2001 Brasil Open – Women's doubles
# 2001 Brasil Open – Women's doubles

Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but Suárez did not compete this year. Montalvo teamed up with María Emilia Salerni and lost in the quarterfinals to Silvia Farina Elia and Janette Husárová.

Amanda Coetzer and Lori McNeil won the title by defeating Nicole Arendt and Patricia Tarabini $6–7^{(8–10)},$ 6–2, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Jelena Dokic / Virginia Ruano Pascual (first round)
* Nicole Arendt / Patricia Tarabini (final)
* María José Martínez Sánchez / Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
* Silvia Farina Elia / Janette Husárová (semifinals)

## 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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Dokic V Ruano Pascual | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Myskina T Panova | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Myskina T Panova | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer L McNeil | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Coetzer L McNeil | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger V Menga | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | A Coetzer L McNeil | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | H Nagyová B Rittner | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová B Rittner | 6 | 7 | | | H Nagyová B Rittner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cortez C Fernández | $7^{13}$ | 6 | | | J Cortez C Fernández | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Henke S Noorlander | $6^{11}$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Coetzer L McNeil | $6^8$ | 6 | 6 |
| WC | MF Alves C Tiene | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Arendt P Tarabini | $7^{10}$ | 2 | 4 |
| | L Montalvo ME Salerni | 6 | 6 | | | L Montalvo ME Salerni | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Grant C Torrens Valero | 4 | 1 | | 4 | S Farina Elia J Husárová | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Farina Elia J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | S Farina Elia J Husárová | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | B Lamade P Schnyder | $7^7$ | 1 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | N Arendt P Tarabini | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Glass M Marrero | $6^4$ | 6 | 5 | | B Lamade P Schnyder | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Díaz Oliva S Plischke | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | N Arendt P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Arendt P Tarabini | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
