# 2001 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Serena and Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2001 Australian Open. It was the Williams sisters' fourth major doubles title, and they completed the career Golden Slam in doubles with the win.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Martina Hingis and Monica Seles.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (first round)
* Nicole Arendt / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
* Mary Pierce / Sandrine Testud (third round)
* Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
* Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu (final)
* Els Callens / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (second round)
* Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)
* Nicole Pratt / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
* Tina Križan / Irina Selyutina (second round)
* Kimberly Po / Magüi Serna (third round)
* Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (third round)
* Sonya Jeyaseelan / Karina Habšudová (first round)
* Kim Clijsters / Laurence Courtois (third 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Martina Hingis Monica Seles | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 7 | 6 | WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 7 | 6 | 7 | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama | 5 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hingis M Seles | 7$^7$ | 6 | | M Hingis M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati J Dokić | 6 | 6 | | J Capriati J Dokić | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki C Vis | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | M Hingis M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo C Schneider | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 16 | K Clijsters L Courtois | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | L Horn I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | L Horn I Majoli | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kostanić I Tulyaganova | 2 | 3 | 16 | K Clijsters L Courtois | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | K Clijsters L Courtois | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Hingis M Seles | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | N Pratt M Shaughnessy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | N Pratt M Shaughnessy | 0 | 5 |
| | N de Villiers A Ellwood | 2 | 5 | 11 | N Pratt M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Canepa M Matevžič | 6 | 6 | | A Canepa M Matevžič | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Glass B Lamade | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 11 | N Pratt M Shaughnessy | 1 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 5 | M Pierce S Testud | 6 | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| | B Rittner P Schnyder | 4 | 6$^3$ | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir S Farina Elia | 5 | 4 | 5 | M Pierce S Testud | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Pierce S Testud | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | A Kournikova B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Buth T Hergold | 1 | 2 | | 3 | A Kournikova B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya N Ostrovskaya | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | E deLone A Molik | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone A Molik | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 3 | A Kournikova B Schett | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Bachmann E Dyrberg | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Y Basting K Srebotnik | 6 | 4 | 7 | | Y Basting K Srebotnik | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 6 | 6 | | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | S Jeyaseelan K Habšudová | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Kournikova B Schett | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | T Križan I Selyutina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | G León García G Riera | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | T Križan I Selyutina | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová L Pleming | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | Å Carlsson M Maleeva | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Kolbovic N Vaidyanathan | 1 | 3 | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Grant M Maruska | 0 | 1 | | 8 | E Callens A-G Sidot | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Callens A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | L Davenport C Morariu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Musgrave B Stewart | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | L Davenport C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | T Garbin J Husárová | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Martincová P Rampre | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | L Davenport C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Díaz Oliva M Vento | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | T Garbin J Husárová | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | P Mandula P Wartusch | 6 | 6 | | | P Mandula P Wartusch | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Casoni H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | G Casoni J Husárová | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Davenport C Morariu | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | K Po M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 3 | 2 |
| | S Načuk T Pisnik | 2 | 3 | | 13 | K Po M Serna | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Li T Li | 2 | 6 | 2 | | R Hiraki S Noorlander | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki S Noorlander | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | K Po M Serna | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Hopmans S Plischke | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | E Dominikovic J Henin | 6 | 7 | | WC | E Dominikovic J Henin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R M Andres C Martínez Granados | 4 | 1 | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bes M Tu | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6$^5$ | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan L McShea | 3 | 6 | 6 | | R McQuillan L McShea | 7$^7$ | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy É Loit | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | R McQuillan L McShea | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Lee W Prakusya | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | A Fusai R Grande | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Jidkova T Poutchek | 7$^7$ | 5 | 3 | | J Lee W Prakusya | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bacheva C Torrens Valero | 4 | 2 | | 9 | A Fusai R Grande | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Fusai R Grande | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | A Fusai R Grande | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | K Boogert M Oremans | 0 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Arendt A Sugiyama | 7 | 6 |
| WC | K-A Guse C Wheeler | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | K Boogert M Oremans | 6 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Grahame A Jensen | 4 | 1 | | | L Osterloh A Stevenson | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Osterloh A Stevenson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | K Boogert M Oremans | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | K Marosi-Aracama L Woodroffe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | N Arendt A Sugiyama | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Petrova V Razzano | 4 | 4 | | | K Marosi-Aracama L Woodroffe | 2 | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans M Grzybowska | 0 | 1 | | 2 | N Arendt A Sugiyama | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Arendt A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |