2001 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2001 Australian Open
Champions Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Runners-up Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
Score6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Main article: 2001 Australian Open

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.

  1. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (first round)
  2. Nicole Arendt / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
  3. Anna Kournikova / Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
  4. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
  5. Mary Pierce / Sandrine Testud (third round)
  6. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
  7. Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu (final)
  8. Els Callens / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (second round)
  9. Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
  10. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)
  11. Nicole Pratt / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
  12. Tina Križan / Irina Selyutina (second round)
  13. Kimberly Po / Magüi Serna (third round)
  14. Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (third round)
  15. Sonya Jeyaseelan / Karina Habšudová (first round)
  16. Kim Clijsters / Laurence Courtois (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Martina Hingis
Monica Seles 		5 2  
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  
2 Nicole Arendt
Ai Sugiyama 		5 2  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 L Raymond
R Stubbs 		62 3  
  M Hingis
M Seles 		77 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 79 6
  A Frazier
K Schlukebir 		6 77   5 M Pierce
S Testud 		6 67 4
  B Rittner
P Schnyder 		4 63     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 Second round Third round 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 63     E deLone
A Molik 		2 2  
  E deLone
A Molik 		6 77   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 65 2
  S Asagoe
Y Yoshida 		6 6     S Asagoe
Y Yoshida 		3 77 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 Second round Third round 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 		61 6 6
  N Li
T Li 		2 6 2   R Hiraki
S Noorlander 		77 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 Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 C Black
E Likhovtseva 		1 6 6
  E Bes
M Tu 		6 4 3 6 C Black
E Likhovtseva 		65 7 5
  R McQuillan
L McShea 		3 6 6   R McQuillan
L McShea 		77 5 7
  N Dechy
É Loit 		6 3 4   R McQuillan
L McShea 		5 6 4
  J Lee
W Prakusya 		63 7 6 9 A Fusai
R Grande 		7 4 6
  A Jidkova
T Poutchek 		77 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 78 3
  S Appelmans
M Grzybowska 		0 1   2 N Arendt
A Sugiyama 		6 66 6
2 N Arendt
A Sugiyama 		6 6  
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