# 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

The 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts doubles was a tennis competition within the 2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 31 December 2000 through 6 January 2001.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Giulia Casoni and Janette Husárová won in the final 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 7–5 against Katie Schlukebir and Meghann Shaughnessy.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Cătălina Cristea / Irina Selyutina (quarterfinals)
* Åsa Carlsson / Silvia Farina Elia (quarterfinals)
* Katie Schlukebir / Meghann Shaughnessy (final)
* Patty Schnyder / Magüi Serna (semifinals)

## 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 | C Cristea I Selyutina | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan L McShea | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | C Cristea I Selyutina | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Načuk T Pisnik | 5 | 7$^7$ | 0 | | I Majoli S Plischke | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Majoli S Plischke | 7 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | I Majoli S Plischke | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | K Schlukebir M Shaughnessy | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | K Schlukebir M Shaughnessy | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | K Schlukebir M Shaughnessy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová B Rippner | 2 | 6 | 4 | | S Jeyaseelan R Kolbovic | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Jeyaseelan R Kolbovic | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Katie Schlukebir Meghann Shaughnessy | 6$^9$ | 5 |
| Q | E Bovina L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Giulia Casoni Janette Husárová | 7$^{11}$ | 7 |
| | S Cacic A Jidkova | 1 | 1 | | Q | E Bovina L Krasnoroutskaya | 6$^4$ | 7 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner P Tarabini | 4 | 6$^4$ | | 4 | P Schnyder M Serna | 7$^7$ | 5 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Schnyder M Serna | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 4 | P Schnyder M Serna | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | E Dominikovic A Stevenson | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | G Casoni J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Casoni J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | G Casoni J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Glass B Lamade | 5 | 4 | | 2 | Å Carlsson S Farina Elia | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Å Carlsson S Farina Elia | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Trudi Musgrave / Bryanne Stewart (second round)
* Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (final round)

### Qualifiers

* Elena Bovina / Lina Krasnoroutskaya

#### Draw

* NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | |
| 1 | Trudi Musgrave Bryanne Stewart | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kelly Liggan María Vento | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kelly Liggan María Vento | 1 | 1 | Trudi Musgrave Bryanne Stewart | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Elena Bovina Lina Krasnoroutskaya | 8 | | | | | | |
| WC | Kerry-Anne Guse Christina Wheeler | 7 | | Elena Bovina Lina Krasnoroutskaya | 8 | | | | | | |
| | Elena Bovina Lina Krasnoroutskaya | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elena Bovina Lina Krasnoroutskaya | 9 | | | | | Elena Bovina Lina Krasnoroutskaya | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| | Gréta Arn Amanda Grahame | 8 | | | | | | | | 2 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| | Jana Kandarr Virginie Razzano | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jana Kandarr Virginie Razzano | 3 | | Gréta Arn Amanda Grahame | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | 8 | | | | | | |
| | Tina Hergold Maja Matevžič | 4 | 2 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | 8 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | 8 | | | | | | | | | |