2001 ASB Classic – Doubles

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Doubles
2001 ASB Classic
Final
Champions Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai
Flag of Italy.svg Rita Grande
Runners-up Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schett
Score7–6(7–4), 6–3
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
  2000  · WTA Auckland Open ·  2002  

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.

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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. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
  2. Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Horn / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez (semifinals)
  3. Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai / Flag of Italy.svg Rita Grande (champions)
  4. Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Križan / Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of France.svg S Testud
776 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Y Basting
Flag of Germany.svg C Schneider
621  1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of France.svg S Testud
76 
  Flag of the United States.svg A Bradshaw
Flag of the United States.svg J Hopkins
3 66   Flag of South Africa.svg K Grant
Flag of Austria.svg M Maruska
5 4  
  Flag of South Africa.svg K Grant
Flag of Austria.svg M Maruska
678 1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of France.svg S Testud
2 3  
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg T Križan
Flag of Slovenia.svg K Srebotnik
66   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg E Gagliardi
Flag of Austria.svg B Schett
66 
  Flag of the United States.svg H Parkinson
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg M Sequera
3 1  4 Flag of Slovenia.svg T Križan
Flag of Slovenia.svg K Srebotnik
62 2
  Flag of Argentina.svg M E Salerni
Flag of New Zealand.svg S Stephens
1 2    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg E Gagliardi
Flag of Austria.svg B Schett
2 66
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg E Gagliardi
Flag of Austria.svg B Schett
66   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schett
643  
  Flag of Germany.svg A Bachmann
Flag of Argentina.svg M Díaz Oliva
3 4  3 Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai
Flag of Italy.svg Rita Grande
776 
  Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of France.svg É Loit
66   Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of France.svg É Loit
1 5  
Q Flag of Japan.svg H Inoue
Flag of Japan.svg M Inoue
4 62 3 Flag of France.svg A Fusai
Flag of Italy.svg R Grande
67 
3 Flag of France.svg A Fusai
Flag of Italy.svg R Grande
62 63 Flag of France.svg A Fusai
Flag of Italy.svg R Grande
2 776
WC Flag of New Zealand.svg L Baker
Flag of Bulgaria.svg P Nola
62 2 2 Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
6644
  Flag of Japan.svg S Asagoe
Flag of Japan.svg Y Yoshida
4 66  Flag of Japan.svg S Asagoe
Flag of Japan.svg Y Yoshida
2 63 
  Flag of the United States.svg L Osterloh
Flag of the United States.svg M Tu
2 1  2 Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
677 
2 Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66 

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Augustus / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amy Jensen (second round)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Inoue / Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Inoue (Qualifiers)

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Inoue / Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Inoue

Draw

  • NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format.
First round Second round Final Round
               
1 Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Augustus
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amy Jensen
8  
  Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Foretz
Flag of Japan.svg Rika Fujiwara
4   
1 Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Augustus
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amy Jensen
4   
  Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
Flag of Germany.svg Marlene Weingärtner
8  
WC Flag of New Zealand.svg Ilke Gers
Flag of New Zealand.svg Tracey O'Connor
81  
  Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
Flag of Germany.svg Marlene Weingärtner
97  
  Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
Flag of Germany.svg Marlene Weingärtner
1 2  
2 Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Inoue
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Inoue
66 
  Flag of Tunisia.svg Selima Sfar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joanne Ward
9  
  Flag of Luxembourg.svg Anne Kremer
Flag of France.svg Sarah Pitkowski
7   
  Flag of Tunisia.svg Selima Sfar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joanne Ward
7r 
2 Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Inoue
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Inoue
4   
  Flag of the United States.svg Jill Craybas
Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Taylor
3   
2 Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Inoue
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Inoue
8  

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