title: 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
text: # 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
  
  Julie Halard-Decugis and Corina Morariu were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Halard-Decugis retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season, while Morariu was forced to leave the Tour after being diagnosed with leukemia.
  
  Liezel Huber and Rachel McQuillan won the title by defeating Janet Lee and Wynne Prakusya 6–2, 6–0 in the final. It was the 2nd title for Huber and the 16th title for McQuillan in their respective doubles careers.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
  * Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (semifinals)
  * Liezel Huber / Rachel McQuillan (champions)
  * Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (final)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Gagliardi M Tu | 4 | $6^5$ | | 1 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Ellwood M Weingärtner | 3 | 1 | | | A Sugiyama Y Yoshida | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Sugiyama Y Yoshida | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | 3 | L Huber R McQuillan | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | L Huber R McQuillan | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | Y-j Choi A Takase | $6^4$ | 3 | | 3 | L Huber R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Fujiwara R Hiraki | 6 | 3 | 4 | | R de los Ríos J Kruger | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R de los Ríos J Kruger | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Huber R McQuillan | 6 | 6 |
  | | E Dominikovic T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Lee W Prakusya | 2 | 0 |
  | | A Molik N Pratt | 4 | 3 | | | E Dominikovic T Tanasugarn | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Inoue M Inoue | 2 | 2 | | 4 | J Lee W Prakusya | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Lee W Prakusya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | J Lee W Prakusya | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | S Asagoe T Pisnik | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai R Grande | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | Z Gubacsi K-p Tong | 1 | $6^0$ | | | S Asagoe T Pisnik | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Morigami M Saeki | 5 | 4 | | 2 | A Fusai R Grande | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Fusai R Grande | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  