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
Score	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Draw	24
Seeds	8

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
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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	64	3
	WC	J Benneteau  P-H Mathieu	2	0											7	D Nestor N Zimonjić	4	77	6
		M Knowles  B MacPhie	6	6					M Knowles  B MacPhie	66	2
								7	D Nestor N Zimonjić	78	6
																						7	D Nestor N Zimonjić	67	5
																						5	M Bhupathi  L Paes	79	7
								4	J Eagle  T Woodbridge	62	7	6
	WC	H Arazi  A Dupuis							P Haarhuis  S Schalken	77	5	4
		P Haarhuis  S Schalken	w/o												4	J Eagle  T Woodbridge	77	3	2
		D Adams  L Arnold	7	7											5	M Bhupathi  L Paes	65	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	65	6
	WC	J Boutter  G Kuerten	77	4	6			WC	J Boutter  G Kuerten	2	77	4
		B Bryan  M Bryan	65	6	3										6	W Black  K Ullyett	6	61	6
		M Hill  J Tarango	6	7											3	M Mirnyi  S Stolle	4	77	3
	WC	C Pioline  F Santoro	4	5					M Hill  J Tarango	4	67
								3	M Mirnyi  S Stolle	6	79
																						6	W Black  K Ullyett	6	4	5
																							E Ferreira  R Leach	4	6	7
								8	P Pála  P Vízner	7	62	4
		E Ferreira  R Leach	6	6					E Ferreira  R Leach	5	77	6
	ALT	G Cañas  T Vanhoudt	4	2												E Ferreira  R Leach	7	77
	WC	M Llodra  N Mahut	3	65												M García  C Suk	5	61
		M García  C Suk	6	77					M García  C Suk	4
								2	J Novák  D Rikl	1r

External links

• 2001 Paris Masters Doubles Draw