2001 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Mercedes Cup
2000 Champions	Jiří Novák David Rikl
Champions	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler
Runners-up	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango
Final score	4–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–4

Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti.

Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler won in the final 4–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–4 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Jiří Novák / David Rikl (Second Round)
2. Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner (Quarterfinals)
3. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (Quarterfinals)
4. Michael Hill / Jeff Tarango (Final)
5. Pablo Albano / Lucas Arnold (Semifinals)
6. Chris Haggard / Tom Vanhoudt (Semifinals)
7. Juan Balcells / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Quarterfinals)
8. Marius Barnard / Cyril Suk (Second Round)

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

Final
4	Michael Hill   Jeff Tarango	6	6^1	4
WC	Guillermo Cañas   Rainer Schüttler	4	7^7	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	J Novák   D Rikl	7	3	3
	T Carbonell   N Lapentti	6	6					T Carbonell   N Lapentti	5	6	6
	J Oncins   D Orsanic	0	2												T Carbonell   N Lapentti	1	6	4
	S Groen   M Kohlmann	3	4											5	P Albano   L Arnold	6	3	6
	S Aspelin   A Kratzmann	6	6					S Aspelin   A Kratzmann	3	6	3
							5	P Albano   L Arnold	6	3	6
																					5	P Albano   L Arnold	6^0	4
																					4	M Hill   J Tarango	7^7	6
							4	M Hill   J Tarango	6	6
	J I Carrasco   V Kutsenko	6	6					J I Carrasco   V Kutsenko	4	3
WC	P Petzschner   S Stadler	4	4											4	M Hill   J Tarango	4	6	7^7
	M-K Goellner   A Olhovskiy	3	2											7	J Balcells   Y Kafelnikov	6	4	6^2
	A Clément   D Hrbatý	6	6					A Clément   D Hrbatý
							7	J Balcells   Y Kafelnikov	w/o

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							6	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	0	7^7	6
WC	L Burgsmüller   A Vinciguerra	3	6	3			WC	A Costa   A Martín	6	6^4	3
WC	A Costa   A Martín	6	3	6										6	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	4	7^7	6
WC	H Arazi   J Boutter	3	4											3	J Eagle   A Florent	6	6^4	1
	A Kitinov   J Landsberg	6	6					A Kitinov   J Landsberg	6^3	5
							3	J Eagle   A Florent	7^7	7
																					6	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	4	6^1
																					WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	6	7^7
							8	M Barnard   C Suk	4	5
WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	6	6				WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	6	7
WC	G Coria   G Gaudio	1	4											WC	G Cañas   R Schüttler	7	2	6
	M Hilpert   D Roberts	4	2											2	P Pála   P Vízner	5	6	2
	J Knowle   L Manta	6	6					J Knowle   L Manta	3	4
							2	P Pála   P Vízner	6	6

External links

• 2001 Mercedes Cup Doubles Draw