2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
2001 Wimbledon Championships | ||||||||||||
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2000 Champions | Serena Williams Venus Williams | |||||||||||
Champions | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | |||||||||||
Runners-up | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | |||||||||||
Final score | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||||||||
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Singles | men | women | boys | girls | ||||||||
Doubles | men | women | mixed | boys | girls | |||||||
Other events | ||||||||||||
Legends | men | women | seniors | |||||||||
WC Doubles | men | women | ||||||||||
Wimbledon Championships
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Main article: 2001 Wimbledon Championships
Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions and they reached the quarterfinals before withdrawing from the tournament due to a viral infection and stomach illness suffered by Serena.[1]
Top seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won the title by beating the No.9 seeds Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in the final, 6–4, 6–3.
Seeds
- Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Champions)
- Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Semifinals)
- Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (Second Round)
- Serena Williams / Venus Williams (Quarterfinals, withdrew due to stomach illness for Serena)
- Kimberly Po-Messerli / Nathalie Tauziat (Semifinals)
- Els Callens / Meghann Shaughnessy (First Round)
- Jelena Dokic / Conchita Martinez (Third Round)
- Nicole Arendt / Caroline Vis (Second Round)
- Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama (Final)
- Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (Second Round)
- Nicole Pratt / Elena Tatarkova (First Round)
- Tathiana Garbin / Janette Husarova (Third Round)
- Anke Huber / Barbara Schett (First Round)
- Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (Third Round)
- Tina Krizan / Katarina Srebotnik (Second Round)
- Martina Navratilova / Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
Draw
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References
- ↑ "Williams sisters bail out of doubles with Serena sick". http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/. July 3, 2001. Retrieved June 4, 2014.