2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Stuttgart Open
2000 Champion	Jiří Novák David Rikl
Champion	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler
Runner-up	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango
Score	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Draw	24
Seeds	8

Main article: 2001 Stuttgart Open

Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti.

Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler won in the final 4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Jiří Novák / David Rikl (second round)
2. Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner (quarterfinals)
3. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (quarterfinals)
4. Michael Hill / Jeff Tarango (final)
5. Pablo Albano / Lucas Arnold (semifinals)
6. Chris Haggard / Tom Vanhoudt (semifinals)
7. Juan Balcells / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
8. Marius Barnard / Cyril Suk (second round)

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

Final

	Final
	4	Michael Hill  Jeff Tarango	6	61	4
	WC	Guillermo Cañas  Rainer Schüttler	4	77	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Novák  D Rikl	7	3	3
		T Carbonell  N Lapentti	6	6					T Carbonell  N Lapentti	5	6	6
		J Oncins  D Orsanic	0	2												T Carbonell  N Lapentti	1	6	4
		S Groen  M Kohlmann	3	4											5	P Albano  L Arnold	6	3	6
		S Aspelin  A Kratzmann	6	6					S Aspelin  A Kratzmann	3	6	3
								5	P Albano  L Arnold	6	3	6
																						5	P Albano  L Arnold	60	4
																						4	M Hill  J Tarango	77	6
								4	M Hill  J Tarango	6	6
		J I Carrasco  V Kutsenko	6	6					J I Carrasco  V Kutsenko	4	3
	WC	P Petzschner  S Stadler	4	4											4	M Hill  J Tarango	4	6	77
		M-K Goellner  A Olhovskiy	3	2											7	J Balcells  Y Kafelnikov	6	4	62
		A Clément  D Hrbatý	6	6					A Clément  D Hrbatý
								7	J Balcells  Y Kafelnikov	w/o

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								6	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	0	77	6
	WC	L Burgsmüller  A Vinciguerra	3	6	3			WC	A Costa  A Martín	6	64	3
	WC	A Costa  A Martín	6	3	6										6	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	4	77	6
	WC	H Arazi  J Boutter	3	4											3	J Eagle  A Florent	6	64	1
		A Kitinov  J Landsberg	6	6					A Kitinov  J Landsberg	63	5
								3	J Eagle  A Florent	77	7
																						6	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	4	61
																						WC	G Cañas  R Schüttler	6	77
								8	M Barnard  C Suk	4	5
	WC	G Cañas  R Schüttler	6	6				WC	G Cañas  R Schüttler	6	7
	WC	G Coria  G Gaudio	1	4											WC	G Cañas  R Schüttler	7	2	6
		M Hilpert  D Roberts	4	2											2	P Pála  P Vízner	5	6	2
		J Knowle  L Manta	6	6					J Knowle  L Manta	3	4
								2	P Pála  P Vízner	6	6

External links

• 2001 Mercedes Cup Doubles Draw