2001 Qatar Open – Doubles
# 2001 Qatar Open – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Knowles with Daniel Nestor and Mirnyi with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Kafelnikov and Mirnyi lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Balcells and Andrei Olhovskiy.

Knowles and Nestor won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Balcells and Olhovskiy.

## Seeds

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Max Mirnyi (quarterfinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
* David Prinosil / Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
* Simon Aspelin / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov M Mirnyi | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller S Groen | 5 | 5 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov M Mirnyi | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Balcells A Olhovskiy | 7 | 6 | | J Balcells A Olhovskiy | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Pála P Vízner | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | J Balcells A Olhovskiy | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| 4 | S Aspelin C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Á Calatrava A Portas | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević R Schüttler | 1 | 3 | 4 | S Aspelin C Suk | 2 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava A Portas | 6 | 6 | | Á Calatrava A Portas | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Al-Khulafi S Khalfan | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | J Balcells A Olhovskiy | 3 | 1 |
| | K Alami H Arazi | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| | I Heuberger A Waske | 6 | $7^7$ | | I Heuberger A Waske | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer S Schalken | 2 | 2 | 3 | D Prinosil N Zimonjić | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Prinosil N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | I Heuberger A Waske | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Boutter F Santoro | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Escudé M Rosset | $6^3$ | 1 | | J Boutter F Santoro | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J-F Bachelot D Norman | 2 | $6^4$ | 2 | M Knowles D Nestor | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Nicolas Coutelot / Andy Fahlke (first round)
* Igor Kunitcin / Uros Vico (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Jean-François Bachelot / Dick Norman

**Draw**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nicolas Coutelot Andy Fahlke | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Alexander Peya | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Alexander Peya | 6 | 6 | | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Alexander Peya | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | Alt | Jean-François Bachelot Dick Norman | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Jean-François Bachelot Dick Norman | $7^7$ | 6 | Alt | Jean-François Bachelot Dick Norman | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Igor Kunitcin Uros Vico | $6^1$ | 3 | | | | | |
