title: 2001 DFS Classic – Doubles
text: # 2001 DFS Classic – Doubles
  
  Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik.
  
  Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Kimberly Po-Messerli and Nathalie Tauziat.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
  
  * Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (champions)
  * Kimberly Po-Messerli / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
  * Els Callens / Rita Grande (second round)
  * Nicole Pratt / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (semifinals)
  * Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (first round)
  * Katie Schlukebir / Irina Selyutina (second round)
  * Erika deLone / Liezel Huber (first round)
  * Rachel McQuillan / Lisa McShea (first 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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | LL | Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | LL | Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin | 2 | 2 | 1 | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 2 | Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat | 1 | 2 |
  | 4 | Nicole Pratt Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 5 | 1 | 2 | Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat | 1 | 2 |
  | 2 | Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Bacheva M Vento | $6^3$ | 6 | 1 | | R Hiraki A Stevenson | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Hiraki A Stevenson | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | | N de Villiers A Ellwood | $6^1$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | E Dyrberg M Matevžič | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
  | | D Hantuchová S Plischke | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | D Hantuchová S Plischke | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Dyrberg M Matevžič | $6^2$ | 6 | 6 | | E Dyrberg M Matevžič | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | E deLone L Huber | $7^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 2 | 2 |
  | | | | | | 3 | E Callens R Grande | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Petrova T Pisnik | 6 | 3 | 6 | | N Petrova T Pisnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Musgrave L Osterloh | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | N Petrova T Pisnik | $6^{10}$ | 6 | $6^6$ | | | | |
  | | S Reeves J Steck | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | | | LL | E Dominikovic M Irvin | $7^{12}$ | 4 | $7^8$ | | | | |
  | LL | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 6 | $7^7$ | | LL | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Hopkins L Latimer | 3 | 2 | | 6 | K Schlukebir I Selyutina | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | K Schlukebir I Selyutina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | R McQuillan L McShea | 3 | 6 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K-A Guse A Molik | 6 | 2 | $7^7$ | | K-A Guse A Molik | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 6 | 7 | | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Jidkova M Tu | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | S Asagoe Y Yoshida | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | N Pratt A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | D Buth V Webb | 5 | 3 | | | N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | N Pratt A-G Sidot | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Pratt A-G Sidot | 5 | 1 |
  | 5 | K Boogert M Oremans | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Po-Messerli N Tauziat | 7 | 6 |
  | | E Bovina M Serna | $7^7$ | 7 | | | E Bovina M Serna | 4 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | H Crook V Davies | 6 | 7 | | WC | H Crook V Davies | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Inoue E-H Kim | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | WC | H Crook V Davies | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
  | Q | E Daniilidou D Zarić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | K Po-Messerli N Tauziat | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | K Grant M Weingärtner | 4 | 4 | | Q | E Daniilidou D Zarić | $6^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | K Po-Messerli N Tauziat | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Final qualifying round | Final qualifying round | Final qualifying round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | C Fernández R Kolbovic | 5 | | | | | |
  | | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 8 | | | | | |
  | | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 8 | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 8 | | | |
  | | | | N Grandin S Sfar | 1 | | | |
  | | K Liggan G Voleková | 1 | N Grandin S Sfar | 1 | | | |
  | | N Grandin S Sfar | 8 | | | | | |
  | | N Grandin S Sfar | 8 | | | E Dominikovic M Irvin | 4 | 4 |
  | | | | | | E Daniilidou D Zarić | 6 | 6 |
  | | E Daniilidou D Zarić | $9^7$ | | | | | | E Daniilidou D Zarić | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | L Ahl H Collin | $8^2$ | | | | | |
  | WC | L Ahl H Collin | $8^2$ | E Daniilidou D Zarić | 8 | | | |
  | | | | J Craybas A Myskina | 2 | | | |
  | | J Craybas A Myskina | 8 | J Craybas A Myskina | 2 | | | |
  | 2 | R Fujiwara S Krivencheva | 4 | | | | | |
  