2001 Paris Masters – Doubles

Doubles
2001 Paris Masters
2000 Champions	Nicklas Kulti Max Mirnyi
Champions	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
Runners-up	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
Final score	3–6, 6–4, 6–3

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

Mirnyi and Stolle lost in the quarterfinals to Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.

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. Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer (Quarterfinals)
2. Jiří Novák / David Rikl (Second Round)
3. Max Mirnyi / Sandon Stolle (Quarterfinals)
4. Joshua Eagle / Todd Woodbridge (Quarterfinals)
5. Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (Final)
6. Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (Semifinals)
7. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (Semifinals)
8. Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner (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
5	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	6	4	3
	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	3	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	D Johnson   J Palmer	6	6
ALT	A Portas   T Robredo	3	3				WC	A Clément   N Escudé	1	4
WC	A Clément   N Escudé	6	6											1	D Johnson   J Palmer	6	6^4	3
WC	J Benneteau   P-H Mathieu	2	0											7	D Nestor   N Zimonjić	4	7^7	6
	M Knowles   B MacPhie	6	6					M Knowles   B MacPhie	6^6	2
							7	D Nestor   N Zimonjić	7^8	6
																					7	D Nestor   N Zimonjić	6^7	5
																					5	M Bhupathi   L Paes	7^9	7
							4	J Eagle   T Woodbridge	6^2	7	6
WC	H Arazi   A Dupuis							P Haarhuis   S Schalken	7^7	5	4
	P Haarhuis   S Schalken	w/o												4	J Eagle   T Woodbridge	7^7	3	2
	D Adams   L Arnold	7	7											5	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6^5	6	6
	A Florent   D Macpherson	5	5					D Adams   L Arnold	4	5
							5	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							6	W Black   K Ullyett	6	6^5	6
WC	J Boutter   G Kuerten	7^7	4	6			WC	J Boutter   G Kuerten	2	7^7	4
	B Bryan   M Bryan	6^5	6	3										6	W Black   K Ullyett	6	6^1	6
	M Hill   J Tarango	6	7											3	M Mirnyi   S Stolle	4	7^7	3
WC	C Pioline   F Santoro	4	5					M Hill   J Tarango	4	6^7
							3	M Mirnyi   S Stolle	6	7^9
																					6	W Black   K Ullyett	6	4	5
																						E Ferreira   R Leach	4	6	7
							8	P Pála   P Vízner	7	6^2	4
	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	6					E Ferreira   R Leach	5	7^7	6
ALT	G Cañas   T Vanhoudt	4	2												E Ferreira   R Leach	7	7^7
WC	M Llodra   N Mahut	3	6^5												M García   C Suk	5	6^1
	M García   C Suk	6	7^7					M García   C Suk	4
							2	J Novák   D Rikl	1^r

External links

• 2001 Paris Masters Doubles Draw