# 2001 Milan Indoor – Doubles

2001 Milan Indoor, David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager were the defending champions but only Adams competed that year with Marius Barnard.
Adams and Barnard lost in the first round to Julien Boutter and Fabrice Santoro.
Paul Haarhuis and Sjeng Schalken won in the final 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ against Johan Landsberg and Tom Vanhoudt.

## Seeds

* Mahesh Bhupathi / Dominik Hrbatý (first round)
* David Adams / Marius Barnard (first round, withdrew due to a flu on Adams)
* Michael Hill / Jeff Tarango (semifinals)
* Johan Landsberg / Tom Vanhoudt (final)

## 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | M Bhupathi D Hrbatý | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner A Olhovskiy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M-K Goellner A Olhovskiy | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-M Gambill H Levy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | J-M Gambill H Levy | 6 | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Kiefer M Safin | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | M-K Goellner A Olhovskiy | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| 4 | J Landsberg T Vanhoudt | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | J Landsberg T Vanhoudt | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | N Escudé M Rosset | 6$^6$ | 5 | | 4 | J Landsberg T Vanhoudt | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Suk P Vízner | 3 | 4 | | | T Cibulec L Friedl | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Cibulec L Friedl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Landsberg T Vanhoudt | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ |
| | T Shimada J Waite | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| Q | I Heuberger R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | Q | I Heuberger R Schüttler | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 6$^5$ | 7 | 6$^3$ | 3 | M Hill J Tarango | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Hill J Tarango | 7$^7$ | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 3 | M Hill J Tarango | 6 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Brandi I Ljubičić | 4 | 4 | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boutter F Santoro | w/o | | | | J Boutter F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Adams M Barnard | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Aleksandar Kitinov / Jean-René Lisnard (qualifying competition, withdrew)
* Ivo Heuberger / Rainer Schüttler (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Ivo Heuberger / Rainer Schüttler

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Aleksandar Kitinov Jean-René Lisnard | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Daniele Bracciali Federico Luzzi | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Daniele Bracciali Federico Luzzi | 6$^3$ | 4 | | 1 | Aleksandar Kitinov Jean-René Lisnard | |
| | | | | | 2 | Ivo Heuberger Rainer Schüttler | w/o |
| | George Bastl Stefano Pescosolido | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ivo Heuberger Rainer Schüttler | w/o |
| 2 | Ivo Heuberger Rainer Schüttler | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | |