2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open – Doubles

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.

Doubles
2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open
Champions	Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy
Runners-up	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva
Score	6–4, 6–3
Draw	28
Seeds	8

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. Corina Morariu / Ai Sugiyama (withdrew)
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
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• 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	77	3	6
		I Majoli  B Schett	6	1	3			6	A Fusai  R Grande	61	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	65			5	N Arendt  C Vis	6	5	4
	5	N Arendt  C Vis	4	6	77

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	67
		É Loit A-G Sidot	4	3											3	C Black  E Likhovtseva	6	2	79
		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	66																		J Dokić C Martínez	5	2
		L Huber  L Montalvo	4	6	78				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	77	4											J Dokić C Martínez	5	7	6
		J Dokić C Martínez	6	64	6				J Dokić C Martínez	6	6
								ALT	J Hopkins  A Myskina	4	3

External links

• 2001 European Ladies German Open doubles draw