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Doubles
2001 DFS Classic
Final
Champions	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva
Runners-up	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–1, 6–2
Events
Singles Doubles
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Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik.

Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Kimberly Po-Messerli and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (champions)
2. Kimberly Po-Messerli / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
3. Els Callens / Rita Grande (second round)
4. Nicole Pratt / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (semifinals)
5. Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans (first round)
6. Katie Schlukebir / Irina Selyutina (second round)
7. Erika deLone / Liezel Huber (first round)
8. Rachel McQuillan / Lisa McShea (first round)

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
	1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6	6
	LL	Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin	2	2
								1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6	6
								2	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	1	2
	4	Nicole Pratt Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5	1
	2	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Black E Likhovtseva	w/o
		L Bacheva M Vento	6	6	1				R Hiraki A Stevenson
		R Hiraki A Stevenson	7	3	6										1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	4	6
		N de Villiers A Ellwood	6	6	3											E Dyrberg M Matevžič	4	6	2
		D Hantuchová S Plischke	7	4	6				D Hantuchová S Plischke	1	2
		E Dyrberg M Matevžič	6	6	6				E Dyrberg M Matevžič	6	6
	7	E deLone L Huber	7	1	4																	1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	6
																						LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	2	2
								3	E Callens R Grande	4	5
		N Petrova T Pisnik	6	3	6				N Petrova T Pisnik	6	7
		T Musgrave L Osterloh	3	6	0											N Petrova T Pisnik	6	6	6
		S Reeves J Steck	1	6											LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	7	4	7
	LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	6	7				LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	6	7
	WC	J Hopkins L Latimer	3	2				6	K Schlukebir I Selyutina	1	5
	6	K Schlukebir I Selyutina	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	R McQuillan L McShea	3	6	6
		K-A Guse A Molik	6	2	7				K-A Guse A Molik	6	4	3
		S Asagoe Y Yoshida	6	7					S Asagoe Y Yoshida	4	6	6
		A Jidkova M Tu	4	5												S Asagoe Y Yoshida	3	2
		N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya	7	6											4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	6	6
		D Buth V Webb	5	3					N Dechy L Krasnoroutskaya	6	1
								4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	7	6
																						4	N Pratt A-G Sidot	5	1
	5	K Boogert M Oremans	6	5																		2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	7	6
		E Bovina M Serna	7	7					E Bovina M Serna	4	7	2
	WC	H Crook V Davies	6	7				WC	H Crook V Davies	6	6	6
		H Inoue E-H Kim	2	5											WC	H Crook V Davies	7	2	4
	Q	E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	6											2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	5	6	6
		K Grant M Weingärtner	4	4				Q	E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	4
								2	K Po-Messerli N Tauziat	7	6

Qualifying draw

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Final qualifying round
	1	C Fernández R Kolbovic	5
		E Dominikovic M Irvin	8
									E Dominikovic M Irvin	8
									N Grandin S Sfar	1
		K Liggan G Voleková	1
		N Grandin S Sfar	8
																E Dominikovic M Irvin	4	4
																E Daniilidou D Zarić	6	6
		E Daniilidou D Zarić	9
	WC	L Ahl H Collin	8
									E Daniilidou D Zarić	8
									J Craybas A Myskina	2
		J Craybas A Myskina	8
	2	R Fujiwara S Krivencheva	4

References

• 2001 DFS Classic Draws
• ITF Tournament Page Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• ITF doubles results page
• ITF doubles qualifying results page

• 2001 WTA Tour
• Birmingham Classic (tennis)