2001 RCA Championships – Doubles

Doubles
2001 RCA Championships
Champions	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
Runners-up	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau
Final score	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–4

Lleyton Hewitt and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions but only Stolle competed that year with Max Mirnyi.

Mirnyi and Stolle lost in the quarterfinals to Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie.

Knowles and MacPhie won in the final 7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–4 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Sébastien Lareau.

Seeds

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

1. Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge (Quarterfinals)
2. Max Mirnyi / Sandon Stolle (Quarterfinals)
3. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (Quarterfinals)
4. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (Second Round)
5. Mark Knowles / Brian MacPhie (Champions)
6. Leoš Friedl / Petr Pála (First Round)
7. Chris Haggard / Tom Vanhoudt (Semifinals)
8. Mahesh Bhupathi / Sébastien Lareau (Final)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	8	Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau	3	6	7^7
		John-Laffnie de Jager   Robbie Koenig	6	4	6^5
								8	Mahesh Bhupathi   Sébastien Lareau	6^5	7	4
								5	Mark Knowles   Brian MacPhie	7^7	5	6
	7	Chris Haggard   Tom Vanhoudt	6	3	0
	5	Mark Knowles   Brian MacPhie	2	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	J Björkman   T Woodbridge	6	7^7
	B Coupe   A Prieto	6^5	1					K Kim   G Weiner	1	6^5
	K Kim   G Weiner	7^7	6											1	J Björkman   T Woodbridge	4	6	1
	M Hilpert   L Zovko	3	4											8	M Bhupathi   S Lareau	6	3	6
	J Blake   N Zimonjić	6	6					J Blake   N Zimonjić	4	2
WC	M Fish   A Pavel	4	6	4			8	M Bhupathi   S Lareau	6	6
8	M Bhupathi   S Lareau	6	2	6																	8	M Bhupathi   S Lareau	3	6	7^7
																						J-L de Jager   R Koenig	6	4	6^5
							4	J Eagle   A Florent	3	2
	J-L de Jager   R Koenig	7^8	7					J-L de Jager   R Koenig	6	6
	G Ivanišević   I Ljubičić	6^6	5												J-L de Jager   R Koenig	6
	T Dent   C Woodruff	3	6	6											T Dent   C Woodruff	3	r
	A Kratzmann   P Tramacchi	6	1	2				T Dent   C Woodruff	6	7^7
	O Fukárek   T Robredo	3	6	6				O Fukárek   T Robredo	3	6^4
6	L Friedl   P Pála	6	4	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	3	6	6
	A Sá   A Simoni	6	4	0			7	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	6	6
	D Bowen   A Fisher	6	6					D Bowen   A Fisher	1	3
WC	R Ginepri   R Ram	4	1											7	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	7^7	6
	P Luxa   R Štěpánek	6	6											3	E Ferreira   R Leach	6^3	3
WC	A Ilie   M Russell	1	3					P Luxa   R Štěpánek	4	2
							3	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	6
																					7	C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	6	3	0
5	M Knowles   B MacPhie	6	6																		5	M Knowles   B MacPhie	2	6	6
	H Levy   J Waite	1	4				5	M Knowles   B MacPhie	6^4	7^7	6
	A Clément   N Escudé	6^5	6	6				A Clément   N Escudé	7^7	6^4	3
WC	H Arazi   P-H Mathieu	7^7	3	2										5	M Knowles   B MacPhie	7^7	6
WC	E Taino   D Wheaton	6	7^7											2	M Mirnyi   S Stolle	6^4	4
WC	T Johansson   C Pioline	4	6^4				WC	E Taino   D Wheaton	6^5	6^5
							2	M Mirnyi   S Stolle	7^7	7^7

External links

• 2001 RCA Championships Doubles Draw