2001 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
2001 DFS Classic
Final
Champions	Cara Black; Elena Likhovtseva
Runners-up	Kimberly Po-Messerli; Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–1, 6–2
Events
Singles	Doubles

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.

Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (champions)
Kimberly Po-Messerli / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
Els Callens / Rita Grande (second round)
Nicole Pratt / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (semifinals)
Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (first round)
Katie Schlukebir / Irina Selyutina (second round)
Erika deLone / Liezel Huber (first round)
Rachel McQuillan / Lisa McShea (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6	6

LL	Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin	2	2
				1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6	6

				2	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	1	2
4	Nicole Pratt Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5	1

2	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	7	6

Top half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	C Black E Likhovtseva	w/o
	L Bacheva M Vento	6³	6	1		R Hiraki A Stevenson
	R Hiraki A Stevenson	7⁷	3	6					1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
	N de Villiers A Ellwood	6¹	6	3						E Dyrberg M Matevžič	4	6	2
	D Hantuchová S Plischke	7⁷	4	6		D Hantuchová S Plischke	1	2
	E Dyrberg M Matevžič	6²	6	6		E Dyrberg M Matevžič	6	6
7	E deLone L Huber	7⁷	1	4										1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	6
														LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	2	2
					3	E Callens R Grande	4	5
	N Petrova T Pisnik	6	3	6		N Petrova T Pisnik	6	7
	T Musgrave L Osterloh	3	6	0						N Petrova T Pisnik	6¹⁰	6	6⁶
	S Reeves J Steck	1	6⁵						LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	7¹²	4	7⁸
LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	6	7⁷		LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	6	7
WC	J Hopkins L Latimer	3	2		6	K Schlukebir I Selyutina	1	5
6	K Schlukebir I Selyutina	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

8	R McQuillan L McShea	3	6	6¹
	K-A Guse A Molik	6	2	7⁷		K-A Guse A Molik	6	4	3
	S Asagoe Y Yoshida	6	7			S Asagoe Y Yoshida	4	6	6
	A Jidkova M Tu	4	5								S Asagoe Y Yoshida	3	2
	N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya	7	6							4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	6	6
	D Buth V Webb	5	3			N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya	6⁵	1
					4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	7⁷	6
															4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	5	1
5	K Boogert M Oremans	6⁴	5												2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	7	6
	E Bovina M Serna	7⁷	7			E Bovina M Serna	4	7⁷	2
WC	H Crook V Davies	6	7		WC	H Crook V Davies	6	6⁵	6
	H Inoue E-H Kim	2	5							WC	H Crook V Davies	7	2	4
Q	E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	6							2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	5	6	6
	K Grant M Weingärtner	4	4		Q	E Daniilidou D Zarić	6¹	4
					2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	7⁷	6

Qualifying draw

First qualifying round			Second qualifying round			Final qualifying round

1	C Fernández R Kolbovic	5

	E Dominikovic M Irvin	8
				E Dominikovic M Irvin	8

				N Grandin S Sfar	1
	K Liggan G Voleková	1

	N Grandin S Sfar	8
							E Dominikovic M Irvin	4	4

							E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	6
	E Daniilidou D Zarić	9⁷

WC	L Ahl H Collin	8²
				E Daniilidou D Zarić	8

				J Craybas A Myskina	2
	J Craybas A Myskina	8

2	R Fujiwara S Krivencheva	4