# 2001 ASB Classic – Doubles

Cara Black and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Black with Sandrine Testud and Fusai with Rita Grande.
Black and Testud lost in the semifinals to Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Barbara Schett.
Fusai and Grande won in the final 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 against Gagliardi and Schett.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Cara Black / Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
* Liezel Horn / Paola Suárez (semifinals)
* Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (champions)
* Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | C Black S Testud | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basting C Schneider | 6$^2$ | 1 | | 1 | C Black S Testud | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bradshaw J Hopkins | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | K Grant M Maruska | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Grant M Maruska | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | 1 | C Black S Testud | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Gagliardi B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Parkinson M Sequera | 3 | 1 | | 4 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M E Salerni S Stephens | 1 | 2 | | | E Gagliardi B Schett | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| | A Bachmann M Díaz Oliva | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | N Dechy É Loit | 6 | 6 | | | N Dechy É Loit | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Inoue M Inoue | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | A Fusai R Grande | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Fusai R Grande | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Fusai R Grande | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | L Baker P Nola | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | L Horn P Suárez | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |
| | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Osterloh M Tu | 2 | 1 | | 2 | L Horn P Suárez | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Horn P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Amanda Augustus / Amy Jensen (second round)
* Haruka Inoue / Maiko Inoue (Qualifiers)

### Qualifiers

* Haruka Inoue / Maiko Inoue

#### 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 |
| 1 | Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | Stéphanie Foretz Rika Fujiwara | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | Stéphanie Foretz Rika Fujiwara | 4 | 1 | Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner | 8 | | | | |
| WC | Ilke Gers Tracey O'Connor | 8$^1$ | | Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner | 8 | | | | |
| | Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner | 9$^7$ | | | | | | | |
| | Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner | 9$^7$ | | | | | Francesca Schiavone Marlene Weingärtner | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue | 6 | 6 |
| | Selima Sfar Joanne Ward | 9 | | | | | | | | 2 | Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue | 6 | 6 |
| | Anne Kremer Sarah Pitkowski | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | Anne Kremer Sarah Pitkowski | 7 | | Selima Sfar Joanne Ward | 7$^r$ | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue | 4 | | | | |
| | Jill Craybas Sarah Taylor | 3 | 2 | Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue | 4 | | | | |
| 2 | Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue | 8 | | | | | | | |