2001 Verizon Tennis Challenge – Doubles
# 2001 Verizon Tennis Challenge – Doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Ferreira with Grant Stafford and Leach with David Macpherson.

Ferreira and Stafford lost in the semifinals to Leach and Macpherson.

Leach and Macpherson lost in the final 6–3, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ 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.

* Rick Leach / David Macpherson (final)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Grant Stafford (semifinals)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (champions)

## 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

| 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 | R Leach D Macpherson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Coetzee B Haygarth | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | R Leach D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Knowle L Manta | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Knowle L Manta | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Flach A Janasik | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | R Leach D Macpherson | $7^7$ | 2 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| 3 | E Ferreira G Stafford | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira G Stafford | $6^5$ | 6 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 5 | 2 | | 3 | E Ferreira G Stafford | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Braasch J Knippschild | 6 | $6^9$ | 4 | | C Haggard J Siemerink | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Haggard J Siemerink | 4 | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Rick Leach David Macpherson | 3 | $6^7$ |
| | T Shimada E Taino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | $7^9$ |
| | A Gaudenzi S Roitman | 4 | 0 | | | T Shimada E Taino | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Goldstein A Roddick | 4 | 4 | | 4 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | G Etlis M Rodríguez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | $6^2$ | | | | | |
| | P Kilderry P Tramacchi | 5 | 4 | | | G Etlis M Rodríguez | 7 | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Thomas J Waite | 4 | 3 | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
