# 2001 Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Nicole Arendt.
Arendt and Sugiyama lost in the first round to Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6–0, 6–4 against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Nicole Arendt / Ai Sugiyama (first round)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (final)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
* Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)
* Anke Huber / Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
* Els Callens / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
* Kimberly Po / Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)
* Tathiana Garbin / Janette Husárová (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |
| 2 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 0 | 4 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | N Arendt A Sugiyama | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert M Oremans | 7 | 6 | | | K Boogert M Oremans | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 6 | 6 | | Q | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Selyutina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | K Boogert M Oremans | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | |
| | I Tulyaganova C Vis | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 7 | K Po N Pratt | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Miyagi | 5 | 4 | | 7 | K Po N Pratt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Po N Pratt | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Boogert M Oremans | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | A Sánchez Vicario N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario N Tauziat | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 |
| | T Pisnik V Ruano Pascual | 1 | 2 | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | É Loit A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | É Loit A-G Sidot | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario N Tauziat | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan L McShea | 6$^1$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | E Callens M Shaughnessy | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Lee W Prakusya | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | J Lee W Prakusya | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Capriati E Dementieva | 4 | 7$^7$ | 0 | 6 | E Callens M Shaughnessy | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Callens M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | T Garbin J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder M Serna | 4 | 4 | 8 | T Garbin J Husárová | 7 | 5 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Huber L Montalvo | 6 | 6 | | L Huber L Montalvo | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Plischke E Wagner | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | L Huber L Montalvo | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Dokić S Načuk | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Grande I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | R Grande I Majoli | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová S Jeyaseelan | 2 | 3 | 4 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | L Huber L Montalvo | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | A Huber B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 |
| WC | L Osterloh A Stevenson | 5 | 1 | 5 | A Huber B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Križan K Srebotnik | 4 | 4 | | M de Swardt J Steck | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M de Swardt J Steck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Huber B Schett | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Clijsters L Courtois | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Dechy S Testud | 6 | 6 | | N Dechy S Testud | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer L McNeil | 5 | 1 | 2 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Alina Jidkova / Tatiana Poutchek (first round)
* Nannie de Villiers / Annabel Ellwood (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Nannie de Villiers / Annabel Ellwood

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | |
| 1 | A Jidkova T Poutchek | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 9 | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 8$^6$ | | | | | | |
| | | | WC | A Harkleroad B Mattek | 9$^8$ | | | | | | |
| WC | A Harkleroad B Mattek | 8 | WC | A Harkleroad B Mattek | 9$^8$ | | | | | | |
| | A Glass A Molik | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Glass A Molik | 6 | | | | WC | A Harkleroad B Mattek | 4 | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 6 | 6 | | |
| 2 | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 8 | | | | | | | | 2 | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 6 | 6 |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya B Lamade | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya B Lamade | 6 | 2 | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | P Rampre V Razzano | 1 | | | | | | |
| | K Hrdličková B Rittner | 6 | | P Rampre V Razzano | 1 | | | | | | |
| | P Rampre V Razzano | 8 | | | | | | | | | |