2001 ASB Classic – Doubles

Cara Black and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Black with Sandrine Testud and Fusai with Rita Grande.

Doubles
2001 ASB Classic
Champions	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
Runners-up	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett
Score	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Black and Testud lost in the semifinals to Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Barbara Schett.

Fusai and Grande won in the final 7–6^(7–4), 6–3 against Gagliardi and Schett.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Cara Black / Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
2. Liezel Horn / Paola Suárez (semifinals)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (champions)
4. Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	C Black S Testud	77	6
		Y Basting C Schneider	62	1				1	C Black S Testud	7	6
		A Bradshaw J Hopkins	3	66					K Grant M Maruska	5	4
		K Grant M Maruska	6	78											1	C Black S Testud	2	3
	4	T Križan K Srebotnik	6	6												E Gagliardi B Schett	6	6
		H Parkinson M Sequera	3	1				4	T Križan K Srebotnik	6	2	2
		M E Salerni S Stephens	1	2					E Gagliardi B Schett	2	6	6
		E Gagliardi B Schett	6	6																			Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett	64	3
		A Bachmann M Díaz Oliva	3	4																		3	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	77	6
		N Dechy É Loit	6	6					N Dechy É Loit	1	5
	Q	H Inoue M Inoue	4	6	2			3	A Fusai R Grande	6	7
	3	A Fusai R Grande	6	2	6										3	A Fusai R Grande	2	77	6
	WC	L Baker P Nola	6	2	2										2	L Horn P Suárez	6	64	4
		S Asagoe Y Yoshida	4	6	6				S Asagoe Y Yoshida	2	63
		L Osterloh M Tu	2	1				2	L Horn P Suárez	6	77
	2	L Horn P Suárez	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Amanda Augustus / Amy Jensen (second round)
2. Haruka Inoue / Maiko Inoue (Qualifiers)

Qualifiers

1. Haruka Inoue / Maiko Inoue

Draw

• NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format.

	First round							Second round							Final Round
	1	Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen	8
		Stéphanie Foretz Rika Fujiwara	4
								1	Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen	4
									Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner	8
	WC	Ilke Gers Tracey O'Connor	81
		Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner	97
																Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner	1	2
															2	Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue	6	6
		Selima Sfar Joanne Ward	9
		Anne Kremer Sarah Pitkowski	7
									Selima Sfar Joanne Ward	7r
								2	Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue	4
		Jill Craybas Sarah Taylor	3
	2	Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue	8

External links

• 2001 ASB Classic Doubles draw