2001 Qatar Open – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Qatar Open
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Juan Balcells Andrei Olhovskiy
Score	6–3, 6–1
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Mark Knowles and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Knowles with Daniel Nestor and Mirnyi with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Kafelnikov and Mirnyi lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Balcells and Andrei Olhovskiy.

Knowles and Nestor won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Balcells and Olhovskiy.

Seeds

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Max Mirnyi (quarterfinals)
2. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
3. David Prinosil / Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
4. Simon Aspelin / Cyril Suk (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	Y Kafelnikov M Mirnyi	7	7
		L Burgsmüller S Groen	5	5				1	Y Kafelnikov M Mirnyi	4	6	3
		J Balcells A Olhovskiy	7	6					J Balcells A Olhovskiy	6	1	6
		P Pála P Vízner	5	2												J Balcells A Olhovskiy	6	77
	4	S Aspelin C Suk	6	6												Á Calatrava A Portas	3	63
		G Ivanišević R Schüttler	1	3				4	S Aspelin C Suk	2	1r
		Á Calatrava A Portas	6	6					Á Calatrava A Portas	6	2
	WC	N Al-Khulafi S Khalfan	0	4																			J Balcells A Olhovskiy	3	1
		K Alami H Arazi	4	65																		2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
		I Heuberger A Waske	6	77					I Heuberger A Waske	6	77
		N Kiefer S Schalken	2	2				3	D Prinosil N Zimonjić	2	64
	3	D Prinosil N Zimonjić	6	6												I Heuberger A Waske	3	4
		J Boutter F Santoro	77	6											2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
		N Escudé M Rosset	63	1					J Boutter F Santoro	64	4
	Q	J-F Bachelot D Norman	2	64				2	M Knowles D Nestor	77	6
	2	M Knowles D Nestor	6	77

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Nicolas Coutelot / Andy Fahlke (first round)
2. Igor Kunitcin / Uros Vico (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Jean-François Bachelot / Dick Norman

Draw

	First round							Final Round
	1	Nicolas Coutelot Andy Fahlke	3	4
		Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Alexander Peya	6	6
									Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Alexander Peya	6	3	4
								Alt	Jean-François Bachelot Dick Norman	4	6	6
	Alt	Jean-François Bachelot Dick Norman	77	6
	2	Igor Kunitcin Uros Vico	61	3

External links

• 2001 Qatar Open Doubles draw
• 2001 Qatar Open Doubles Qualifying draw