| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2001 Open Gaz de France | |
| Champions |  Iva Majoli  Virginie Razzano |
| Runners-up |  Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat |
| Final score | 6–3, 7–5 |
Julie Halard-Decugis and Sandrine Testud were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Iva Majoli and Virginie Razzano won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Kimberly Po and Nathalie Tauziat.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Kimberly Po / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
Elena Likhovtseva / Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
Els Callens / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (first round) Laurence Courtois / Meghann Shaughnessy (first round)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | K Po N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová  S Jeyaseelan | 4 | 1 | 1 | K Po N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Huber B Lamade | 3 | 6 | 6 | A Huber B Lamade | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 E Bes  T Poutchek | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | K Po N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Callens A-G Sidot | 0 | 3 |  Å Carlsson  M Maleeva | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| N Dechy É Loit | 6 | 4 | 77 | N Dechy É Loit | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 R Hiraki  K Marosi-Aracama | 4 | 6 | 63 | 1 | Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 P Schnyder M Serna | w/o | WC | Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Glass  K Hrdličková | P Schnyder M Serna | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | I Majoli V Razzano | 77 | 1 | 6 | WC | I Majoli V Razzano | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Courtois M Shaughnessy | 64 | 6 | 2 | WC | I Majoli V Razzano | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | L Bacheva C Dhenin | 4 | 2 |  R Dragomir  S Farina Elia | 1 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Dragomir S Farina Elia | 6 | 6 | R Dragomir S Farina Elia | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Frazier  C Vis | 65 | 7 | 3 | 2 | E Likhovtseva M Pierce | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | E Likhovtseva M Pierce | 77 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Martina Hingis and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.
Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik.
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions and top seeds but withdrew before the start of the tournament.
Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sugiyama with Daniela Hantuchová and Tauziat with Kimberly Po-Messerli.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions and won in the final 6–7 (5–7), 7–6 (8–6), 6–2 against Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.
Émilie Loit and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot won in the final 1–6, 6–2, 6–0 against Kimberly Po and Nathalie Tauziat.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Nicole Arendt.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Lindsay Davenport and Sánchez Vicario with Natasha Zvereva.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 against Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.
Kathy Jordan and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Kremlin Cup, Tennis
Corina Morariu and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but did not return to defend their title.
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce were the defending champions, but neither participated in this tournament.
The 2001 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2001 and the 100th edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2001.
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Novotná also retired at the end of the 1999 season.