# 2001 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Martin Damm and Dominik Hrbatý were the defending champions but only Hrbatý competed that year with Jeff Tarango.
Hrbatý and Tarango lost in the first round to Mosé Navarra and Vincenzo Santopadre.
Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 6–4, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ against Daniel Nestor and Sandon Stolle.

## Seeds

* Daniel Nestor / Sandon Stolle (final)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (second round)
* Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (first round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Donald Johnson (quarterfinals)
* Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champions)
* Max Mirnyi / David Prinosil (withdrew)
* Wayne Arthurs / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
* Jonas Björkman / Roger Federer (first 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Petr Pála Pavel Vízner | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Petr Pála Pavel Vízner | 2 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle | 4 | 6$^6$ |
| | | | | 5 | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^8$ |
| | Lucas Arnold Cyril Suk | 6$^2$ | 3 | 5 | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^8$ |
| 5 | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | D Nestor S Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-M Gambill S Humphries | 3 | 2 | | 1 | D Nestor S Stolle | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 4 | 2 | | T Shimada M Wakefield | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Shimada M Wakefield | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | D Nestor S Stolle | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | T Carbonell M Hill | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | B Bryan M Bryan | 2 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| | P Albano D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | P Albano D Macpherson | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bryan M Bryan | 2 | 6 | 6 | | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Björkman R Federer | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D Nestor S Stolle | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | J Eagle A Florent | 4 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | P Pála P Vízner | 2 | 3 |
| WC | A Clément S Grosjean | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | WC | A Clément S Grosjean | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Bracciali F Luzzi | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | G Etlis A Olhovskiy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Etlis A Olhovskiy | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | G Etlis A Olhovskiy | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | J C Ferrero A Vinciguerra | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | P Pála P Vízner | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Pála P Vízner | 6 | 6 | | | P Pála P Vízner | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Johansson M Norman | 3 | 2 | | LL | M Hood S Prieto | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Hood S Prieto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 7 | W Arthurs N Zimonjić | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Aspelin M-K Goellner | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | Q | S Aspelin M-K Goellner | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arnold C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | L Arnold C Suk | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Galimberti E Grossi | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | L Arnold C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Knowles A O'Brien | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira D Johnson | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Oncins D Orsanic | 6 | 2 | 6 | | J Oncins D Orsanic | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Haggard T Vanhoudt | 3 | 5 | | 4 | E Ferreira D Johnson | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Ferreira D Johnson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Arnold C Suk | 6$^2$ | 3 |
| 5 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | D Adams M García | 2 | 4 | | 5 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Navarra V Santopadre | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Navarra V Santopadre | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý J Tarango | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | WC | A Agassi L Hewitt | 6 | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | |
| WC | A Agassi L Hewitt | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7 | WC | A Agassi L Hewitt | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann F Santoro | 4 | 4 | | 2 | J Novák D Rikl | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |