2001 RCA Championships – Doubles

Lleyton Hewitt and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions but only Stolle competed that year with Max Mirnyi.

Doubles
2001 RCA Championships
Champions	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
Runners-up	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau
Score	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4

Mirnyi and Stolle lost in the quarterfinals to Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie.

Knowles and MacPhie won in the final 7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–4 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Sébastien Lareau.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge (quarterfinals)
2. Max Mirnyi / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
3. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (quarterfinals)
4. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (second round)
5. Mark Knowles / Brian MacPhie (champions)
6. Leoš Friedl / Petr Pála (first round)
7. Chris Haggard / Tom Vanhoudt (semifinals)
8. Mahesh Bhupathi / Sébastien Lareau (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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	8	Mahesh Bhupathi  Sébastien Lareau	3	6	77
		John-Laffnie de Jager  Robbie Koenig	6	4	65
								8	Mahesh Bhupathi  Sébastien Lareau	65	7	4
								5	Mark Knowles  Brian MacPhie	77	5	6
	7	Chris Haggard  Tom Vanhoudt	6	3	0
	5	Mark Knowles  Brian MacPhie	2	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	6	77
		B Coupe  A Prieto	65	1					K Kim  G Weiner	1	65
		K Kim  G Weiner	77	6											1	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	4	6	1
		M Hilpert  L Zovko	3	4											8	M Bhupathi  S Lareau	6	3	6
		J Blake N Zimonjić	6	6					J Blake N Zimonjić	4	2
	WC	M Fish  A Pavel	4	6	4			8	M Bhupathi  S Lareau	6	6
	8	M Bhupathi  S Lareau	6	2	6																	8	M Bhupathi  S Lareau	3	6	77
																							J-L de Jager  R Koenig	6	4	65
								4	J Eagle  A Florent	3	2
		J-L de Jager  R Koenig	78	7					J-L de Jager  R Koenig	6	6
		G Ivanišević  I Ljubičić	66	5												J-L de Jager  R Koenig	6
		T Dent  C Woodruff	3	6	6											T Dent  C Woodruff	3	r
		A Kratzmann  P Tramacchi	6	1	2				T Dent  C Woodruff	6	77
		O Fukárek  T Robredo	3	6	6				O Fukárek  T Robredo	3	64
	6	L Friedl  P Pála	6	4	2

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	3	6	6
		A Sá  A Simoni	6	4	0			7	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	6	6
		D Bowen  A Fisher	6	6					D Bowen  A Fisher	1	3
	WC	R Ginepri  R Ram	4	1											7	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	77	6
		P Luxa  R Štěpánek	6	6											3	E Ferreira  R Leach	63	3
	WC	A Ilie  M Russell	1	3					P Luxa  R Štěpánek	4	2
								3	E Ferreira  R Leach	6	6
																						7	C Haggard  T Vanhoudt	6	3	0
	5	M Knowles  B MacPhie	6	6																		5	M Knowles  B MacPhie	2	6	6
		H Levy  J Waite	1	4				5	M Knowles  B MacPhie	64	77	6
		A Clément  N Escudé	65	6	6				A Clément  N Escudé	77	64	3
	WC	H Arazi  P-H Mathieu	77	3	2										5	M Knowles  B MacPhie	77	6
	WC	E Taino  D Wheaton	6	77											2	M Mirnyi  S Stolle	64	4
	WC	T Johansson  C Pioline	4	64				WC	E Taino  D Wheaton	65	65
								2	M Mirnyi  S Stolle	77	77

External links

• 2001 RCA Championships Doubles draw