2001 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Mercedes Cup
2000 Champions	Jiří Novák David Rikl
Champions	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler
Runners-up	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango
Final score	4–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–4

Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti.

Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler won in the final 4–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–4 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
4	Michael Hill   Jeff Tarango	6	61	4
WC	Guillermo Cañas   Rainer Schüttler	4	77	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	J Novák   D Rikl	7	3	3
	T Carbonell   N Lapentti	6	6					T Carbonell   N Lapentti	5	6	6
	J Oncins   D Orsanic	0	2												T Carbonell   N Lapentti	1	6	4
	S Groen   M Kohlmann	3	4											5	P Albano   L Arnold	6	3	6
	S Aspelin   A Kratzmann	6	6					S Aspelin   A Kratzmann	3	6	3
							5	P Albano   L Arnold	6	3	6
																					5	P Albano   L Arnold	60	4
																					4	M Hill   J Tarango	77	6
							4	M Hill   J Tarango	6	6
	J I Carrasco   V Kutsenko	6	6					J I Carrasco   V Kutsenko	4	3
WC	P Petzschner   S Stadler	4	4											4	M Hill   J Tarango	4	6	77
	M-K Goellner   A Olhovskiy	3	2											7	J Balcells   Y Kafelnikov	6	4	62
	A Clément   D Hrbatý	6	6					A Clément   D Hrbatý
							7	J Balcells   Y Kafelnikov	w/o

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							6	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	0	77	6
WC	L Burgsmüller   A Vinciguerra	3	6	3			WC	A Costa   A Martín	6	64	3
WC	A Costa   A Martín	6	3	6										6	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	4	77	6
WC	H Arazi   J Boutter	3	4											3	J Eagle   A Florent	6	64	1
	A Kitinov   J Landsberg	6	6					A Kitinov   J Landsberg	63	5
							3	J Eagle   A Florent	77	7
																					6	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	4	61
																					WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	6	77
							8	M Barnard   C Suk	4	5
WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	6	6				WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	6	7
WC	G Coria   G Gaudio	1	4											WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	7	2	6
	M Hilpert   D Roberts	4	2											2	P Pála   P Vízner	5	6	2
	J Knowle   L Manta	6	6					J Knowle   L Manta	3	4
							2	P Pála   P Vízner	6	6

External links

• 2001 Mercedes Cup Doubles Draw