2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open – Doubles

2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open
2000 Champions   Spain Conchita Martínez
Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
Champions   Belgium Els Callens
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Runners-up   Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Final score   64, 63
Events
Singles   Doubles

Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Martínez with Jelena Dokić and Sánchez-Vicario with Martina Navrátilová.

Navrátilová and Sánchez-Vicario lost in the second round to Lubomira Bacheva and Åsa Carlsson.

Dokić and Martínez lost in the semifinals to Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.

Els Callens and Meghann Shaughnessy won in the final 64, 63 against Black and Likhovtseva.

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.

  1. Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez (Quarterfinals)
  2. n/a
  3. Zimbabwe Cara Black / Russia Elena Likhovtseva (Final)
  4. Belgium Els Callens / United States Meghann Shaughnessy (Champions)
  5. United States Nicole Arendt / Netherlands Caroline Vis (Second Round)
  6. France Alexandra Fusai / Italy Rita Grande (Second Round)
  7. United States Martina Navrátilová / Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (Second Round)
  8. France Nathalie Dechy / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (First Round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
4  Belgium Els Callens
 United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6 6  
3  Zimbabwe Cara Black
 Russia Elena Likhovtseva
4 3  

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
6 6    
   Italy G Casoni
 Netherlands S Noorlander
3 3          Germany B Lamade
 Switzerland P Schnyder
3 3    
   Germany B Lamade
 Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6         1  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
4 1    
WC  Germany G Arn
 Germany A Glass
1 3            Slovakia K Habšudová
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 6    
   Slovakia K Habšudová
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 6          Slovakia K Habšudová
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
77 3 6
   Croatia I Majoli
 Austria B Schett
6 1 3     6  France A Fusai
 Italy R Grande
61 6 3  
6  France A Fusai
 Italy R Grande
3 6 6          Slovakia K Habšudová
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 2 4
      4  Belgium E Callens
 United States M Shaughnessy
4 6 6
    4  Belgium E Callens
 United States M Shaughnessy
6      
   Italy T Garbin
 Slovakia J Husárová
6 6          Italy T Garbin
 Slovakia J Husárová
1 r    
   Czech Republic K Hrdličková
 Germany B Rittner
4 1         4  Belgium E Callens
 United States M Shaughnessy
6 6  
WC  South Africa K Grant
 Germany M Weingärtner
3 6 6       WC  South Africa K Grant
 Germany M Weingärtner
1 1    
   United States J Capriati
 Spain M Serna
6 4 4     WC  South Africa K Grant
 Germany M Weingärtner
1 7 6
   Belarus T Poutchek
 Germany E Wagner
6 4 65     5  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands C Vis
6 5 4  
5  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands C Vis
4 6 77  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
7  United States M Navrátilová
 Spain A Sánchez-Vicario
6 6    
   Spain G Riera
 Argentina P Tarabini
3 3       7  United States M Navrátilová
 Spain A Sánchez-Vicario
3 3    
   Bulgaria L Bacheva
 Sweden Å Carlsson
6 6          Bulgaria L Bacheva
 Sweden Å Carlsson
6 6    
   United States D Graham
 Austria S Plischke
1 1            Bulgaria L Bacheva
 Sweden Å Carlsson
0 6 67  
   France É Loit
 France A-G Sidot
4 3         3  Zimbabwe C Black
 Russia E Likhovtseva
6 2 79  
   France A Mauresmo
 France S Testud
6 6          France A Mauresmo
 France S Testud
6 3 4
    3  Zimbabwe C Black
 Russia E Likhovtseva
0 6 6  
      3  Zimbabwe C Black
 Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6  
8  France N Dechy
 France N Tauziat
6 2 66          Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Dokić
 Spain C Martínez
5 2  
   South Africa L Huber
 Argentina L Montalvo
4 6 78        South Africa L Huber
 Argentina L Montalvo
4 2    
   Slovenia T Križan
 Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6          Slovenia T Križan
 Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6    
   United States L Osterloh
 United States K Schlukebir
3 1            Slovenia T Križan
 Slovenia K Srebotnik
7 5 3
   Romania R Dragomir Ilie
 Italy S Farina Elia
3 77 4          Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Dokić
 Spain C Martínez
5 7 6  
   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Dokić
 Spain C Martínez
6 64 6        Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Dokić
 Spain C Martínez
6 6  
    ALT  United States J Hopkins
 Russia A Myskina
4 3    
 

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