2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Rick Leach David Macpherson
Runners-up	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey
Final score	1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4)

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Rick Leach and David Macpherson won in the final 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4) against Paul Hanley and Nathan Healey.

Seeds

The top five seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge (withdrew)
2. Thomas Shimada / Myles Wakefield (Quarterfinals)
3. Rick Leach / David Macpherson (Champions)
4. John-Laffnie de Jager / Robbie Koenig (Quarterfinals)
5. Simon Aspelin / Andrew Kratzmann (Second Round)
6. Brent Haygarth / Sjeng Schalken (First Round)
7. Justin Gimelstob / Scott Humphries (First Round)
8. Johan Landsberg / Jack Waite (First Round)
9. Byron Black / Neville Godwin (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Final

	Semifinals							Final
		Paul Hanley   Nathan Healey	7	6
	9	Byron Black   Neville Godwin	5	2
									Paul Hanley   Nathan Healey	6	6^6	6^4
								3	Rick Leach   David Macpherson	1	7^8	7^7
	3	Rick Leach   David Macpherson	6	6
		Stephen Huss   Lee Pearson	3	1

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							5	S Aspelin   A Kratzmann	3	2
	N Behr   M Kratochvil	3	6	0				P Hanley   N Healey	6	6
	P Hanley   N Healey	6	3	6											P Hanley   N Healey	6	6
	J Blake   M Merklein	6	6												T Crichton   M Llodra	4	4
WC	J Miyao   Y Miyazaki	2	3					J Blake   M Merklein	3	2
	T Crichton   M Llodra	7^7	6					T Crichton   M Llodra	6	6
6	B Haygarth   S Schalken	6^5	1																			P Hanley   N Healey	7	6
																					9	B Black   N Godwin	5	2
							4	J-L de Jager   R Koenig	4	6	6
WC	P Srichaphan   T Suzuki	6^1	6	1				D Bowen   A Fisher	6	3	2
	D Bowen   A Fisher	7^7	4	6										4	J-L de Jager   R Koenig	6^3	3
WC	G Motomura   M Onoda	6	4	6										9	B Black   N Godwin	7^7	6
WC	S Iwabuchi   H Kondo	3	6	4			WC	G Motomura   M Onoda	1	3
	H Levy   A Sá	0	2				9	B Black   N Godwin	6	6
9	B Black   N Godwin	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	J Landsberg   J Waite	1	4
	E Taino   J Thomas	6	6					E Taino   J Thomas	4	6	3
WC	Y Ishii   T Terachi	5	6^1					S Groen   T Perry	6	3	6
	S Groen   T Perry	7	7^7												S Groen   T Perry	5	6^2
	I Heuberger   R Schüttler	4	4											3	R Leach   D Macpherson	7	7^7
	B Cowan   I Labadze	6	6					B Cowan   I Labadze	6^5	4
							3	R Leach   D Macpherson	7^7	6
																					3	R Leach   D Macpherson	6	6
7	J Gimelstob   S Humphries	3	7^11	1																		S Huss   L Pearson	3	1
	S Huss   L Pearson	6	6^9	6				S Huss   L Pearson	6^4	6	7^8
	P Luxa   D Vacek	6	7					P Luxa   D Vacek	7^7	4	6^6
	O Fukárek   M-K Goellner	3	5												S Huss   L Pearson	3	6	6
	K Braasch   L Burgsmüller	6^5	3											2	T Shimada   M Wakefield	6	3	3
	W Arthurs   M Russell	7^7	6					W Arthurs   M Russell	2	6	4
							2	T Shimada   M Wakefield	6	4	6

External links

• 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Men's Doubles Draw