEN E Dyrberg 0 6 2 JPN S AsagoeJPN Y Yoshida 63 77 1 10 GER A HuberAUT B Schett 77 64 6 13 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 3 3 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 6 6 USA E deLoneARG ME Salerni 4 64 RSA N de VilliersAUS A Ellwood 6 77 WC FRA K JagieniakFRA S Pitkowski 63 4 GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 77 6 BUL L BachevaESP C Torrens Valero 62 3 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 77 6 SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 77 6 WC FRA A-L HeitzFRA É Le Bescond 63 1 FRA É LoitFRA AG Sidot 0 5 10 GER A HuberAUT B Schett 6 7 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 6 2 2 RSA N de VilliersAUS A Ellwood 3 6 6 GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 1 2 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 SVK D HantuchováSVK H Nagyová 4 4 10 GER A HuberAUT B Schett 6 6 RSA N de VilliersAUS A Ellwood 3 3 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 10 GER A HuberAUT B Schett 6 2 3 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 3 6 6 External links Draw 2001 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles French Open - Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles French Open - Doubles French Open - Doubles