2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open
2000 Champions	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
Champions	Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy
Runners-up	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva
Final score	6–4, 6–3

Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Martínez with Jelena Dokić and Sánchez-Vicario with Martina Navratilova.

Navratilova and Sánchez-Vicario lost in the second round to Lubomira Bacheva and Åsa Carlsson.

Dokić and Martínez lost in the semifinals to Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.

Els Callens and Meghann Shaughnessy won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Black and Likhovtseva.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Quarterfinals)
2. n/a
3. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (Final)
4. Els Callens / Meghann Shaughnessy (Champions)
5. Nicole Arendt / Caroline Vis (Second Round)
6. Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (Second Round)
7. Martina Navratilova / Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (Second Round)
8. Nathalie Dechy / Patricia Tarabini (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

Final
4	Els Callens   Meghann Shaughnessy	6	6
3	Cara Black   Elena Likhovtseva	4	3

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6
	G Casoni   S Noorlander	3	3					B Lamade   P Schnyder	3	3
	B Lamade   P Schnyder	6	6											1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	4	1
WC	G Arn   A Glass	1	3												K Habšudová   E Tatarkova	6	6
	K Habšudová   E Tatarkova	6	6					K Habšudová   E Tatarkova	7^7	3	6
	I Majoli   B Schett	6	1	3			6	A Fusai   R Grande	6^1	6	3
6	A Fusai   R Grande	3	6	6																		K Habšudová   E Tatarkova	6	2	4
																					4	E Callens   M Shaughnessy	4	6	6
							4	E Callens   M Shaughnessy	6
	T Garbin   J Husárová	6	6					T Garbin   J Husárová	1	r
	K Hrdličková   B Rittner	4	1											4	E Callens   M Shaughnessy	6	6
WC	K Grant   M Weingärtner	3	6	6										WC	K Grant   M Weingärtner	1	1
	J Capriati   M Serna	6	4	4			WC	K Grant   M Weingärtner	1	7	6
	T Poutchek   E Wagner	6	4	6^5			5	N Arendt   C Vis	6	5	4
5	N Arendt   C Vis	4	6	7^7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	M Navratilova   A Sánchez-Vicario	6	6
	G Riera   P Tarabini	3	3				7	M Navratilova   A Sánchez-Vicario	3	3
	L Bacheva   Å Carlsson	6	6					L Bacheva   Å Carlsson	6	6
	D Graham   S Plischke	1	1												L Bacheva   Å Carlsson	0	6	6^7
	É Loit   A-G Sidot	4	3											3	C Black   E Likhovtseva	6	2	7^9
	A Mauresmo   S Testud	6	6					A Mauresmo   S Testud	6	3	4
							3	C Black   E Likhovtseva	0	6	6
																					3	C Black   E Likhovtseva	7	6
8	N Dechy   N Tauziat	6	2	6^6																		J Dokić   C Martínez	5	2
	L Huber   L Montalvo	4	6	7^8				L Huber   L Montalvo	4	2
	T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	6					T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	6
	L Osterloh   K Schlukebir	3	1												T Križan   K Srebotnik	7	5	3
	R Dragomir Ilie   S Farina Elia	3	7^7	4											J Dokić   C Martínez	5	7	6
	J Dokić   C Martínez	6	6^4	6				J Dokić   C Martínez	6	6
							ALT	J Hopkins   A Myskina	4	3

References

• 2001 European Ladies German Open Doubles Draw